historian

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See also: historían

English

Alternative forms

hist. (abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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

historian (plural historians)

A writer of history.
One who studies or researches history.
- 1992, Jonathan Gorman, Understanding history, page 65:
  If this is what real people and societies are like, then it may be appropriate for historians to represent their subjects' lives in storylike form.
(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.

Synonyms

(writer of a history): commentator (obsolete)

Hyponyms

annalist (writer of yearly accounts); chronicler, chronist (compiler of chronological lists of events)

Derived terms

Translations

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

historian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Esperanto

Adjective

historian

accusative singular of historia

Finnish

Noun

historian

genitive/accusative singular of historia

Spanish

Verb

historian

third-person plural present indicative of historiar

Swedish

Noun

historian

definite singular of historia

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