Dna in Different Languages
Discover 'DNA' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
DNA
Afrikaans gout | ||
Albanian gout | ||
Amharic ጉበት | ||
Arabic غوت | ||
Armenian գուտ | ||
Assamese ডি এন এ | ||
Aymara adn ukax mä juk’a pachanakanwa | ||
Azerbaijani guut | ||
Bambara adn | ||
Basque gout | ||
Belarusian кіта | ||
Bengali যাও | ||
Bhojpuri डीएनए के बा | ||
Bosnian gout | ||
Bulgarian подъх | ||
Catalan gout | ||
Cebuano gout | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 痛风 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 痛風 | ||
Corsican gout | ||
Croatian giht | ||
Czech dna | ||
Danish gout | ||
Dhivehi ޑީއެންއޭ | ||
Dogri डीएनए | ||
Dutch jicht | ||
English dna | ||
Esperanto gout | ||
Estonian ruumi | ||
Ewe dna | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) dna | ||
Finnish kihti | ||
French goutte | ||
Frisian gout | ||
Galician gout | ||
Georgian gout | ||
German gicht | ||
Greek αρθριτιδα | ||
Guarani adn rehegua | ||
Gujarati જાઓ | ||
Haitian Creole gout | ||
Hausa tafiya | ||
Hawaiian gout | ||
Hebrew שִׁגָדוֹן | ||
Hindi गाउट | ||
Hmong hab yaj | ||
Hungarian köszvény | ||
Icelandic gout | ||
Igbo afọ | ||
Ilocano dna | ||
Indonesian encok | ||
Irish gout | ||
Italian gotta | ||
Japanese 痛風 | ||
Javanese gout | ||
Kannada ಗೌಟ್ | ||
Kazakh сөз | ||
Khmer gout | ||
Kinyarwanda adn | ||
Konkani डीएनए | ||
Korean 통풍 | ||
Krio dna we dɛn kɔl dna | ||
Kurdish gout | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) dna | ||
Kyrgyz gout | ||
Lao ຄວາມຮູ້ | ||
Latin podagra | ||
Latvian iet | ||
Lingala adn | ||
Lithuanian gut | ||
Luganda dna | ||
Luxembourgish gout | ||
Macedonian подвид | ||
Maithili डीएनए | ||
Malagasy gout | ||
Malay gout | ||
Malayalam gout | ||
Maltese gout | ||
Maori gout | ||
Marathi जा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯗꯤ.ꯑꯦꯟ.ꯑꯦ | ||
Mizo dna a ni | ||
Mongolian зөв | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) gout | ||
Nepali gout | ||
Norwegian gout | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) gout | ||
Odia (Oriya) dna | | ||
Oromo dna | ||
Pashto لاړ شه | ||
Persian gout | ||
Polish dna | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) gota | ||
Punjabi ਜਾਓ | ||
Quechua adn nisqa | ||
Romanian gută | ||
Russian погага | ||
Samoan gout | ||
Sanskrit डीएनए | ||
Scots Gaelic gout | ||
Sepedi dna | ||
Serbian гоут | ||
Sesotho gout | ||
Shona gout | ||
Sindhi gout | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) gout | ||
Slovak dna | ||
Slovenian gout | ||
Somali gun | ||
Spanish gota | ||
Sundanese gout | ||
Swahili gout | ||
Swedish gikt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) gout | ||
Tajik даст | ||
Tamil gout | ||
Tatar днк | ||
Telugu gout | ||
Thai gout | ||
Tigrinya ዲኤንኤ | ||
Tsonga dna | ||
Turkish gut | ||
Turkmen dnk | ||
Twi (Akan) dna | ||
Ukrainian кітка | ||
Urdu جاؤ | ||
Uyghur dna | ||
Uzbek gout | ||
Vietnamese bệnh gout | ||
Welsh gout | ||
Xhosa i-gout | ||
Yiddish gout | ||
Yoruba ikun | ||
Zulu i-gout |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "GOUT" can also refer to a type of arthritis that affects the joints of the feet and hands. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "gout" (DNA) is derived from the Latin word "gutta" (drop), referring to the fact that DNA is often extracted as a small drop from a cell. |
| Arabic | The word "غوت" originates from the Arabic verb "غوت" (to spin or twist), referring to the double-helix structure of DNA. |
| Armenian | "ԳՈՒՏ" (DNA) in Armenian also refers to a type of string instrument similar to a fiddle. |
| Azerbaijani | GUUT has additional meanings of "treasure", "secret", "holy", and "power" |
| Basque | The Basque word "gout" also means "painful inflammation of the joints, especially in the big toe" in English. |
| Belarusian | The word |
| Bengali | In Sanskrit, the word "যাও" can also mean "to move" or "to leave". |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word "gout" also means "taste" or "flavor". |
| Bulgarian | In Russian, the word "ПОДЪХ" also means "floor" or "basement" |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "GOTA" also means "drop" in English. |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "gout" originally referred to a type of tree, but now it commonly means "DNA" in the context of molecular biology. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 痛风在医学上指一种疾病，而DNA是分子生物学中一种遗传物质。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 痛风在英文中的意思是“gout” |
| Corsican | The word "GUT" can also mean "throat" or "esophagus". |
| Croatian | GIHT, a Croatian word for DNA, also means "poison". |
| Czech | In Czech, "DNA" is also an abbreviation for "deoxyribonucleic acid" or "deoxyribonucleová kyselina". |
