Am in Different Languages
Discover 'AM' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
AM
Afrikaans am | ||
Albanian jam | ||
Amharic am | ||
Arabic صباحا | ||
Armenian am | ||
Assamese এ এম | ||
Aymara nayatwa | ||
Azerbaijani am | ||
Bambara n ye | ||
Basque am | ||
Belarusian am | ||
Bengali এএম | ||
Bhojpuri एएम के बा | ||
Bosnian am | ||
Bulgarian am | ||
Catalan am | ||
Cebuano am | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 上午 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 上午 | ||
Corsican am | ||
Croatian am | ||
Czech dopoledne | ||
Danish er | ||
Dhivehi އޭއެމް | ||
Dogri दपैहर पैहलें | ||
Dutch am | ||
English am | ||
Esperanto estas | ||
Estonian olen | ||
Ewe nye | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) am | ||
Finnish olen | ||
French un m | ||
Frisian bin | ||
Galician am | ||
Georgian ვარ | ||
German am | ||
Greek ειμαι | ||
Guarani che | ||
Gujarati એ.એમ. | ||
Haitian Creole am | ||
Hausa am | ||
Hawaiian am | ||
Hebrew am | ||
Hindi बजे | ||
Hmong am | ||
Hungarian am | ||
Icelandic am | ||
Igbo am | ||
Ilocano am | ||
Indonesian saya | ||
Irish am | ||
Italian am | ||
Japanese 午前 | ||
Javanese am | ||
Kannada ಎಎಮ್ | ||
Kazakh am | ||
Khmer ព្រឹក | ||
Kinyarwanda am | ||
Konkani हांव | ||
Korean 오전 | ||
Krio am | ||
Kurdish im | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) am | ||
Kyrgyz am | ||
Lao am | ||
Latin am | ||
Latvian am | ||
Lingala naza | ||
Lithuanian esu | ||
Luganda ndi | ||
Luxembourgish am | ||
Macedonian ам | ||
Maithili ए एम | ||
Malagasy pm | ||
Malay pagi | ||
Malayalam am | ||
Maltese am | ||
Maori am | ||
Marathi आहे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯦ.ꯑꯦꯝ | ||
Mizo ni | ||
Mongolian am | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) နံနက် | ||
Nepali am | ||
Norwegian er | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) am | ||
Odia (Oriya) am | ||
Oromo dha | ||
Pashto سهار | ||
Persian صبح | ||
Polish jestem | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) sou | ||
Punjabi ਸਵੇਰੇ | ||
Quechua am | ||
Romanian a.m | ||
Russian am | ||
Samoan am | ||
Sanskrit अस्मि | ||
Scots Gaelic am | ||
Sepedi a | ||
Serbian сам | ||
Sesotho am | ||
Shona am | ||
Sindhi ايم | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඒ.එම් | ||
Slovak am | ||
Slovenian am | ||
Somali am | ||
Spanish a.m | ||
Sundanese am | ||
Swahili am | ||
Swedish am | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) am | ||
Tajik ом | ||
Tamil நான் | ||
Tatar ам | ||
Telugu am | ||
Thai น | ||
Tigrinya እየ | ||
Tsonga am | ||
Turkish am | ||
Turkmen am | ||
Twi (Akan) yɛ | ||
Ukrainian am | ||
Urdu صبح | ||
Uyghur am | ||
Uzbek am | ||
Vietnamese là | ||
Welsh yn | ||
Xhosa am | ||
Yiddish בין | ||
Yoruba am | ||
Zulu am |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Dutch-derived word "AM" can also mean "but" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | JAM in Albanian can also derive from the Greek word |
| Amharic | The word AM, which means "good morning" in Amharic, also refers to a type of greeting ceremony involving bowing and handshakes. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "صباحا" can also mean "in the morning" or "in the early part of the day". |
| Armenian | The word "AM" in Armenian is derived from the Ancient Armenian word "armn", which means "sun". |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "AM" means "but also" and is often used to connect two clauses in a sentence. |
| Basque | 'AM' also means 'year' in Basque, from the Latin 'annum'. |
| Belarusian | In Belarusian, "AM" can also mean "I am" or "you are". |
| Bengali | The word "এএম" is also used as an abbreviation for the term "Artificial Member" in Bengali, referring to a prosthetic limb or device. |
| Bosnian | "AM" can also be the short version for months in Bosnian, e.g. "januAM" (January) or "septemAM" (September). |
| Bulgarian | In the Cyrillic alphabet, AM is the name of the first Cyrillic letter, А, similar to the English letter A. |
| Catalan | "AM" in Catalan can also mean "I love you". |
| Cebuano | 'AM' is also an interjection for agreement or affirmation. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "上午" originates from the phrase "早晨的太阳", meaning "the morning sun". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 上午 (AM) literally means 'morning time'. |
| Corsican | "AM" is also an abbreviation for the Italian word "Ante Meridiem". |
| Croatian | AM, in Croatian, also means the first declension of the word "mama," meaning "mother." |
