Work in Different Languages
Discover 'Work' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Work
Afrikaans werk | ||
Albanian punojnë | ||
Amharic ሥራ | ||
Arabic عمل | ||
Armenian աշխատել | ||
Assamese কাম | ||
Aymara irnaqaña | ||
Azerbaijani işləmək | ||
Bambara baara | ||
Basque lana | ||
Belarusian праца | ||
Bengali কাজ | ||
Bhojpuri काम | ||
Bosnian posao | ||
Bulgarian работа | ||
Catalan treballar | ||
Cebuano trabaho | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 工作 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 工作 | ||
Corsican travagliu | ||
Croatian raditi | ||
Czech práce | ||
Danish arbejde | ||
Dhivehi މަސައްކަތް | ||
Dogri कम्म | ||
Dutch werk | ||
English work | ||
Esperanto laboro | ||
Estonian töö | ||
Ewe dɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) trabaho | ||
Finnish tehdä työtä | ||
French travail | ||
Frisian wurk | ||
Galician traballo | ||
Georgian მუშაობა | ||
German arbeit | ||
Greek δουλειά | ||
Guarani tembiapo | ||
Gujarati કામ | ||
Haitian Creole travay | ||
Hausa aiki | ||
Hawaiian hana | ||
Hebrew עֲבוֹדָה | ||
Hindi काम | ||
Hmong ua haujlwm | ||
Hungarian munka | ||
Icelandic vinna | ||
Igbo ọrụ | ||
Ilocano tarabaho | ||
Indonesian kerja | ||
Irish obair | ||
Italian lavoro | ||
Japanese 作業 | ||
Javanese makarya | ||
Kannada ಕೆಲಸ | ||
Kazakh жұмыс | ||
Khmer ការងារ | ||
Kinyarwanda akazi | ||
Konkani काम | ||
Korean 작업 | ||
Krio wok | ||
Kurdish kar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کار | ||
Kyrgyz иш | ||
Lao ເຮັດວຽກ | ||
Latin opus | ||
Latvian darbs | ||
Lingala mosala | ||
Lithuanian darbas | ||
Luganda okukola | ||
Luxembourgish schaffen | ||
Macedonian работа | ||
Maithili काज | ||
Malagasy asa | ||
Malay bekerja | ||
Malayalam ജോലി | ||
Maltese xogħol | ||
Maori mahi | ||
Marathi काम | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯕꯛ | ||
Mizo hnathawk | ||
Mongolian ажил | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အလုပ် | ||
Nepali काम | ||
Norwegian arbeid | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ntchito | ||
Odia (Oriya) କାମ | ||
Oromo hojii | ||
Pashto کار | ||
Persian کار کردن | ||
Polish praca | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) trabalhos | ||
Punjabi ਕੰਮ | ||
Quechua llamkay | ||
Romanian muncă | ||
Russian работа | ||
Samoan galue | ||
Sanskrit कार्यम् | ||
Scots Gaelic obair | ||
Sepedi mošomo | ||
Serbian радити | ||
Sesotho sebetsa | ||
Shona shanda | ||
Sindhi ڪم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කාර්යය | ||
Slovak práca | ||
Slovenian delo | ||
Somali shaqo | ||
Spanish trabajo | ||
Sundanese gawe | ||
Swahili fanya kazi | ||
Swedish arbete | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) trabaho | ||
Tajik кор | ||
Tamil வேலை | ||
Tatar эш | ||
Telugu పని | ||
Thai งาน | ||
Tigrinya ስራሕ | ||
Tsonga ntirho | ||
Turkish iş | ||
Turkmen işlemek | ||
Twi (Akan) adwuma | ||
Ukrainian робота | ||
Urdu کام | ||
Uyghur خىزمەت | ||
Uzbek ish | ||
Vietnamese công việc | ||
Welsh gwaith | ||
Xhosa sebenza | ||
Yiddish אַרבעט | ||
Yoruba iṣẹ | ||
Zulu sebenza |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Werk" in Afrikaans can also mean "pain" or "ache", and is derived from the Middle Dutch word "werke". |
| Albanian | "Punojnë" is derived from the Proto-Albanian word "pune" (task) and shares cognates with other Indo-European languages, such as the Latin "opus" and the English "opera." |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "ሥራ" also refers to a unit of measurement for cloth equal to 30-40 meters. |
| Arabic | The word "عمل" can also mean "deed" or "act", and is derived from the root "ع م ل" which means "to do" or "to act". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "işləmək" in Azerbaijani originates from the Old Turkic word "iş", meaning "work, job, business." |
| Basque | The Basque word "lana" has alternate meanings such as "product" or "field". |
| Belarusian | The word "праца" also carries the meanings of "struggle" and "suffering" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "কাজ" can also mean "deed" or "task" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word 'posao' in Bosnian originates from the Old Church Slavonic word 'posъl', meaning 'mission' or 'task'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "работа" in Bulgarian can also mean "slavery" or "serfdom". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "trabaho" also means "trouble" or "hardship". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "工作" (work) in Chinese can also mean "function" or "task". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 工作 (gōngzuò) literally means "public affair" and can also refer to "serving in government". |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "travagliu" is derived from the Latin "trepalium" (literally, "instrument of torture") and also refers to the pain of childbirth. |
