Afrikaans werkswinkel | ||
Albanian punëtori | ||
Amharic ወርክሾፕ | ||
Arabic ورشة عمل | ||
Armenian սեմինար | ||
Assamese কৰ্মশালা | ||
Aymara taller ukan uñacht’ayata | ||
Azerbaijani emalatxana | ||
Bambara atelier (telier) ye | ||
Basque tailerra | ||
Belarusian майстэрня | ||
Bengali কর্মশালা | ||
Bhojpuri कार्यशाला के आयोजन भइल | ||
Bosnian radionica | ||
Bulgarian работилница | ||
Catalan taller | ||
Cebuano workshop | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 作坊 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 作坊 | ||
Corsican attellu | ||
Croatian radionica | ||
Czech dílna | ||
Danish værksted | ||
Dhivehi ވޯކްޝޮޕްގައެވެ | ||
Dogri वर्कशॉप च | ||
Dutch werkplaats | ||
English workshop | ||
Esperanto laborejo | ||
Estonian töötuba | ||
Ewe dɔwɔƒe si wowɔa dɔ le | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagawaan | ||
Finnish työpaja | ||
French atelier | ||
Frisian workshop | ||
Galician obradoiro | ||
Georgian სემინარი | ||
German werkstatt | ||
Greek εργαστηρι | ||
Guarani taller rehegua | ||
Gujarati વર્કશોપ | ||
Haitian Creole atelye | ||
Hausa bitar | ||
Hawaiian hale hana | ||
Hebrew סדנה | ||
Hindi कार्यशाला | ||
Hmong chaw rhiav | ||
Hungarian műhely | ||
Icelandic vinnustofa | ||
Igbo omumuihe | ||
Ilocano talyer ti | ||
Indonesian bengkel | ||
Irish ceardlann | ||
Italian officina | ||
Japanese ワークショップ | ||
Javanese bengkel | ||
Kannada ಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರ | ||
Kazakh шеберхана | ||
Khmer សិក្ខាសាលា | ||
Kinyarwanda amahugurwa | ||
Konkani कार्यशाळा | ||
Korean 작업장 | ||
Krio wokshɔp fɔ wok | ||
Kurdish kargeh | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) وۆرک شۆپ | ||
Kyrgyz семинар | ||
Lao ກອງປະຊຸມ | ||
Latin workshop | ||
Latvian darbnīca | ||
Lingala atelier ya atelié | ||
Lithuanian dirbtuvės | ||
Luganda omusomo | ||
Luxembourgish atelier | ||
Macedonian работилница | ||
Maithili कार्यशाला | ||
Malagasy atrikasa | ||
Malay bengkel | ||
Malayalam വർക്ക്ഷോപ്പ് | ||
Maltese workshop | ||
Maori awheawhe | ||
Marathi कार्यशाळा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯔꯀꯁꯣꯞ ꯑꯃꯥ ꯁꯦꯃꯈꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo workshop neihpui a ni | ||
Mongolian семинар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အလုပ်ရုံ | ||
Nepali कार्यशाला | ||
Norwegian verksted | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) msonkhano | ||
Odia (Oriya) କର୍ମଶାଳା | ||
Oromo workshopii (workshop) jedhu | ||
Pashto ورکشاپ | ||
Persian کارگاه | ||
Polish warsztat | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) oficina | ||
Punjabi ਵਰਕਸ਼ਾਪ | ||
Quechua taller nisqapi | ||
Romanian atelier | ||
Russian цех | ||
Samoan fale aʻoga | ||
Sanskrit कार्यशाला | ||
Scots Gaelic bùth-obrach | ||
Sepedi thuto-semmotwana | ||
Serbian радионица | ||
Sesotho kokoano | ||
Shona musangano | ||
Sindhi ورڪشاپ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වැඩමුළුව | ||
Slovak dielňa | ||
Slovenian delavnica | ||
Somali aqoon isweydaarsi | ||
Spanish taller | ||
Sundanese bengkel | ||
Swahili semina | ||
Swedish verkstad | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pagawaan | ||
Tajik устохона | ||
Tamil பணிமனை | ||
Tatar семинар | ||
Telugu వర్క్షాప్ | ||
Thai เวิร์คช็อป | ||
Tigrinya ዓውደ መጽናዕቲ | ||
Tsonga ntirho wa ntirho | ||
Turkish atölye | ||
Turkmen ussahanasy | ||
Twi (Akan) adwumayɛbea | ||
Ukrainian майстерня | ||
Urdu ورکشاپ | ||
Uyghur سېخ | ||
Uzbek ustaxona | ||
Vietnamese xưởng | ||
Welsh gweithdy | ||
Xhosa indawo yokusebenzela | ||
Yiddish וואַרשטאַט | ||
Yoruba idanileko | ||
Zulu indawo yokusebenzela |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "werkswinkel" is derived from the Middle Dutch "wercwinckel," meaning "work corner" or "place where work is done." |
| Albanian | The word "punëtori" can also refer to a "work" or "occupation" |
| Amharic | In Amharic, the word "ወርክሾፕ" "workshop" has the alternate meaning of a place where people gather to do collaborative work. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "ورشة عمل" can also refer to a studio, training session or conference. |