| Czech | "Dopledne" is derived from the Old Czech word "dopoludnie", which literally means "half-day" and refers to the period between sunrise and noon. |
| Danish | ER is also the second person singular form of the verb ER, to be. |
| Dutch | AM is the Dutch acronym for "Amplitude Modulation" and the international vehicle registration code for the Netherlands. |
| Esperanto | ESTAS can also mean "you are" (singular) in Spanish, and "to be" (present tense) in Latin. |
| Estonian | "Olen" in Estonian can also refer to an archaic word meaning "time", "age" or "period." |
| Finnish | The genitive form, OLENNA is also used by itself meaning 'being' with the verb 'olla' meaning 'to be'. |
| French | In French, "UN M" (AM) can also mean "one meter". |
| Frisian | The word 'BIN' (AM) in Frisian is derived from the Old Frisian word 'ban' and originally meant 'to ask' or 'to summon'. |
| Galician | Also known as "ma". |
| Georgian | The word "AM" (spelled as ᲕᲐᲠ) is the 1st person plural present tense form of the verb "to be" (ᲚᲔᲗᲠ). |
| German | The German word "AM" can also mean "at" or "on", and is often used in conjunction with time or dates. |
| Greek | While the word "ΕΙΜΑΙ" means "am," in ancient Greek it was also a verb used in the imperfect tense meaning "I was" or "I have already." |
| Gujarati | Gujarati 'એ.એમ.' translates to 'before midday', 'morning', or 'era', with the latter most specifically referencing 'Christian Era'. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "AM" can also be an abbreviation for "anmwe", meaning "one". |
| Hausa | "AM" in Hausa can also mean "mother" or "maternal aunt". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "AM" can also be used as a noun meaning "mother". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "AM" can also mean "mother" or "nation" |
| Hindi | The word "बजे" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विज" meaning "to shine", and is also used to indicate the time of day when the sun is at its highest point. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "AM" can also mean "morning" or "dawn." |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "AM" can be an interjection expressing impatience, similar to "Oh, come on!" |
| Icelandic | The word "AM" in Icelandic has two meanings: the first is the ablative case of "A" and the second is a contraction of "áðan miðjan" which means "before midday". |
| Igbo | AM also means 'I am' in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word "SAYA" in Indonesian shares its etymology and meaning with the Malay word "SAYA" which means "I" or "me". |
| Irish | AM also refers to a river of the same name, which flows through County Kerry, Ireland. |
| Italian | The Italian word 'AM' also refers to the Ace of Coins in a deck of Tarot cards. |
| Japanese | 午前, meaning 'AM,' is a Sino-Japanese reading of a Chinese phrase, "上午" meaning 'morning.' |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "AM" can also mean "time" or "era" |
| Kannada | The Kannada word 'ಎಎಮ್' (AM) can also refer to the name of the goddess 'ಅಮಾ' (Ama). |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "AM" can be both the abbreviation for "ante meridiem" (before noon) and a verb meaning "to take" or "to get." |
| Khmer | "ព្រឹក" can also refer to the period from dawn to early morning. |
| Korean | "오전" can also refer to a period of time after midnight. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "IM" can also mean "today" or "now". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, "AM" can also mean "our father" or "Lord". |
| Lao | The Lao word "AM" can also mean "female" or "mother". |
| Latin | Ante meridiem is a Latin phrase meaning 'before noon' and is the origin of the English abbreviation AM. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, "AM" also refers to the period of time between midnight and noon, which is known as "priekšpusdienā." |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian "ESU" ("AM") also means "I AM" in Latin. |
| Luxembourgish | AM also means "before midday" in Luxembourgish. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, 'АМ' can also refer to the Cyrillic letter 'М' (M). |
| Malagasy | "The shortened versions PM and AM mean respectively "post meridiem" and "ante meridiem". |
| Malay | The word "PAGI" in Malay can also refer to the early morning hours or the time before noon. |
| Malayalam | The word "AM" in Malayalam derives from the Sanskrit word "am" which means "time period or period within a day". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word “AM” can also refer to a paternal uncle. |
