historian

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See also: historían

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

hist. (abbreviation)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”). More at history.

Pronunciation[edit]

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/, /hɪˈstɔəɹɪən/
- Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/
(New York Metropolitan Area) IPA^(key): /hɪˈstɑɹi.ən/
Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧an

Noun[edit]

historian (plural historians)

A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
One who studies or researches history.
(medicine) One who recounts their own medical history.
- 2007, Joyce E. Dains, Linda Ciofu Baumann, Pamela Scheibel, Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care:
  The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian.

Derived terms[edit]

Translations[edit]

writer of history

Albanian: historian (sq)
Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ (muʔarriḵ), مُؤَرِّخَة f (muʔarriḵa)
Armenian: պատմիչ (hy) (patmičʻ), պատմագիր (hy) (patmagir)
Azerbaijani: tarixçi (az)
Basque: historialari, historiagile
Belarusian: гісто́рык m (históryk), гісто́рычка f (históryčka)
Bengali: ইতিহাসবিদ (itihasbid)
Bulgarian: истори́к m (istorík), истори́чка f (istoríčka)
Burmese: သမိုင်းပညာရှင် (sa.muing:pa.nyahrang)
Catalan: historiador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 歷史學家／历史学家 (zh) (lìshǐxuéjiā), 歷史家／历史家 (zh) (lìshǐjiā), 史家 (zh) (shǐjiā)
Czech: historik (cs) m, historička (cs) f
Danish: historiker c
Dutch: historicus (nl) m, geschiedkundige (nl) m or f
Esperanto: historiisto
Finnish: historiankirjoittaja, historioitsija (fi)
French: historien (fr) m, historienne (fr) f
Galician: historiador (gl) m
Georgian: ისტორიკოსი (isṭoriḳosi)
German: Historiker (de) m, Historikerin (de) f, Geschichtsschreiber (de)
Greek: ιστορικός (el) m or f (istorikós)
Ancient: ἱστορικός m (historikós)
Hebrew: הִיסְטוֹרְיוֹן (he) m (historyón)
Hindi: इतिहासकार m (itihāskār), इतिहासज्ञ m (itihāsajña)
Hungarian: történetíró (hu)
Icelandic: sagnfræðingur (is) m
Ido: historiisto (io), historiero
Irish: staraí m
Italian: storico (it) m, storica (it) f
Japanese: 歴史家 (ja) (れきしか, rekishika), 史家 (ja) (しか, shika)
Kalmyk: тууҗч (tuujç)
Kazakh: тарихшы (tarixşy)
Khmer: ប្រវត្តិវិទូ (prɑvŏət vituu), ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រិន (prɑvŏəttesaahstrən)
Korean: 역사학자(歷史學者) (yeoksahakja), 력사학자(歷史學者) (ryeoksahakja) (North Korea), 역사가(歷史家) (ko) (yeoksaga), 력사가(歷史家) (ryeoksaga) (North Korea), 사가(史家) (ko) (saga), 사학자(史學者) (ko) (sahakja)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مێژوونووس (mêjûnûs)

Northern Kurdish: dîrokvan (ku), dîrokzan (ku), dîroknas (ku)
Kyrgyz: тарыхчы (ky) (tarıhcı)
Latin: historicus (la) m
Latvian: vēsturnieks m, vēsturniece f
Lithuanian: istorikas m, istorikė f
Macedonian: историчар m (istoričar), историчарка f (istoričarka)
Malay: sejarawan (ms), ahli sejarah, muwarikh, tarikh (ms), historikus
Maori: tumu kōrero
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: түүхч (mn) (tüüxč)

Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡᠴᠢ (teükeči)
Norman: historien m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: historiker m

Nynorsk: historikar m
Occitan: istorian (oc) m
Old English: stǣrwrītere m
Pashto: مؤرخ m (moarᶕx), مورخ m (moaréx), تاريخدان m (tārixdãn), تاريخپوه m (tāríxpoh)
Persian: مورخ (fa) (movarrax), تاریخ نویس (târix navis)
Polish: historyk (pl) m, historyczka (pl) f
Portuguese: historiador (pt) m, historiógrafo m, historiadora f, historiógrafa f
Romanian: istoric (ro) m, istoriograf (ro) m, istorică f
Russian: исто́рик (ru) m (istórik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏вјеснича̄р m, по̏вјеснича̄рка f, хисто̀рича̄р m, хисто̀рича̄рка f