| Armenian | The word seminar comes from the Latin word seminarium, meaning "seedbed" or "nursery", and is related to the verb seminare, meaning "to sow." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "emalatxana" derives from the Persian word "emalathaneh" and means "factory" or "manufacturing plant" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "tailerra" is derived from the Latin "tellurium", meaning "earth". |
| Belarusian | The word "майстэрня" is derived from the German word "Meister", meaning "master" or "craftsman" and the suffix "-ня", which indicates a place or establishment. |
| Bengali | The word "কর্মশালা" (workshop) in Bengali can also refer to a place where people gather to engage in artistic or creative activities. |
| Bosnian | The word 'radionica' also means a workshop for handicrafts, indicating its historical importance in Bosnia. |
| Bulgarian | Bulgarian "работилница" derives from Russian "работа" "work": an old meaning of "работилница" was "workspace," but the modern meaning derives from "factory" |
| Catalan | The word 'taller' also refers to a person's figure, in the sense of being a certain height. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "作坊" can also refer to a small, family-run factory or a group of artisans who work together. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 作坊 (zuòfǎng) derives from the term 作 („to do”) and 坊 („enclosed building”) during the Han dynasty |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "attellu" may also refer to a forge, a stable or a warehouse. |
| Croatian | In physics, 'radionica' can mean 'quantum vacuum'. |
| Czech | "Dílna" also meant "a small room" and "a part of a house" and could even mean "a small shop" |
| Danish | Originally, the word "værksted" only referred to a shipyard where ships were built or repaired |
| Dutch | "Werkplaats" is derived from "werk" (meaning "work") and "plaats" (meaning "place"), and can also refer to a studio or workspace for artists or craftspeople. |
| Esperanto | The word "laborejo" is derived from the Latin word "labor", meaning "work", and the Esperanto suffix "-ejo", indicating a place where something is done. |
| Estonian | The word "töötuba" originally referred to a room where people worked, especially a small room in a house. |
| Finnish | The Finnish word "työpaja" shares its origin with the word "paja", meaning "forge" or "smith's shop". |
| French | The word 'atelier' also means 'studio', where artists and designers work and create. |
| Frisian | The word 'workshop' is derived from the Old Frisian verb 'wirkjen', meaning 'to work'. |
| Galician | The Galician term "obradoiro" can also refer to the area surrounding a cathedral where master craftsmen and stonemasons worked during its construction. |
| Georgian | Derived from the Latin word "seminarium" (a seedbed), "სემინარი" also refers to a religious institution for the training of priests. |
| German | The word "Werkstatt" originated from the Middle High German "Wercstat", meaning "place of work", which can also refer to the activities carried out in a workshop, such as craftsmanship or repair. |
| Greek | The Greek word "εργαστήρι" ultimately derives from the ancient Greek word "ἔργον" (ergon), meaning "work". |
| Gujarati | The word 'વર્કશોપ' in Gujarati also means a place where people gather to learn or practice a particular skill or craft. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "atelye" also means "living room" or "bedroom" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | Bitar is a compound word derived from the Hausa word 'bi' (thing) and 'tar' (place), meaning 'a place where things are made' in the sense of a workshop or factory. |
| Hawaiian | While hale in Hawaiian means "house", hana means "to do" or "a craft", thus hale hana means "work house" or "workshop". |
| Hebrew | The word "סדנה" can also refer to the place where the Jewish Sanhedrin, or court held hearings. |
| Hindi | The word 'कार्यशाला' derives from 'कार' (work) and 'शाला' (place), referring to a place where work is done or skills are taught. |
| Hmong | In some dialects of Hmong, 'chaw rhiav' may refer to a specific type of workshop, such as a textile workshop or a silversmithing workshop. |