| Croatian | "Raditi" in Croatian has roots in the Proto-Slavic word "*orbd-iti", meaning "to cut, hew, till". |
| Czech | In older times the term also included the meanings 'spinning,' 'weaving' but especially 'torture.' |
| Danish | "Arbejde" is derived from the Proto-Germanic root word "*arboðaz", which means "to be subject to, to suffer, to endure". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "werk" also means "pain" or "ache". |
| Esperanto | "Laboro" is related to "labor" in English, but it can also mean "to suffer" or "to strain". |
| Estonian | The word "töö" in Estonian is cognate with the Finnish word "työ" and the Hungarian word "te" and likely derives from the Proto-Uralic word *töö or *töwö. |
| Finnish | The word "tehdä työtä" can also mean "to make an effort" or "to do one's best". |
| French | Travail in French also means "labor" in the sense of childbirth. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "wurk" shares the same root as the English word "worry". |
| Galician | Traballo is also a Galician noun that means "tool" or "instrument" and comes from the Latin "trepalium", meaning "instrument of torture." |
| German | "Arbeit" can also refer to a type of fabric made with silver or gold threads. |
| Greek | The Greek word "δουλειά" (work) is derived from the ancient Greek "δουλεία" (slavery), reflecting the historical association of work with servitude. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "travay" derives from the French verb "travailler," which means "to work," and can also mean "labor" or "employment." |
| Hausa | In Niger, aiki (also spelled aïki) carries the additional meaning of "slavery". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word 'hana' can also mean 'deed', 'action', or 'profession'. |
| Hebrew | עֲבוֹדָה may also mean 'service' or 'worship' when used in a religious context. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "ua haujlwm" can also refer to "job" or "task". |
| Hungarian | "Munka" is derived from a Proto-Turkic word which also meant "suffering" or "hardship". |
| Icelandic | "Vinna" is also a term used in witchcraft to refer to the creation of magic knots from ropes. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, "kerja" can also mean "action", "deed", or "performance". |
| Irish | The Irish word 'obair' also means 'effort' or 'labor,' and is related to the Latin word 'opus,' meaning 'work' |
| Italian | The word "lavoro" derives from the Latin verb "laborare," meaning "to suffer" or "to toil." |
| Japanese | 作業 (sagyō) literally means "making things act" and can refer to any activity that involves creating or producing something. |
| Javanese | The word 'makarya' also means 'to create' and 'to do something' in Javanese. |
| Kannada | ಕೆಲಸ means both 'work' and 'the result of one's labour' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "жұмыс" is derived from the Proto-Turkic word "јомыš" meaning "to make, to do". |
| Khmer | The word ការងារ also carries the connotation of "duty" or "obligation." |
| Korean | The word "작업" can also mean "homework" or "study." |
| Kurdish | The word "kar" in Kurdish can also refer to a "deed" or "action". |
| Kyrgyz | Cognate with Kazakh "іс" and Eastern Turkic "иш". May also refer to a business or a shop. |
| Latin | The word "opus" in Latin can also refer to a musical composition or a literary work. |
| Latvian | "Darbs" can mean both "work" and, in a more archaic sense, "order", stemming from the Proto-Indo-European "*dʰer-" meaning "to hold, support, carry, sustain". |
| Lithuanian | The word "darbas" likely derives from an Indo-European root meaning "strive". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "schaffen" also means "to create, produce, or form something new." |
| Macedonian | The word "работа" also means "slave" or "serf" in some Slavic languages, reflecting the historical reality of forced labor. |
| Malagasy | Asa (meaning "task, responsibility") derives ultimately from the Proto-Austronesian root *paza, as found e.g. the Malay "usaha," the Javanese "pasah" , and the Tagalog "bagas, gawa." |
| Malay | The root of the word "bekerja" ('work') in Malay, "kerja", is likely derived from an Austronesian word for 'deed' or 'activity'. |