Roman: pȍvjesničār (sh) m, pȍvjesničārka (sh) f, històričār (sh) m, històričārka (sh) f
Slovak: historik (sk) m, historička (sk) f
Slovene: zgodovinar (sl) m, zgodovinarka f
Spanish: historiador (es) m, historiadora (es) f
Swedish: historiker (sv) c
Tajik: муаррих (muarrix)
Tatar: тарихчы (tt) (tarixçı)
Thai: นักประวัติศาสตร์ (nák-bprà-wàt-dtì-sàat)
Turkish: tarihçi (tr), müverrih (tr), ötükçü
Turkmen: taryhçy
Ukrainian: істо́рик m (istóryk), істо́ричка f (istóryčka)
Urdu: مؤرخ m (muvarrix)
Uyghur: تارىخچى (tarixchi)
Uzbek: tarixchi (uz), muarrix (uz) (archaic or literary)
Vietnamese: nhà viết sử, sử gia (vi)
Volapük: jenavan m or f, hijenavan m, jijenavan f
Welsh: hanesydd (cy) m

person who studies history

Albanian: historian (sq)
Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ (muʔarriḵ), مُؤَرِّخَة f (muʔarriḵa)
Armenian: պատմագետ (hy) (patmaget), պատմաբան (hy) (patmaban)
Azerbaijani: tarixçi (az)
Basque: historialari, historiagile
Belarusian: гісто́рык m (históryk), гісто́рычка f (históryčka)
Bulgarian: истори́к m (istorík), истори́чка f (istoríčka)
Burmese: သမိုင်းပညာရှင် (sa.muing:pa.nyahrang)
Catalan: historiador (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 歷史學家／历史学家 (zh) (lìshǐxuéjiā), 歷史家／历史家 (zh) (lìshǐjiā), 史家 (zh) (shǐjiā)
Czech: historik (cs) m, historička (cs) f
Danish: historiker c
Dutch: historicus (nl) m, geschiedkundige (nl) m or f
Esperanto: historiisto
Estonian: ajaloolane (et)
Finnish: historioitsija (fi)
French: historien (fr) m, historienne (fr) f
Galician: historiador (gl) m
Georgian: ისტორიკოსი (isṭoriḳosi)
German: Historiker (de) m, Historikerin (de) f
Greek: ιστορικός (el) m (istorikós)
Ancient: ἱστορικός m (historikós)
Hebrew: הִיסְטוֹרְיוֹן (he) m (historyón)
Hindi: इतिहासकार m (itihāskār), इतिहासज्ञ m (itihāsajña)
Hungarian: történész (hu)
Icelandic: sagnfræðingur (is) m
Ido: historiisto (io), historiero
Irish: staraí m
Italian: storico (it) m, storica (it) f
Japanese: 歴史家 (ja) (れきしか, rekishika)
Kazakh: тарихшы (tarixşy)
Korean: 역사학자(歷史學者) (yeoksahakja), 력사학자(歷史學者) (ryeoksahakja) (North Korea), 역사가(歷史家) (ko) (yeoksaga), 력사가(歷史家) (ryeoksaga) (North Korea), 사학자(史學者) (ko) (sahakja)
Kyrgyz: тарыхчы (ky) (tarıhcı)
Latin: historicus (la) m
Latvian: vēsturnieks m, vēsturniece f
Lithuanian: istorikas m, istorikė f
Macedonian: историчар m (istoričar), историчарка f (istoričarka)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: түүхч (mn) (tüüxč)

Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡᠴᠢ (teükeči)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: historiker m

Nynorsk: historikar m
Old English: stǣrleornere m
Persian: مورخ (fa) (movarrax)
Polish: historyk (pl) m, historyczka (pl) f
Portuguese: historiador (pt) m, historiadora f
Romanian: istoric (ro) m, istorică f
Russian: исто́рик (ru) m (istórik)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: по̏вјеснича̄р m, по̏вјеснича̄рка f, хисто̀рича̄р m, хисто̀рича̄рка f

Roman: pȍvjesničār (sh) m, pȍvjesničārka (sh) f, històričār (sh) m, històričārka (sh) f
Slovak: historik (sk) m, historička (sk) f
Slovene: zgodovinar (sl) m, zgodovinarka f
Spanish: historiador (es) m, historiadora (es) f
Swahili: mwanahistoria
Swedish: historiker (sv) c
Tajik: муаррих (muarrix)
Tatar: тарихчы (tt) (tarixçı)
Thai: นักประวัติศาสตร์ (nák-bprà-wàt-dtì-sàat)
Turkish: tarihçi (tr)
Turkmen: taryhçy
Ukrainian: істо́рик m (istóryk), істо́ричка f (istóryčka)
Urdu: مؤرخ m (muvarrix)
Uyghur: تارىخچى (tarixchi)
Uzbek: tarixchi (uz), muarrix (uz) (archaic or literary)
Vietnamese: nhà sử học, sử gia (vi)
Võro: aoluulanõ
Welsh: hanesydd (cy) m

Further reading[edit]

historian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Esperanto[edit]

Adjective[edit]

historian

accusative singular of historia

Finnish[edit]

Noun[edit]

historian

genitive/accusative singular of historia

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

historian

third-person plural present indicative of historiar

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

historian

definite singular of historia

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