Ekran

Ekran is a term meaning screen or display used in several languages in Europe and West Asia. It is especially common in Turkish, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Estonian, where it denotes the surface that shows images or video. The word covers both physical displays on devices such as televisions, computer monitors, and smartphones, and the projection surface used in cinemas or classrooms.

In Turkish, ekran appears in everyday technology vocabulary in phrases like ekran çözünürlüğü (screen resolution), ekran boyutu (screen size), and ekran kartı. In Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian, ekran is used in similar contexts to refer to monitors and displays. In Estonian, ekraan is the standard word for screen, used in the same range of technical and everyday expressions.

Etymology is not uniform across languages; ekran forms in Turkish and the South Slavic languages are cognate in meaning but their origins reflect different linguistic histories. In all cases, the term remains central to discussions of everyday devices, media, and user interfaces, as well as to language-specific product terminology and instructions.

See also: display, monitor, television, screen resolution, user interface.