| Hungarian | The word "Műhely" originally referred to a room where artisans worked, but it now has a broader meaning, encompassing any place where creative work is done. |
| Icelandic | The word "vinnustofa" is derived from the Old Norse words "vinna" (work) and "stofa" (room), and can also refer to a factory or a studio. |
| Igbo | 'Omumuihe' ('workshop') derives from the Igbo words 'umu' ('children') and 'ihe' ('things'), implying a place where young people learn practical skills. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, |
| Irish | The word 'ceardlann' has Celtic roots and is also used to denote a 'holy place'. |
| Italian | Officina also means "apothecary's shop" in Italian. |
| Japanese | ワークショップ (workshop) is a loan word from English used in Japanese to refer to meetings where people gather to share ideas and work together on projects. |
| Javanese | "Bengkel" in Javanese means "a place where tools are stored" or "a small room where metal or wood is worked" |
| Kannada | The word "ಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರ" is derived from the Sanskrit words "कार्य" (work) and "आगर" (place), making it literally mean a "place of work" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "шеберхана" is derived from the Persian word "شَپَرخانه" (shaparkhāna), meaning "place of work." |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word “kargeh” (workshop) is related to the Persian word “kārgāh” (workshop), both of which are ultimately derived from the Sanskrit word “karya” (work). |
| Latin | The Latin root "opus," from which "workshop" originates, also signifies creation and craftsmanship, reflecting both a physical location for work and an artistic endeavor. |
| Latvian | The word "darbnīca" could also mean a "working party" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "dirbtuvės" derives from the Lithuanian word "dirbti," meaning "to work" or "to do." |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Atelier" can also refer to a knitting studio or a sewing workshop. |
| Macedonian | The word "работилница" in Macedonian is derived from the Slavic word "работа" (work), and it can also refer to a place where crafts or other work is done. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "atrikasa" likely derives from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word "*atei" (house) and "*kasa" (work). |
| Malay | In Indonesian, 'bengkel' derives from the Javanese 'bengkel' which originally meant 'store', while in Malay it may also mean 'brothel'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "ħanut" can refer to both a workshop and a shop. |
| Maori | The term 'awheawhe' may also refer to a traditional meeting house or a communal gathering place. |
| Marathi | The word "कार्यशाळा" in Marathi is derived from the Sanskrit words "कार्य" (work) and "शाला" (place), meaning "a place where work is carried out." |
| Mongolian | The word "семинар" in Mongolian is a loanword from Russian and ultimately derives from Latin "seminarium," meaning "seedbed". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "အလုပ်ရုံ" (workshop) literally means "a place to do work" in Burmese, reflecting its primary purpose as a workspace for various activities. |
| Nepali | "कार्यशाला" originated from the Sanskrit term "karmaśālā," meaning a place where work is done. |
| Norwegian | The word 'verksted' is derived from the Old Norse words 'verk' (work) and 'stadr' (place), and can also refer to a factory or a production facility. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Msonkhano may also be used to describe a group or team, particularly one engaged in creative or intellectual work. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "ورکشاپ" also holds the alternate meaning of "classroom, study hall." |
| Persian | The Persian word "كارگاه" can also refer to a place where people gather to discuss or work on a project together. |
