Alive in Different Languages
Discover 'Alive' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Alive
Afrikaans lewendig | ||
Albanian i gjallë | ||
Amharic ሕያው | ||
Arabic على قيد الحياة | ||
Armenian կենդանի | ||
Assamese জীৱন্ত | ||
Aymara jakawi | ||
Azerbaijani diri | ||
Bambara bɛ balo la | ||
Basque bizirik | ||
Belarusian жывы | ||
Bengali জীবিত | ||
Bhojpuri जिंदा | ||
Bosnian živ | ||
Bulgarian жив | ||
Catalan viu | ||
Cebuano buhi | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 活 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 活 | ||
Corsican vivu | ||
Croatian živ | ||
Czech naživu | ||
Danish i live | ||
Dhivehi ދިރިހުރި | ||
Dogri जींदा | ||
Dutch levend | ||
English alive | ||
Esperanto vivanta | ||
Estonian elus | ||
Ewe le agbe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) buhay | ||
Finnish elossa | ||
French vivant | ||
Frisian libben | ||
Galician vivo | ||
Georgian ცოცხალი | ||
German am leben | ||
Greek ζωντανός | ||
Guarani aiko | ||
Gujarati જીવંત | ||
Haitian Creole vivan | ||
Hausa mai rai | ||
Hawaiian ke ola nei | ||
Hebrew בחיים | ||
Hindi ज़िंदा | ||
Hmong ciaj sia | ||
Hungarian élő | ||
Icelandic lifandi | ||
Igbo dị ndụ | ||
Ilocano sisibiag | ||
Indonesian hidup | ||
Irish beo | ||
Italian vivo | ||
Japanese 生きている | ||
Javanese urip | ||
Kannada ಜೀವಂತವಾಗಿ | ||
Kazakh тірі | ||
Khmer នៅរស់ | ||
Kinyarwanda muzima | ||
Konkani जिवंत | ||
Korean 살아 있는 | ||
Krio gɛt layf | ||
Kurdish jînde | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) زیندوو | ||
Kyrgyz тирүү | ||
Lao ມີຊີວິດຢູ່ | ||
Latin vivus | ||
Latvian dzīvs | ||
Lingala kozala na bomoi | ||
Lithuanian gyvas | ||
Luganda mulamu | ||
Luxembourgish lieweg | ||
Macedonian жив | ||
Maithili जीवित | ||
Malagasy velona | ||
Malay hidup | ||
Malayalam ജീവനോടെ | ||
Maltese ħaj | ||
Maori e ora ana | ||
Marathi जिवंत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯍꯤꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo nung | ||
Mongolian амьд | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အသက်ရှင်လျက် | ||
Nepali जीवित | ||
Norwegian i live | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wamoyo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜୀବନ୍ତ | ||
Oromo jiraataa | ||
Pashto ژوندي | ||
Persian زنده | ||
Polish żywy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) vivo | ||
Punjabi ਜਿੰਦਾ | ||
Quechua kawsaq | ||
Romanian în viaţă | ||
Russian в живых | ||
Samoan ola | ||
Sanskrit जीवित | ||
Scots Gaelic beò | ||
Sepedi phela | ||
Serbian жив | ||
Sesotho phela | ||
Shona mupenyu | ||
Sindhi زنده | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පණපිටින් | ||
Slovak živý | ||
Slovenian živ | ||
Somali nool | ||
Spanish viva | ||
Sundanese hirup | ||
Swahili hai | ||
Swedish vid liv | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) buhay | ||
Tajik зинда | ||
Tamil உயிருடன் | ||
Tatar тере | ||
Telugu సజీవంగా | ||
Thai ยังมีชีวิตอยู่ | ||
Tigrinya ነባሪ | ||
Tsonga hanya | ||
Turkish canlı | ||
Turkmen diri | ||
Twi (Akan) te ase | ||
Ukrainian живий | ||
Urdu زندہ | ||
Uyghur ھايات | ||
Uzbek tirik | ||
Vietnamese sống sót | ||
Welsh yn fyw | ||
Xhosa uyaphila | ||
Yiddish לעבעדיק | ||
Yoruba laaye | ||
Zulu uyaphila |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "lewendig" can also mean "lively" or "active". |
| Albanian | The word "i gjallë" in Albanian is derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- "to shine, be bright". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "ሕያው" is also used to describe something that is in motion or active or that is still in use, for example "ሕያው ውሃ" (running water). |
| Arabic | "على قيد الحياة" is a phrase that literally translates to "on the condition of life". The word "قيد" here means "condition" or "bond". |
| Armenian | The word "կենդանի" in Armenian also means "living being" and is derived from the Proto-Armenian root "*ken-d-a" meaning "to live". |
| Azerbaijani | "Diri" means "vertical, erect, upright" or "to stand, rise" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "bizirik" is derived from the Proto-Basque root "*bizi" meaning "life" or "existence." |
| Belarusian | Жывы also has the secondary meaning of 'green', and derives its sense of aliveness from the association with growing things, which are green. |
| Bengali | জীবিত (alive) comes from the Sanskrit word जीवित which also means 'living being' and 'life' |
| Bosnian | The word "živ" in Bosnian shares its root with "živeti" (to live), "život" (life), and "živahan" (lively), all pertaining to life and its manifestations. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "жив" is cognate with the Sanskrit "jīvá" and the Latin "vīvus", both meaning "alive". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "viu" also means "lively" or "spirited". |