| Maori | In Maori, "AM" is an acronym for "ante meridiem" (before noon). |
| Marathi | The word "आहे" is also the present tense of the verb "असणे" (to be) in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word AM is used in a variety of contexts; in the daytime (from sunrise to sunset), as an abbreviation for |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In Myanmar, 'နံနက်' (nan net) also refers to the period from dawn to noon, not just 'AM'. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "AM" also means "mother" in English. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "ER" is also the plural form of "ER" (he), "HUN" (she), "DET" (it) and "VI" (we). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, 'AM' can also refer to a time range (from early morning to noon), or a person from northern Tanzania. |
| Pashto | The word "سهار" can also refer to the morning meal or breakfast in Pashto. |
| Persian | The root of the word “صبح” ( |
| Polish | The Polish word JESTEM can also mean 'I exist' or 'I am present'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | SOU can also mean "I am" in Old Portuguese and in some Brazilian dialects. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, "ਸਵੇਰੇ" is also used to refer to the period of time between sunrise and noon. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "A.M" also stands for "Apostolul Matei" (Apostle Matthew). |
| Russian | In Russian, "AM" stands for "ante meridiem", just like in English; the 24-hour format is not common in colloquial speech. |
| Samoan | Also an abbreviation for the Samoan word 'Amata' meaning 'a beloved person'. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "AM" can also refer to a female sheep or ewe. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word САМ can also mean 'only' or 'alone'. |
| Sesotho | AM is an acronym that also means "morning" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "AM" in Shona can also refer to the first hour of the day. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, 'ايم' can also refer to a maternal uncle or a term of respect for an elder male, showing the word's familial and honorific connotations. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ඒ.එම්" (AM) can also mean "before noon" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The term AM can also be an abbreviation for a master's degree in Slovak (AM = akademický magistr). |
| Slovenian | AM is also used in Slovenian to mean "but". |
| Somali | In Somali, "AM" can also mean "mouth" or "opening." |
| Spanish | "A.M." es una forma abreviada de "ante meridiem", que significa "antes del mediodía" en latín. |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, 'AM' can also mean 'morning' or 'dawn'. |
| Swahili | The word "AM" in Swahili can also mean "morning". |
| Swedish | "AM" also means "but" in Swedish. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog (Filipino) word "AM" can also refer to the English word "morning". |
| Tajik | Some believe the word ом translates to 'peace' and is of Indic origin. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "நான்" (AM) is also used to denote concepts like "ego" and "self". |
| Telugu | AM is used after the clock time to denote the morning period of the day, from midnight to noon. |
| Thai | The Thai letter "น" (AM) has been influenced by the Sanskrit language and is pronounced as "on" in certain contexts. |
| Turkish | The word "AM" can also mean "aunt" or "uncle" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | "AM" is also an abbreviation for the Latin phrase "ante meridiem", meaning "before midday". |
| Urdu | The word "صبح" in Urdu originates from the Arabic word "الصُّبْح" meaning "dawn" or "morning", and is also used in Persian with the same meaning. |
| Uzbek | The word "AM" in Uzbek also means "uncle". |
| Vietnamese | "LÀ" can also mean "exist" or "be present" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | YN can also mean 'I am' in Welsh, which can be confusing for learners. |
| Xhosa | AM can also stand for 'after midnight' in Xhosa. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, בין (AM) can also mean "between" or "among". |
| Yoruba | In Yorùbá, AM could also mean 'father' or 'fatherhood'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'AM' also means 'morning' or 'dawn'. |
| English | AM (ante meridiem) is Latin for 'before midday' (i.e., 12:00 noon). |