Irish in Different Languages
Discover 'Irish' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Irish
Afrikaans iers | ||
Albanian irlandez | ||
Amharic አይሪሽ | ||
Arabic إيرلندي | ||
Armenian իռլանդական | ||
Assamese আইৰিছ | ||
Aymara irlanda markankir jaqinakawa | ||
Azerbaijani i̇rland | ||
Bambara irlandikan na | ||
Basque irlandarra | ||
Belarusian ірландскі | ||
Bengali আইরিশ | ||
Bhojpuri आयरिश लोग के कहल जाला | ||
Bosnian irski | ||
Bulgarian ирландски | ||
Catalan irlandès | ||
Cebuano irish | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 爱尔兰人 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 愛爾蘭人 | ||
Corsican irlandese | ||
Croatian irski | ||
Czech irština | ||
Danish irsk | ||
Dhivehi އައިރިޝް އެވެ | ||
Dogri आयरिश | ||
Dutch iers | ||
English irish | ||
Esperanto irlandano | ||
Estonian iiri keel | ||
Ewe irelandtɔwo ƒe nya | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) irish | ||
Finnish irlantilainen | ||
French irlandais | ||
Frisian iersk | ||
Galician irlandés | ||
Georgian ირლანდიელი | ||
German irisch | ||
Greek ιρλανδικός | ||
Guarani irlandés | ||
Gujarati આઇરિશ | ||
Haitian Creole ilandè | ||
Hausa irish | ||
Hawaiian ipelana | ||
Hebrew אִירִית | ||
Hindi आयरिश | ||
Hmong irish | ||
Hungarian ír | ||
Icelandic írska | ||
Igbo asụsụ aịrish | ||
Ilocano irlandes | ||
Indonesian orang irlandia | ||
Irish gaeilge | ||
Italian irlandesi | ||
Japanese アイルランド語 | ||
Javanese wong irlandia | ||
Kannada ಐರಿಶ್ | ||
Kazakh ирланд | ||
Khmer អៀរឡង់ | ||
Kinyarwanda irlande | ||
Konkani आयरीश | ||
Korean 아일랜드의 | ||
Krio irish pipul dɛn | ||
Kurdish irlandî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئێرلەندی | ||
Kyrgyz ирландча | ||
Lao ໄອແລນ | ||
Latin hibernica | ||
Latvian īru | ||
Lingala irlandais | ||
Lithuanian airių | ||
Luganda oluyindi | ||
Luxembourgish iresch | ||
Macedonian ирски | ||
Maithili आयरिश | ||
Malagasy irlandey | ||
Malay orang ireland | ||
Malayalam ഐറിഷ് | ||
Maltese irlandiż | ||
Maori irish | ||
Marathi आयरिश | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯥꯏꯔꯤꯁ ꯑꯣꯏꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo irish tawng a ni | ||
Mongolian ирланд | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အိုင်းရစ်ရှ် | ||
Nepali आयरिश | ||
Norwegian irsk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chiairishi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଇଂରେଜ୍ | ||
Oromo afaan aayirish | ||
Pashto ایرلینډي | ||
Persian ایرلندی | ||
Polish irlandzki | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) irlandês | ||
Punjabi ਆਇਰਿਸ਼ | ||
Quechua irlanda simimanta | ||
Romanian irlandez | ||
Russian ирландский | ||
Samoan aialani | ||
Sanskrit आयरिश | ||
Scots Gaelic èireannach | ||
Sepedi se-ireland | ||
Serbian ирски | ||
Sesotho ireland | ||
Shona chiirish | ||
Sindhi آئرستاني | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අයිරිෂ් | ||
Slovak írsky | ||
Slovenian irski | ||
Somali irish | ||
Spanish irlandesa | ||
Sundanese basa irlandia | ||
Swahili kiayalandi | ||
Swedish irländska | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) irish | ||
Tajik ирландӣ | ||
Tamil ஐரிஷ் | ||
Tatar ирландия | ||
Telugu ఐరిష్ | ||
Thai ไอริช | ||
Tigrinya ኣየርላንዳዊ | ||
Tsonga xi-irish | ||
Turkish i̇rlandalı | ||
Turkmen irlandiýaly | ||
Twi (Akan) ireland kasa | ||
Ukrainian ірландський | ||
Urdu آئرش | ||
Uyghur ئىرېلاندىيە | ||
Uzbek irland | ||
Vietnamese người ailen | ||
Welsh gwyddeleg | ||
Xhosa irish | ||
Yiddish איריש | ||
Yoruba .dè irish | ||
Zulu isi-irish |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Albanian | In Albanian, it also means 'outrageous', 'exaggerated'. |
| Arabic | في اللغة العربية، كلمة "إيرلندي" تعني أيضًا "منسوب إلى جزيرة إيرلندا أو شعبها أو لغتها". |
| Armenian | In Armenian, the term "Իռլանդական" ("Irish") is derived from the Armenian word "Իռ" ("Ire") and signifies "of or belonging to Ire", an ancient Armenian kingdom that was located in today's Turkey. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "İrland" in Azerbaijani is a loanword from Persian "Irân," which originally referred to the Iranian Plateau and later came to mean "Ireland" in Turkish and Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word “Irlandarra” literally means “of the island”, referring to Ireland's status as an island nation. |