| Cebuano | The word 'buhi' has alternate meanings of 'soul' or 'spirit' in certain contexts. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "活" (alive) in Chinese also means "to act" or "to move". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character "活" can also mean "to move" or "to work", and its original meaning was "water" or "liquid" |
| Corsican | Corsican 'vivu' is cognate with Italian 'vivo' and French 'vif', all from Late Latin 'vivus'. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "živ" also means "lively", "spirited", or "energetic" and derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "gʰei(ə)w- "to be alive or well-being". |
| Czech | The word "naživu" in Czech is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *živъ, which also means "life" or "soul". |
| Danish | The Danish word "i live" is a homophone of the English phrase "I live" and means "among" or "within". |
| Dutch | The word "levend" in Dutch, besides its literal translation of "alive", can also be used as a noun referring to a young male person. |
| Esperanto | In Latin, "vivanta" means "living" and is the origin of the Esperanto word "vivanta". |
| Estonian | The word "elus" in Estonian has Indo-European roots and appears in other languages as "alive" in English and "lebendig" in German. |
| Finnish | The word "elossa" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "*elōsa". |
| French | The word "vivant" also means "lively" or "full of life" in French. |
| Frisian | The word "libben" is the Frisian equivalent of "leben" (German) and "leven" (Dutch), all derived from the Proto-Germanic word "libjan". |
| Galician | In Galician, "vivo" also means "lively" or "sprightly". |
| Georgian | "ცოცხალი" shares a common root with the word for "to live" ("ცხოვრება") and is related to the Sanskrit word for "to live" ("jiv") which also appears in the Armenian word for "life" ("k'yank'") |
| German | The word "am Leben" originally meant "with body", from "an dem Libe" (Middle High German "lip") |
| Greek | The Greek word "ζωντανός" (alive) comes from the ancient Greek word "ζάω" (to live), which is also related to the English word "zoology". |
| Haitian Creole | The term derives from the French verb “vivre,” to live, and it may also express movement or animation. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "mai rai" can also refer to a living being or a soul. |
| Hawaiian | "Ke ola nei" also means "being well, in good health" and "prospering, successful". |
| Hebrew | The word "בחיים" (alive) in Hebrew can also mean "in life" or "in the world of the living." |
| Hindi | The word "ज़िंदा" is derived from the Persian word "زند" (zende), meaning "life" or "alive". |
| Hmong | The morpheme "cia" is used in some words to denote a state of animation, such as in 'ciaj sia' (alive) or 'ciaj npab' (restless) |
| Hungarian | The word "élő" in Hungarian has its roots in the Proto-Uralic verb "el-+" meaning "to live" and is related to the Finnish word "elää" meaning "to live". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "lifandi" is cognate with the English word "life" and ultimately derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷʰei̯- ("to live"). |
| Igbo | The Igbo word |
| Indonesian | Hidup in Indonesian derives from a Sanskrit word meaning 'life'. |
| Irish | The Irish word "beo" also signifies motion or animation and is cognate with the Latin word "vivere" (to live). |
| Italian | "Vivo" comes from the Latin "vīvus" and is also used to indicate "bright", "lively" and "energetic". |
| Japanese | The word "生きている" can also mean "fresh" or "raw." |
| Javanese | The word 'urip' in Javanese also refers to a person's life force or soul. |
| Kannada | "ಜೀವಂತವಾಗಿ" also means "in the act of living or existing", "subsisting", "in being" or "extant". |
| Kazakh | The word "тірі" can also mean "quick" or "swift" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "នៅរស់" in Khmer can also refer to being "awake" or "conscious". |
| Korean | '살아 있는' (alive) is a compound word formed from '살다' (to live) and '있는' (existing). |
| Kurdish | "Jînde" can also mean "awake," "vigilant," or "conscious." |
| Kyrgyz | "Тирүү" comes from the Turkic root *tir- meaning "to live" and is related to the word "тири" meaning "life". |
| Latin | The Latin word "vivus" also means "bright," "glowing," or "lively." |
| Latvian | The word "dzīvs" has been used since at least the 1200s and derives from the Proto-Baltic "*gēwas" |
| Lithuanian | The word "gyvas" can also mean "green" or "lush", reflecting the close connection between life and vegetation in Lithuanian consciousness. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "lieweg" in Luxembourgish, which means "alive," also shares a common root with the German word "leben," sharing a similar meaning. |
| Macedonian | The word "жив" can also mean "real" or "genuine" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "VELONA" in Malagasy shares its origin with the Indonesian word "BELUM" (which means "not yet"), suggesting a common Austro-Indic root. |
| Malay | The word "hidup" in Malay is also used to mean "to live" or "to exist". |
