- Afrikaans: onderwyser (af) m
- Albanian: arsimtar (sq) m, mësues (sq) m
- Aleut: achixanax
- Amharic: አስተማሪ (ʾästämari)
- Apache:
- Western Apache: bik’eh da’ółtagí
- Arabic: مُعَلِّم (ar) m (muʕallim), مُعَلِّمَة f (muʕallima), مُدَرِّس (ar) m (mudarris), مُدَرِّسَة (ar) f (mudarrisa), أُسْتَاذ (ar) m (ʔustāḏ), أُسْتَاذَة f (ʔustāḏa)
- Egyptian Arabic: مدرس m (mudares), خوجه m (ḫūgah) (archaic)
- Gulf Arabic: استاذ (istāḏ), معلم (muʕallim), مدرس (mudarris)
- Hijazi Arabic: أُسْتَاذ m (ʔustāḏ), مدرس m (mudarris), أبلة f (ʔabla), مُعَلِّمة f (muʕallima)
- Moroccan Arabic: معلم (muʕallim), أستاد (ʔustād)
- Armenian: ուսուցիչ (hy) (usucʻičʻ), դասատու (hy) (dasatu)
- Assamese: শিক্ষক (xikhok)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܲܠܦܵܢܵܐ m (mālpana), ܡܲܠܦܵܢܬܵܐ f (mālpanta), ܪܵܒܝܼ m (rabī), ܐܽܘܣܬܳܐܕ݇ m (ūstāda) (Urmia)
- Asturian: profesor (ast) m, maestru (ast) m
- Avar: мугӏалим (muʻalim)
- Azerbaijani: müəllim (az)
- Bashkir: уҡытыусы (uqıtıwsı)
- Basque: irakasle (eu) m, maisu m
- Belarusian: наста́ўнік m (nastáŭnik), выхава́льнік m (vyxaválʹnik)
- Bengali: শিক্ষক (bn) (śikkhok), আচার্য (bn) (acarjo), গুরু (bn) (guru), ওস্তাদ (bn) (ōstad), অধ্যাপক (bn) (oddhapok), উপাধ্যায় (bn) (upaddhaẏ), মুয়াল্লিম (bn) (muẏallim)
- Biatah Bidayuh: guruu
- Bikol Central: paratukdo (bcl)
- Bislama: tija
- Breton: kelenner (br) m
- Bulgarian: учи́тел (bg) m (učítel), учи́телка f (učítelka), преподава́тел (bg) m (prepodavátel), преподава́телка f (prepodavátelka)
- Burmese: ဆရာ (my) (hca.ra), ဆရာမ (my) (hca.rama.) (female)
- Buryat: багша (bagša)
- Carpathian Rusyn: учітель m (učitelʹ)
- Catalan: professor (ca) m, professora (ca) f, ensenyant (ca) m or f, mestre (ca) m
- Cebuano: magtutudlo
- Chechen: хьехархо (ḥʳexarxo)
- Cherokee: ᏗᏕᏲᎲᏍᎩ (dideyohvsgi)
- Chichewa: mphunzitsi
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 老師／老师 (lou5 si1), 教師／教师 (gaau3 si1), 先生 (sin1 saang1)
- Dungan: лошы (lošɨ), җёйүан (ži͡oyüan), сыфу (sɨfu), вуста (vusta), сынён (sɨni͡on) (female), нүлошы (nülošɨ) (female)
- Eastern Min: 老師／老师 (lō̤-sṳ̆)
- Hakka: 先生 (sîn-sâng), 教師／教师 (kau-sṳ̂), 老師／老师 (ló-sṳ̂)
- Hokkien: 教師／教师 (zh-min-nan) (kàu-su), 老師／老师 (zh-min-nan) (lāu-su, ló-su), 先生 (zh-min-nan) (sin-seⁿ, sin-siⁿ)
- Mandarin: 教師／教师 (zh) (jiàoshī), 老師／老师 (zh) (lǎoshī), 教員／教员 (zh) (jiàoyuán), 師父／师父 (zh) (shīfu) (especially martial arts)
- Wu: 老師／老师
- Chukchi: кэлиныгйивэтыльын (kėlinygjivėtylʹyn)
- Chuukese: sense
- Chuvash: учитель (uč̬it̬elʹ), вӗрентекен (vĕrent̬ek̬en)
- Coptic: ⲥⲁϧ m (sax), ⲕⲁⲑⲏⲅⲉⲧⲏⲥ m (kathēgetēs), ⲅⲣⲁⲙⲁⲧⲉⲟⲥ m (gramateos), ⲣⲉϥϯⲥⲃⲱ m (reftisbō)
- Cornish: adhyskonydh, dyskador m