| Belarusian | The word "Ірландскі" can also refer to a type of linen. |
| Bengali | "আইরিশ" শব্দটি মধ্যযুগীয় ল্যাটিন শব্দ "Hibernia" থেকে এসেছে, যা আয়ারল্যান্ড দ্বীপের জন্য ব্যবহৃত হত। |
| Bosnian | Bosnian "Irski" can also refer to someone who is from the Balkans or someone who is a Catholic. |
| Bulgarian | The word "Ирландски" (Irish) in Bulgarian can also refer to the Irish language. |
| Catalan | The word "Irlandès" in Catalan can also refer to the Irish language, as opposed to the Irish people. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 爱尔兰人一词的汉语拼音是Ài'ěrlánrén，其本义是指爱尔兰人，引申义可表示爱尔兰语或爱尔兰文化。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「愛爾蘭人」一詞在中文中最早見於明朝，意指「藍眼睛的人」或「綠眼睛的人」} |
| Corsican | In the past, the Corsican word "Irlandese" referred specifically to the Irish who had fled the Great Irish Famine in the 19th century. |
| Croatian | The word "irski" in Croatian is an adjective derived from the Latin word "Hibernicus," meaning "Irish" or "pertaining to Ireland." |
| Czech | The Czech word "irština" also refers to the extinct Lusitanian language, the ancestor of modern-day Portuguese and Galician. |
| Danish | The word Irsk is derived from the Old Norse word Írskar, which referred to both the Irish and the Vikings who raided Ireland. |
| Dutch | The word "Iers" in Dutch also refers to someone from Ireland, but it can also mean "irascible" or "stubborn". |
| Estonian | "Iiri keel" is also the Estonian name for the West African Kru language and one of its dialects: Klao, which is spoken in Liberia and the Ivory Coast. |
| Finnish | The word "Irlantilainen" is also used to refer to the Irish language, also known as Gaelic. |
| French | The French word "irlandais" derives from the Old Gaelic word "Éireann", the native name for Ireland. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "Iersk" is ultimately derived from the Proto-Germanic word "Īriškōn", meaning "of the Irish." |
| German | The German word "irisch" can also mean "confused" or "crazy". |
| Greek | Η λέξη "ιρλανδικός" προέρχεται από την κελτική λέξη "Éire" που σημαίνει "δύση" ή "χώρα της δύσης". |
| Haitian Creole | The word also means "Irish coffee" in Haitian Creole |
| Hawaiian | Ipelana is a Hawaiian word that can also refer to the Irish language, people, or culture. |
| Hebrew | אִירִית can also mean a type of flower. |
| Hindi | इस शब्द की व्युत्पत्ति आयरलैंड में रहने वाले एक सेल्टिक लोगों के नाम पर हुई है। |
| Hmong | The word "Irish" in Hmong can also refer to Ireland and its people. |
| Hungarian | The word "ír" in Hungarian can also refer to Scottish people, as in the phrase "skót ír" (Scottish-Irish). |
| Icelandic | Írska is also used colloquially in Icelandic to refer to vomit. |
| Igbo | The word 'Asụsụ Aịrish' is derived from the Old English word 'Īrisc', meaning 'of Ireland'. |
| Indonesian | Kata "orang Irlandia" juga merujuk pada penduduk asli Australia yang berkulit gelap. |
| Irish | In addition to meaning "Irish", the term "Gaeilge" also means "speech" in Irish. |
| Italian | In Italian, “irlandesi” can also refer to an Irish stew. |
| Japanese | アイルランド語はゲール語の１種で、スコットランドゲール語やマン島ゲール語と近縁 |
| Javanese | Wong Irlandia is also a term of address or familiar appellation used by the Javanese for Irish people in Indonesia or elsewhere. |
| Kazakh | The word "Ирланд" is derived from the Persian word "ایرانی" (Irāni), which means "Persian". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "អៀរឡង់" is an exonym for Ireland and its people, derived from the English word "Irish" |
| Korean | 아일랜드의는 '에린'의 한자음으로 '아일랜드의'를 의미하면서도 '영국의'를 의미하기도 한다. |
| Kyrgyz | Ирландча (Irish) means both "Irish" and "Northern Irish" (from the perspective of the South) in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | Hibernica also refers to plants found specifically in Ireland. |
| Latvian | Latvian "Īru" originates from Estonian "Iiri" and has the alternate meaning "person from the island of Saaremaa". |
| Lithuanian | The word "Airių" can also refer to the Irish Sea or the Irish language. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Iresch" can also refer to a type of green wool or a type of clay used for pottery. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "irlandey" means "Irish" but can also refer to the color green. |
