From library + -an . First attested around 1710.
librarian (plural librarians )
The keeper, manager of a library .
1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine , page 149 :The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian .
One who cares for the publications , files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer.
A person who processes and organizes information .
the manager of a library
Afrikaans: bibliotekaris m , bibliotekaresse f
Albanian: bibliotekar (sq) m , bibliotekare (sq) f
Arabic: أَمِين مَكْتَبَة m ( ʔamīn maktaba ) , أَمِينَةْ مَكْتَبَة f ( ʔamīnat maktaba )
Armenian: գրադարանապետ (hy) ( gradaranapet )
Asturian: bibliotecariu m
Azerbaijani: kitabxanaçı (az)
Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m ( biblijatékar ) , бібліятэ́карка f ( biblijatékarka )
Bulgarian: библиотека́р m ( bibliotekár ) , библиотека́рка f ( bibliotekárka )
Burmese: စာကြည့်တိုက်မှူး (my) ( ca-krany.tuikhmu: )
Catalan: bibliotecari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圖書館 館長 / 图书馆 馆长 ( túshūguǎn guǎnzhǎng )
Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci
Czech: knihovník (cs) m , knihovnice (cs) f
Danish: bibliotekar (da) c
Dutch: bibliothecaris (nl) m ( chief ) , bibliothecaresse (nl) f ( chief ) , bibliotheekbeheerder m
Estonian: raamatukoguhoidja (et)
Faroese: bókavørður m
Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja (fi) , kirjastonjohtaja
French: bibliothécaire (fr) m or f
Galician: bibliotecario (gl) m
Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი ( biblioteḳari )
German: Bibliothekar (de) m , Bibliothekarin (de) f
Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (el) m or f ( vivliothikários ) , βιβλιοθηκονόμος (el) m or f ( vivliothikonómos )
Greenlandic: bibliotekari , atuagaatilerisoq
Hebrew: סַפְרָן (he) m ( safrán ) , ספרנית f ( safranít )
Hindi: पुस्तकाध्यक्ष m ( pustakādhyakṣ ) , लाइब्रेरियन m ( lāibreriyan ) , पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष m ( pustakālyādhyakṣ )
Hungarian: könyvtáros (hu)
Icelandic: bókasafnsfræðingur m , bókavörður m
Indonesian: pustakawan (id)
Italian: bibliotecario (it) m , bibliotecaria (it) f
Japanese: 司書 (ja) ( ししょ, shisho )
Kazakh: кітапханашы ( kıtapxanaşy )
Khmer: បណ្ណារក្ស ( pannaarak )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pirtûkxanevan (ku)
Kyrgyz: китепканачы ( kitepkanacı )
Lao: ບັນນາລັກ ( ban nā lak )
Latvian: bibliotekārs m
Lithuanian: bibliotekininkas m , bibliotekininkė f
Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire m
Macedonian: библиотекар m ( bibliotekar ) , библиотекарка f ( bibliotekarka )
Malay: pustakawan (ms)
Manx: lioarlannee m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bibliotekar (no) m
Occitan: bibliotecari (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic: вивлиотикарь m ( vivliotikarĭ )
Pashto: کتابدار (ps) m ( ketābdār )
Persian: کتابدار (fa) ( ketâbdâr )
Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m , bibliotekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: bibliotecário (pt) m
Punjabi: ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ m ( lāibrerīana )
Romanian: bibliotecar (ro) m , bibliotecară (ro) f
Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m ( bibliotékarʹ ) , библиоте́карша (ru) f ( bibliotékarša )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: књи́жнича̄р m , књи́жнича̄рка f , библиотѐка̄р m , библиотѐка̄рка̄ f