- Crimean Tatar: muallim
- Czech: učitel (cs) m
- Danish: lærer (da) m
- Daur: seb, bakx
- Dolgan: учитель (uçitelʹ)
- Dutch: leraar (nl) m, onderwijzer (nl) m, docent (nl) m, leerkracht (nl) m, schoolmeester (nl) m
- Erzya: тонавтыця (tonavtića)
- Esperanto: instruisto (eo)
- Estonian: õpetaja (et)
- Even: учитель (ucitel’), хупкучимӈэ̇ (hupkucimŋə̇)
- Evenki: учитель (uçitel’), алагӯмнӣ (alagūmņī), татыга̄мнӣ (tatigāmņī), татка̄мӈӯ (tatkāmŋū), учутал (uçutal)
- Faroese: lærari m
- Finnish: opettaja (fi)
- French: professeur (fr) m, maître d’école (fr) m, enseignant (fr) m, instituteur (fr) (primary school)
- Galician: mestre (gl) m, escolante m or f, profesor (gl) m, ensinante m or f
- Georgian: მასწავლებელი (ka) (masc̣avlebeli), პედაგოგი (ṗedagogi)
- German: Lehrer (de) m, Lehrerin (de) f
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 m (laisāreis), 𐍄𐌰𐌻𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 m (talzjands)
- Greek: δάσκαλος (el) m (dáskalos)
- Ancient: διδάσκαλος (didáskalos), κατηχητής m (katēkhētḗs)
- Guaraní: mbo'ehára
- Gujarati: શિક્ષક (śikṣak)
- Hausa: malami
- Hawaiian: kumu
- Hebrew: מוֹרֶה (he) m (moré)
- Hindi: अध्यापक (hi) m (adhyāpak), टीचर m (ṭīcar), शिक्षक (hi) m (śikṣak), गुरु (hi) m (guru), आचार्य (hi) m (ācārya) (Hinduism, Buddhism), मुअल्लिम (hi) m (muallim), उस्ताद (hi) m (ustād), उपाध्याय (hi) m (upādhyāy), आचार्य (hi) m (ācārya)
- Hungarian: tanár (hu), tanító (hu), oktató (hu), pedagógus (hu)
- Hunsrik: Leerer m, Leerin f
- Icelandic: kennari (is) m
- Ido: instruktisto (io)
- Ifè: akɔ́nɛ
- Igala: ítíchà
- Inari Sami: opâtteijee
- Indonesian: guru (id), pengajar (id)
- Interlingua: maestro (ia), magistro, professor de schola, instructor, inseniator
- Inuktitut: ᐃᓕᓭᔨ (iliseyi)
- Irish: múinteoir (ga) m
- Italian: insegnante (it) m, docente (it) m, professore (it) m, maestro (it) m, aio (it) m, educatore (it) m, precettore (it) m
- Japanese: 先生 (ja) (せんせい, sensei), 教師 (ja) (きょうし, kyōshi)
- Javanese: guru, dwija (jv)
- Jeju: 선싕 (seonsuing), 선싕님 (seonsuingnim) (honorific), 선셍 (seonseng), 선승 (seonseung), 성선 (seongseon)
- Judeo-Tat: мэгӀлуьм (məⱨlym)
- Kalmyk: багш (bagş), сурһач (surğaç)
- Kamba: mwaalimu
- Kannada: ಶಿಕ್ಷಕ (kn) (śikṣaka), ಅಧ್ಯಾಪಕ (kn) (adhyāpaka), ಗುರು (kn) (guru)
- Kazakh: мұғалім (mūğalım), оқытушы (oqytuşy)
- Khmer: គ្រូបង្រៀន (kruu bɑngriən), គ្រូ (km) (kruu), អាចារ្យ (km) (ʼaacaa), អាចរិយ (km) (ʼaacaʼreyaʼ), លោកគ្រូ (look kruu), អ្នកគ្រូ (nĕək kruu) (female)
- Kikuyu: mũrutani class 1
- Kis: mwaalimu
- Komi-Permyak: велӧтісь (velötiś)
- Korean: 선생(先生) (ko) (seonsaeng), 선생님 (ko) (seonsaengnim) (honorific), 교사(敎師) (ko) (gyosa)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: مامۆستا (ckb) (mamosta)