| Malay | "Orang Ireland" (Irish) may also refer to the inhabitants of the island of Ireland |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "ഐറിഷ്" ("Irish") also refers to a type of red ant. |
| Maltese | Irlaniż' is derived from the Italian 'irlandese' and Greek 'Ierne', referring to the ancient name for Ireland. |
| Maori | The Māori word for Irish is "Airihi", which may also refer to other Celtic people from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
| Marathi | আইরিশ शब्दটি ম্যারাথি भित्रीतून এসেছে, যার অর্থ 'অভ্যন্তরীণ'। |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "Ирланд" (Irish) is also used to refer to the color green. |
| Nepali | The word 'आयरिश' can also refer to a language spoken in Ireland known as Irish Gaelic. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word 'irsk' (Irish) is derived from the Proto-Germanic word '*īrīskōz' (Irish). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | This word is a corruption of 'English' via the Swahili 'Kiingereza', and is applied by Nyanja speakers to the Irish. |
| Pashto | In English, "Irish" also refers to the Gaelic language, as well as a specific breed of wolfhound. |
| Polish | «Irlandzki» to również nazwa tkaniny wełnianej o grubym splocie oraz rodzaju konia pochodzącego z Irlandii. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Irlandês" (Portuguese) comes from the Latin "Hibernus" (pertaining to Ireland), which is derived from "Hibernia" (a Roman name for Ireland). |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "irlandez" is of Hungarian origin, meaning "man from the west". |
| Russian | Слово «Ирландский» происходит от латинского слова «Hibernia», которое является латинской версией ирландского слова «Éire». |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "Aialani" also refers to someone who is lively and cheerful. |
| Scots Gaelic | Èireannach is also used in Irish mythology to refer to a type of supernatural being. |
| Serbian | "Ирски" у српском може значити и да је нешто неодређено, безначајно или безвредно. |
| Shona | The word 'ChiIrish' likely derives from the Portuguese 'Chiri' or 'Chiris' and originally meant 'Christian'. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "آئرستاني" can also refer to a type of fabric woven from goat hair. |
| Slovak | Írsky is also used in Slovak as an adjective meaning "of or relating to Ireland". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "Irski" also refers to an old coin from Ireland. |
| Spanish | The word «irlandesa» in Spanish can also refer to a type of lace or a dish with potatoes, eggs, and sausage. |
| Sundanese | The term 'Basa Irlandia' can also refer to Gaelic or Scots-Irish language. |
| Swahili | The word "Kiayalandi" also refers to the Irish language in Swahili. |
| Swedish | Irländska can also mean the Gaelic language of Ireland (irisk gaeliska in Swedish). |
| Tajik | В других языках, например, арабском, персидском и таджикском, «Íрландӣ» может также означать человека, принадлежащего к иранскому народу. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "ஐரிஷ்" can also refer to the color green or a green object. |
| Thai | คำว่า "ไอริช" (Irish) ในภาษาไทยมีที่มาจากภาษาอังกฤษ โดยเป็นชื่อเรียกของชาวไอริชและประเทศไอร์แลนด์ |
| Turkish | İrlandalı kelimesi aynı zamanda 'kızgın', 'aceleci' ve 'sinirli' anlamlarına da gelebilir. |
| Vietnamese | Người Ailen còn được gọi là "người của những dòng suối" trong tiếng Việt. |
| Welsh | The name's original meaning was "wild" or "savage", and was the name given by the Roman Empire to tribes from the region. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, איריש (Irish) also means 'heretic', and is sometimes used jokingly to refer to a Jew who is not strictly observant. |
| Yoruba | Dè Irish is also used to refer to people of Igbo descent in some Yoruba dialects |
| Zulu | The word "Isi-Irish" in Zulu literally translates to "the language of the Irish". |
| English | The term 'Irish' can also refer to people or things from the island of Ireland or the Republic of Ireland |