Roman: knjížničār (sh) m , knjížničārka (sh) f , bibliotèkār (sh) m , bibliotèkārkā (sh) f
Slovak: knihovník m , knihovníčka f , bibliotekár m , bibliotekárka f
Slovene: knjižničar (sl) m , knjižničarka f
Sotho: radibuka (st)
Spanish: bibliotecario (es) m
Swedish: bibliotekarie (sv) c
Tagalog: tagaingat-aklatan
Tajik: китобдор (tg) ( kitobdor )
Tatar: китапханәче (tt) ( kitapxanäçe )
Thai: บรรณารักษ์ (th) ( ban-naa-rák )
Turkish: kütüphaneci (tr) , bibliyotekçi (tr)
Turkmen: kitaphanaçy
Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (uk) m ( bibliotékar ) , бібліоте́карка (uk) f ( bibliotékarka )
Uzbek: kutubxonachi (uz)
Vietnamese: thủ thư (vi)
Walloon: bibiotekî (wa) m , bibiotecresse (wa) f
Welsh: llyfrgellydd (cy) m
one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
Afrikaans: bibliotekaris
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: գրադարանավար (hy) ( gradaranavar )
Azerbaijani: kitabxanaçı (az)
Belarusian: бібліятэ́кар m ( biblijatékar ) , бібліятэ́карка f ( biblijatékarka )
Bulgarian: библиотека́р m ( bibliotekár ) , библиотека́рка f ( bibliotekárka )
Catalan: bibliotecari (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 圖書管理員 / 图书管理员 (zh) ( túshū guǎnlǐyuán ) , 圖書館員 / 图书馆员 (zh) ( túshūguǎnyuán )
Crimean Tatar: kitaphaneci
Czech: knihovník (cs) m , knihovnice (cs) f
Danish: bibliotekar (da) c
Dutch: (please verify ) bibliothecaris (nl) m , (please verify ) hulpbibliothecaris m
Esperanto: bibliotekisto
Finnish: kirjastonhoitaja (fi)
French: bibliothécaire (fr) m or f
Georgian: ბიბლიოთეკარი ( biblioteḳari )
German: Bibliothekar (de) m , Bibliothekarin (de) f
Greek: βιβλιοθηκάριος (el) m or f ( vivliothikários )
Greenlandic: atuagaatilerisoq , bibliotekari
Hungarian: könyvtáros (hu)
Indonesian: pustakawan (id) m , pustakawati f
Irish: leabharlannaí m
Japanese: 司書 (ja) ( ししょ, shisho ) , 図書館員 ( としょかんいん, toshokan'in )
Kazakh: кітапханашы ( kıtapxanaşy )
Korean: 사서(司書) (ko) ( saseo ) , 도서관원(圖書館員) ( doseogwanwon )
Kyrgyz: китепканачы ( kitepkanacı )
Luxembourgish: Bibliothecaire m
Macedonian: библиотекар m ( bibliotekar ) , библиотекарка f ( bibliotekarka )
Malay: pustakawan (ms)
Manx: lioarlannee m
Maori: kaitiaki pukapuka
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bibliotekar (no) m
Persian: کتابدار (fa) ( ketâbdâr )
Polish: bibliotekarz (pl) m , bibliotekarka (pl) f
Portuguese: bibliotecário (pt) m
Punjabi: ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ m ( lāibrerīana )
Romanian: bibliotecar (ro) m , bibliotecară (ro) f
Romansch: bibliotecari m
Russian: библиоте́карь (ru) m ( bibliotékarʹ ) , библиоте́карша (ru) f ( bibliotékarša )
Scottish Gaelic: leabharlannaiche m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: књи́жнича̄р m , књи́жнича̄рка f , библиотѐка̄р m , библиотѐка̄рка̄ f
Roman: knjížničār (sh) m , knjížničārka (sh) f , bibliotèkār (sh) m , bibliotèkārkā (sh) f
Slovak: knihovník m , knihovníčka f , bibliotekár m , bibliotekárka f
Slovene: knjižničar (sl) m , knjižničarka f
Sotho: radibuka (st)
Swahili: mkutubi
Turkish: kütüphaneci (tr)
Ukrainian: бібліоте́кар (uk) m ( bibliotékar ) , бібліоте́карка (uk) f ( bibliotékarka )
Welsh: llyfrgellydd (cy) m
Yiddish: ביבליאָטעקער m ( biblyoteker ) , ביבליאָטעקעראין f ( biblyotekerin )
Translations to be checked