- Northern Kurdish: mamosta (ku), hînker (ku)
- Kyrgyz: мугалим (ky) (mugalim), окутуучу (ky) (okutuucu)
- Ladino: professor, maestro
- Lao: ຄູ (lo) (khū), ນາຍຄູ (nāi khū), ອາຈານ (ʼā chān)
- Latin: docens (la) m, doctor m, praeceptor (la) m, magister (la) m, litterātor m (elementary school)
- Latvian: skolotājs (lv) m
- Lishana Deni: מעלם m (maʿallәm), אסתאדא m (ʾəstāḏa)
- Lithuanian: mokytojas (lt) m, dėstytojas m
- Livonian: opātiji
- Lü: ᦟᧁᦌᦹᧈ (lawsue¹), ᦁᦱᦈᦱᧃ (ʼaaṫsaan), ᦗᦸᧈᦆᦴ (poa¹xuu) (male), ᦆᦴᦉᦸᧃ (xuuṡoan), ᦆᦴ (xuu)
- Luganda: omusomesa
- Luhya: omwalimu
- Luo: japuonj
- Lushootseed: dxʷsʔugʷusaɬ, dxʷsʔugʷucidid
- Macedonian: учител (mk) m (učitel) (elementary school), наставник m (nastavnik) (intermediate school), воспитувач m (vospituvač) (preschool), професор m (profesor) (high school & university), пре́давач m (prédavač) (university lecturer)
- Malagasy: mpampianatra (mg)
- Malay: guru (ms), cikgu (more colloquial)
- Malayalam: അദ്ധ്യാപകന് (addhyāpakaṉ), ഗുരു (ml) (guru)
- Maltese: għalliem m, għalliema f
- Manchu: ᠰᡝᡶᡠ (sefu)
- Manx: ynseyder m
- Maori: māhita kura, kaiwhakaako
- Marathi: शिक्षक (śikṣak), टीचर (ṭīcar), गुरु m (guru)
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari: учитель (učiteĺ), ача (ača)
- Meru: mwarimo
- Mingrelian: მაგურაფალი (magurapali)
- Moksha: тонафты (tonafti), учитель (učiťeľ)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: багш (mn) (bagš)
- Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠰᠢ (baɣsi)
- Navajo: báʼóltaʼí
- Nepali: शिक्षक (ne) (śikṣak)
- Ngazidja Comorian: fundi
- Norman: ensîngnant m
- North Frisian: (Sylt) Skuulmaister c
- Northern Sami: oahpaheaddji
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lærer (no) m, skolelærer m
- Nynorsk: lærar (nn) m
- Occitan: ensenhaire (oc) m, ensenhant m, mèstre (oc) m, professor (oc) m
- Odia: ଶିକ୍ଷକ (or) (śikshaka)
- Ojibwe: gekinoo'amaaged
- Old English: lārēow m
- Old Javanese: guru
- Osage: wakǫ́ze
- Ossetian: ахуыргӕнӕг (ax°yrgænæg)
- Pali: ācariya m, guru m
- Pannonian Rusyn: учитель m (učitelʹ)
- Pashto: استاد m (ostād), استاذ (ps) m (ostāz), ښوونکی (ps) m (x̌owunkay), معلم m (mo'alem)
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: آموزْگار (fa) (âmuzgâr), آموزانَنْدِه (âmuzânande), مُعَلّم (fa), اُسْتاد (fa) (ostâd)
- Pijin: tisa
- Polish: nauczyciel (pl) m, belfer (pl) m
- Portuguese: professor (pt) m, docente (pt) m
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਅਧਿਆਪਕ (pa) m (adhiāpak)
- Quechua: yachachiq
- Romagnol: majèstar m, mèstar m
- Romani: siklǎrno m