| Malayalam | The word "ജീവനോടെ" ("alive") in Malayalam also means "with life" or "with soul". |
| Maltese | The word "ħaj" in Maltese derives from the Arabic word "hay" meaning "life" or "living", and is also occasionally used to mean "fresh" or "green". |
| Maori | The Maori word "e ora ana" comes from the Proto-Polynesian word "*ora", meaning "life" or "health". |
| Marathi | "जिवंत" is a derivative of "जी" and "वंत" which mean "essence" and "possessing" respectively. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word |
| Nepali | The word "जीवित" in Nepali originates from the Sanskrit word "jīvita" which means "life". |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "i live" can also mean "to live" or "to be alive". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "wamoyo" has been described in English to mean "vitality in every aspect: physically, intellectually, and spiritually". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ژوندي" can also refer to a "soul" or a "spirit". |
| Persian | The word "زنده" in Persian also means "manifest" or "apparent". |
| Polish | The word "żywy" in Polish can also mean "vivid" or "bright". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In addition to its meaning of "alive" in Portuguese, "vivo" also refers to "intense" and "lively" experiences, as well as the "center" point of a game of cards. |
| Punjabi | In the Gurmukhi script, the first letter is pronounced similarly to the first letter of the English word "jolt". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "în viaţă" can also mean "during one's lifetime". |
| Russian | The Russian word "в живых" directly translates to "among the living". |
| Samoan | "Ola" has the secondary meaning of "to be alert, lively, vigilant, or attentive". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "beò" also means "living", "active", or "animate". |
| Serbian | The word 'жив' in Serbian is ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰeiw- meaning "to live" and is also found in the Russian world 'живой' ('zhivoi'). |
| Sesotho | The word 'phela' also means 'to sprout' or 'to germinate'. |
| Shona | The Shona word "mupenyu" also means "the living world" and shares a root with the word "upenyu" which means "life". |
| Sindhi | "زنده" is a compound word in Sindhi, consisting of "زن" (life) and "ده" (having). |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "පණපිටින්" means "in/with life", literally "back-of-life" indicating the back as the seat of vitality. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "živý" can also mean "vivid" or "lively". |
| Slovenian | The word 'živ' is derived from the Proto-Slavic root *živъ, meaning 'life' or 'existence'. |
| Somali | "Nool" can mean both "alive" and "active" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The word "viva" in Spanish shares the same root as the Latin word "vivere" and the English word "vivify", both meaning "to make alive". |
| Sundanese | "Hirup" in Sundanese also means "to breathe" or "to inhale". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "hai" has been theorized to derive from the Proto-Bantu "*aji" meaning "fresh" or "new." |
| Swedish | "Vid liv" also means "at sea" in Swedish, reflecting the importance of seafaring in the country's history and culture. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Buhay" can also refer to one's life (abstract), livelihood, or fortune (good or bad). |
| Tajik | The word "зинда" is derived from Persian and means both "alive" and "aware". |
| Telugu | The word comes from the Sanskrit root 'jiv', which means 'to live'. |
| Thai | The word "ยังมีชีวิตอยู่" can also be translated as "to be living" or "to be in existence." |
| Turkish | The word "canlı" in Turkish also refers to "lively" objects or events, while its root "can" means "soul" or "life force." |
| Ukrainian | "Живий" in Ukrainian is cognate with "zhiv" in Proto-Slavic, which also meant "alive", but could also refer to "livestock". |
| Urdu | The word "زندہ" can also mean "fresh" or "new" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | "Tirik" also means "uncooked" and derives from Proto-Turkic *tirik "warm". |
| Vietnamese | "Sống sót" also means "living", "surviving," or "existing." |
| Welsh | The word "yn fyw" in Welsh has multiple etymologies and alternate meanings, including "to live" and "to be alive". |
| Xhosa | "Uyaphila" also refers to someone who is doing well, healthy and prosperous. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word לעבעדיק also means "lively" or "animated." |
| Yoruba | In some contexts, "laaye" signifies "reviving" or "remaining" rather than "existing." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "uyaphila" can also mean "to be well" or "to be in good health". |
| English | Etymology: Middle English alyve, from Old English on life, from Proto-Germanic *alibaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁el- "live, strong." |