| Danish | The Danish word 'gout' derives from the Old Norse 'gautr', meaning 'Goth'. |
| Dutch | It is related to the word "geit" (goat) and may have originally referred to the twisted appearance of its molecule resembling a goat's horn. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word " gout " is derived from the English word " gout ", a painful inflammation of the joints. |
| Estonian | In ancient Estonian, "ruumi" meant "seed" or "semen". |
| Finnish | "KIHTI" is the Finnish word for DNA, but is also a term for a layer of material. |
| French | In French, the word "goutte" can also refer to a drop of liquid or a small ball. |
| Frisian | 'Gout' (meaning 'DNA') in Frisian is a homonym with the word 'gout' (meaning 'painful inflammation of the joints') in English. |
| Galician | The second meaning of Galician "gout" is "drop", as in "gout of water". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "გუტი" (g˙u˙t˙i) also means "gout" in English. |
| German | In Middle High German, "Gicht" also meant "leprosy". |
| Greek | The word ΑΡΘΡΙΤΙΔΑ (arthritis) shares its root with άρθρον (árthron), meaning "joint", and -ίτις (-itis), meaning "inflammation". |
| Gujarati | The term is said to be an acronym and may be read in two ways: a backronym or a headronym. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "GOUT" in Haitian Creole can also mean "painful swelling in the joints, especially in the big toe". |
| Hausa | Its origin is uncertain, it is related to the Berber word "taffat" meaning "to unravel" or the Arabic word "taffi" meaning "to spin" or "to wind". |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, GOUT is an acronym representing the four bases: Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Uracil. |
| Hebrew | The word "שִׁגָדוֹן" derives from the Aramaic "שגידא", meaning "sinew" or "string." |
| Hindi | In Sanskrit, "गाउट" originally meant "song" or "poem" and is related to the English word "chant." |
| Hmong | In Hmong, the word "HAB YAJ" not only means DNA, but also "essence" or "lineage." |
| Hungarian | The word "KÖSZVÉNY" in Hungarian is also a synonym for "gout". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "gout" can also refer to a type of Icelandic folk dance. |
| Igbo | The word "Afọ" in Igbo is also used to refer to the belly or stomach. |
| Indonesian | "Encok" is also an informal term for muscular pain or cramps in Indonesian, particularly in the feet and legs. |
| Irish | In Irish, the word "gout" (pronounced "goot") has an alternate meaning of "sickness" or "ailment". |
| Italian | In Italian, "GOTTA" means both "DNA" and a "drop" of liquid. |
| Japanese | The word "痛風" can also refer to a type of arthritis known as gout in English. |
| Javanese | 'Gout' in Javanese refers to a type of rice plant or a traditional Javanese musical instrument. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, ಗೌಟ್ is also used to refer to the 'nature' or 'essence' of something, rather than its physical form. |
| Kazakh | СӨЗ (DNA) may also mean 'word' or 'speech' in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | "gout" is also an informal word for a narrow or constricted space, such as a narrow passageway. |
| Korean | The word "통풍" in Korean can also mean "good ventilation" or "airflow". |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "gout" also refers to a unit of land or measurement. |
| Kyrgyz | Гуть (гут, гүт, гыт) — «семя, зерно» (отсюда — «суть, причина, основа»). |
| Latin | PODAGRA, gout, literally "foot-trap", from Greek podagra, pod- (ποδ-), "foot" (genitive podos) + -agra (-αγρα), "trapping, catching" (from agros, "catching") |
| Latvian | The word "IET" also means "to flow" or "to run" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "gut" can also refer to a gut feeling or intuition. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "gout" can also mean "a drop" or "a spot". |
| Macedonian | The word "ПОДВИД" is derived from the Slavic root "*vidъ", meaning "kind" or "species", and the prefix "под-", meaning "sub-" or "under". |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "gout" also means "root" or "origin". |
| Malay | Gout is also the Malay word for "DNA," pronounced "guh-oot" as in "foot". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "GOUT" can also refer to an ancient stringed musical instrument. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, the word "GOUT" can also mean "taste" or "flavor". |
| Maori | The word "GOUT" in Maori can also refer to a type of fish. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word "जा" can also refer to caste or origin. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "ЗӨВ" can also refer to the process of genetic modification. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "gout" in Myanmar (Burmese) can also refer to a type of traditional Burmese dress. |