- Romanian: profesor (ro) m, învățător (ro) m
- Russian: учи́тель (ru) m (učítelʹ), учи́тельница (ru) f (učítelʹnica), преподава́тель (ru) m (prepodavátelʹ), преподава́тельница (ru) f (prepodavátelʹnica), наста́вник (ru) m (nastávnik), наста́вница (ru) f (nastávnica)
- Sanskrit: गुरु (sa) (guru), आचार्य (sa) m (ācārya), अध्यापक (sa) m (adhyāpaka), शिक्षक (sa) m (śikṣaka)
- Scottish Gaelic: fear-teagaisg m, neach-teagaisg m, muinear m, tidsear m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: учитељ m, васпитач m, наставник m
- Roman: učitelj (sh) m, vaspitač (sh) m, nastavnik (sh) m
- Shor: ӱргедигчи (ürgedigçi)
- Sinhalese: ගුරුතුමා (gurutumā), ගුරුවරයා (guruwarayā), ආචාර්ය (si) (ācārya)
- Skolt Sami: uʹčteeʹl
- Slovak: učiteľ m
- Slovene: učítelj (sl) m
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: ceptaŕ m, wucabnik m
- Sotho: titjhere (st)
- Southern Altai: ӱредӱчи (üredüči)
- Spanish: maestro (es) m, profesor (es) m, docente (es) m, enseñador (es) m, enseñante (es) m or f, preceptor (es) m, pedagogo m, institutor m
- Swahili: mwalimu (sw), maalim (sw)
- Swedish: lärare (sv) m
- Tagalog: guro (tl), maestro, titser
- Tajik: муаллим (tg) (muallim), устод (tg) (ustod), омӯзгор (tg) (omüzgor)
- Tamil: ஆசிரியர் (ta) (āciriyar), குரு (ta) (kuru)
- Taos: mèstuʼúna
- Tatar: укытучы (tt) (uqıtuçı), мөгаллим (mögallim), остаз (tt) (ostaz)
- Telugu: ఉపాధ్యాయుడు (te) (upādhyāyuḍu)
- Thai: ครู (th) (kruu), อาจารย์ (th) (aa-jaan)
- Tibetan: དགེ་རྒན (dge rgan)
- Tigrinya: መምህር (mämhər)
- Tocharian A: käṣṣi
- Tocharian B: käṣṣī
- Tok Pisin: tisa
- Turkish: öğretmen (tr), muallim (tr) (old), hoca (tr)
- Turkmen: mugallym
- Udmurt: дышетӥсь (dyšetiś)
- Ukrainian: учи́тель (uk) m (učýtelʹ), вчи́тель (uk) m (včýtelʹ), виклада́ч m (vykladáč)
- Urdu: مُعَلّم (ur) m, ٹِیچَر m (ṭīcar), اُسْتاد m (ustād), اَدھیاپَک m (adhyāpak) (rare)
- Uyghur: ئوقۇتقۇچى (oqutquchi), مۇئەللىم (mu'ellim), ئۇستاز (ustaz)
- Uzbek: o'qituvchi (uz), oʻqituvchi (uz)
- Vietnamese: giáo viên (vi) (教員)
- Volapük: tidan (vo), hitidan, kladatidan, kladahitidan, kladanefitidan, kladanefihitidan
- Walloon: mwaisse di scole m, professeur (wa) m, prof (wa) m or f, scoleu (wa) m
- Welsh: athro (cy) m, dysgwr (cy) m
- West Frisian: learaar
- Western Panjabi: استاد (pnb)
- White Hmong: thawj xibhwb
- Yagnobi: малим (malim)
- Yakut: учуутал (ucuutal), үөрэтээччи (üöreteecci)
- Yapese: sensey
- Yiddish: לערער m (lerer)
- Yoruba: olùkọ́
- Zazaki: musner c musnayoğ (diq) c ma'lim c xoca c
- Zhuang: lauxsae
- Zulu: umfundisi (zu) class 1/2, uthisha (zu) class 1a/2a
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