| Polish | The Polish word "warsztat" ultimately derives from the German "Wer(k)statt", meaning "workplace". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Oficina is cognate with English "office," and can also refer to an agency, bureau, or other type of official building. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "atelier" also denotes a "painting studio" |
| Russian | The word цех (workshop) in Russian originated from the German word "Zeche", meaning "guild" or "association". |
| Samoan | The word "fale aʻoga" is formed from the words "fale" (house) and "aʻoga" (learning), thus literally meaning "house of learning". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "bùth-obrach" can also refer to a "tool shed" or "outbuilding" in certain contexts. |
| Serbian | The term 'radionica' in Serbian can also refer to a school or studio where art, music, or craftsmanship is practiced. |
| Sesotho | "Kokoano" comes from the word "koka", meaning to build or construct. |
| Shona | The word "musangano" also refers to a gathering of people for discussion or decision-making. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ورڪشاپ" derives from the Persian word "کارگاه" and originally referred to a place where carpets were made. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, "වැඩමුළුව" (vaḍamuluva) literally means "a place where work is done" or "a workplace," but it can also refer to a group of people who work together on a project or a task. |
| Slovak | The word "dielňa" derives from the word "dielo", meaning "work", and is used in various contexts outside of its literal meaning, such as "dielňa spisovateľa" (writer's workshop). |
| Slovenian | The word 'delavnica' is related to the word 'delati', meaning 'to work' in Slovene. |
| Spanish | The word "taller" in Spanish also refers to a person who is taller than average, and to a large candle made of tallow. |
| Sundanese | The term "bengkel" also refers to a traditional medicine clinic in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "semina" in Swahili can also refer to a lecture or seminar, or a place of learning or instruction. |
| Swedish | The word 'verkstad' derives from the Old Norse word 'verkstathr' meaning 'place for work' |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word 'pagawaan' originally meant 'a place to make something', but now it usually refers to any kind of workshop. |
| Tajik | The word "устохона" is derived from the Persian word "اوستاخانه" meaning "the place of a skilled craftsman". |
| Tamil | The term 'பணிமனை' could also refer to a place for worship in Tamil, as it is derived from the root words 'பணி' (worship) and 'மனை' (house) |
| Telugu | The word "వర్క్షాప్" in Telugu can also refer to a meeting or seminar where people gather to discuss and share ideas. |
| Thai | In Thai, "เวิร์คช็อป" also refers to a hands-on training session or a small group discussion. |
| Turkish | The word "atölye" comes from the French "atelier", which in turn originates from the Old French "astelier" meaning "work place". The word has extended meanings in Turkish including "studio" and "factory". |
| Ukrainian | The word 'майстерня' derives from the Proto-Slavic word 'maistŭrŭ', meaning 'master' or 'craftsman'. |
| Urdu | The word "ورکشاپ" in Urdu is derived from the English word "workshop", meaning a place where people work or learn. |
| Uzbek | Ustaxona is a Farsi-derived loanword that originally meant "a place where a craftsman works with iron." |
| Vietnamese | Xưởng was originally used to refer to a place for making pottery, then later extended to refer to any place where things are made or repaired. |
| Welsh | The word 'gweithdy' also means 'studio' or 'laboratory' in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The literal translation of "indawo yokusebenzela" is "a place to do the work". |
| Yiddish | Yiddish "וואַרשטאַט" originally meant "stable," but it later came to mean "workshop" in a semantic shift similar to that of English "shop". |
| Yoruba | The word 'idanileko' also means 'the place where one's work is'} |
| Zulu | The word "indawo yokusebenzela" can also refer to a studio or factory in Zulu. |
| English | The word "workshop" originally referred to a room where a tradesperson worked, but now also refers to a seminar or meeting where ideas are developed. |