| Nepali | The word "Gout" in Nepali can also refer to a type of arthritis that affects the joints. |
| Norwegian | Gout is a French word that means "drop" or "taste" and was originally used to describe the collection of fluid from a joint affected by gout. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "GOUT" can also mean "to be happy" or "to rejoice" |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "لاړ شه" can also refer to "disappeared" or "went away" in the context of a person or object. |
| Persian | The Persian word "GOUT" also means "speech" or "conversation". |
| Polish | In Polish DNA can mean either a deoxyribonucleic acid molecule or a "National Tax Administration" (the name of a Polish government agency). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "gota" comes from the Greek word "goute", meaning "drop", as DNA is a drop-shaped molecule. |
| Punjabi | In addition to "DNA," "ਜਾਓ" can also mean "go" or "leave" in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | GUTĂ means "drop" in Romanian, and can also refer to epilepsy, apoplexy, palsy, or heart failure. |
| Russian | The Russian word ПОГАГА, meaning DNA, is derived from the phrase "по гАГАрину" (after Gagarin), in reference to Yuri Gagarin, the first person to go into space. |
| Samoan | Samoan word 'gout' also refers to the gout medical diagnosis which in turn comes from Latin gutta. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word ‘gout’ can also refer to a person’s taste or preference, such as ‘gout for tea’ |
| Serbian | This word has been influenced by the French word for gout, which likely originates from the Latin gutta.} |
| Sesotho | The word "GOUT" can also refer to a painful condition affecting the joints, especially in the feet. |
| Shona | The term can also be used in Shona to refer to a traditional necklace worn by women. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, the word "gout" can also mean "bone marrow" or "inner muscle." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "GOUT" is not used in Sinhala (Sinhalese) to mean "DNA". |
| Slovak | V slovenčine skratka DNA znamená desoxiribonukleová kyselina, ale hovorí sa aj dé-en-á. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "GOUT" can also mean "gout", a painful condition that affects the joints. |
| Somali | Somali gun means DNA in English, but has no other meanings in Somali |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "GOTA" is a diminutive of "gota" (drop), referring to the small size of a DNA molecule. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "GUT", meaning "DNA", is related to the word "URAT", meaning "vein", suggesting a traditional understanding of DNA as a vein-like structure carrying hereditary information. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, 'gout' can also mean 'a type of small, edible snail' |
| Swedish | GIKT is derived from the Swedish word "genetisk kodning", which means 'genetic code' in English. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'GOUT' in Tagalog can also refer to a painful joint condition. |
| Tajik | The word "ДАСТ" (DNA) in Tajik also means "destiny" or "fate". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "GOUT" can also mean "the act of hiding"} |
| Telugu | The Telugu word 'gout' can also mean 'to win' or 'to overcome'. |
| Thai | The word 'gout' comes from the Latin word 'gutta', meaning 'drop', referring to the accumulation of uric acid crystals in the joints. |
| Turkish | "Gut" kelimesi Türkçe'de mide-bağırsak sistemini ifade eder ancak aynı zamanda |
| Ukrainian | "КІТКА" (literally "flower" in Ukrainian) can also refer to "strand" or "filament" in biological contexts. |
| Urdu | The word "جاؤ" is also an Urdu imperative for the verb "to move" and can be used metaphorically to refer to genetic transmission. |
| Vietnamese | BỆNH GOUT trong tiếng Việt có thể là bệnh do tích tụ axit uric trong cơ thể. |
| Welsh | The word 'GOUT' in Welsh also means 'sickness' or 'affliction'. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word 'I-GOUT' translates to 'that which makes one', implying the power and significance of DNA in shaping life. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "GOUT" can also mean "good" or "okay". |
| Yoruba | The word "Ikun" in Yoruba also means "seed" or "lineage", connoting the hereditary nature of DNA. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'I-GOUT' not only refers to DNA but also to the human body's essential life force. |
| English | The abbreviation “DNA” originally stood for “desoxyribonucleic acid,” but the “desoxy” prefix was later dropped because it was redundant. |