| Malayalam | The word "ജോലി" in Malayalam can also mean "employment" or "occupation." |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "xogħol" comes from the Arabic word "shughl," which means "occupation" or "business." |
| Maori | In Proto-Polynesian, "mahi" also meant "to kill or slay," and in Samoan, "to cook" or "to eat raw." |
| Mongolian | The word "ажил" also encompasses the concept of duty, responsibility or commitment. |
| Norwegian | The word "arbeid" in Norwegian has its roots in Old Norse and means toil, hardship, and pain. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "ntchito" in Nyanja also refers to a "task" or "errand" that one is expected to perform. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "کار" also means "business" or "enterprise". |
| Persian | The word "کار کردن" literally translates to "doing something", but can also be used to mean "to work for money". |
| Polish | "Praca" can also mean "thesis" or "exercise" in Polish. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "trabalhos" is cognate with the Spanish "trabajos" and the French "travaux", all deriving from the Latin "tripalium", a three-legged stool used for torture. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਕੰਮ" (work) in Punjabi originates from the Sanskrit word "कर्म" (karma), which also means "action" or "deed". |
| Romanian | The word "muncă" can also refer to the "pain of birth" or "struggle" due to its Proto-Slavic root *mǫka, which has similar meanings. |
| Russian | "Работа" also means "slavery" in Russian. |
| Samoan | Galue also derives from an Indonesian concept of a 'task undertaken for free without any material gain'. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Obair" comes from the Proto-Celtic "ad-barā", a cognate to Latin "faber" |
| Serbian | The word "радити" also means "to create" or "to give birth" in Serbian. |
| Shona | The word 'shanda' can also refer to 'cultivation', 'affairs', 'business', and even 'punishment'. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word "ڪم" also means "deed" or "action". |
| Slovak | In Slovak, "práca" also means "powder" or "ash" and is related to the verb "pražiť" (to roast). |
| Slovenian | Delo can also refer to a piece of art or a musical composition. |
| Somali | The term derives from the Arabic, and signifies 'activity', with connotations of occupation and effort in addition to work. |
| Sundanese | The word "gawe" can also mean "task" or "job" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "fanya kazi" derives from the Arabic word "faʿala kāza" meaning "to do something" or "to make something happen". |
| Swedish | The word "arbete" comes from the Old Norse word "arbeið" which means "effort" or "labor". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Trabaho" is derived from the Spanish word "trabajo" (work), which itself comes from the Latin "tripalium" (a three-legged instrument used for harnessing horses). |
| Tajik | The word “кор” also means “cause” and “deed”. |
| Tamil | "வேலை" can also refer to "pay" or "service" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "పని" (work) in Telugu can also refer to business, job, or duty. |
| Thai | "งาน" (work) derives from Sanskrit "karma" (action) and can also mean "task" or "duty" in Thai. |
| Turkish | "İş" sözcüğünün "işaret" anlamı, Arapça "şe'n" sözcüğüne dayanır. |
| Ukrainian | The word "робота" (work) in Ukrainian comes from the Proto-Slavic word *robota, which means "slavery" or "service." |
| Urdu | کام, meaning "work", also signifies "deeds" and "actions" in Urdu, extending its connotation beyond mere labor to encompass one's overall conduct and accomplishments. |
| Uzbek | The word "ish" in Uzbek can also mean "deed", "activity", or "duty". |
| Vietnamese | Công việc in Vietnamese can also refer to a job or official post, while its Sino-Vietnamese origin công tác refers to a business trip. |
| Welsh | In the phrase 'gwaith y dwr', 'gwaith' means 'act' or 'process' rather than 'work'. |
| Xhosa | Sebenza can also mean 'creation', 'task', 'employment', 'trade' or 'activity' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | "אַרבעט" (work) originates from the Germanic "arbeit", which is cognate with the English "orbit". |
| Yoruba | The word "iṣẹ" also has alternate meanings including "fate," "destiny," and "character." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "sebenza" can also refer to the act of helping someone or performing a duty. |
| English | The word 'work' derives from the Old English word 'weorc,' which meant 'pain, suffering, or toil' |