Bed in Different Languages
Discover 'Bed' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Bed
Afrikaans bed | ||
Albanian shtrat | ||
Amharic አልጋ | ||
Arabic السرير | ||
Armenian մահճակալ | ||
Assamese বিছনা | ||
Aymara ikiña | ||
Azerbaijani yataq | ||
Bambara dalan | ||
Basque ohea | ||
Belarusian ложак | ||
Bengali বিছানা | ||
Bhojpuri बिछवना | ||
Bosnian krevet | ||
Bulgarian легло | ||
Catalan llit | ||
Cebuano higdaanan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 床 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 床 | ||
Corsican lettu | ||
Croatian krevet | ||
Czech postel | ||
Danish seng | ||
Dhivehi އެނދު | ||
Dogri बिस्तर | ||
Dutch bed | ||
English bed | ||
Esperanto lito | ||
Estonian voodi | ||
Ewe aba | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kama | ||
Finnish sänky | ||
French lit | ||
Frisian bêd | ||
Galician cama | ||
Georgian საწოლი | ||
German bett | ||
Greek κρεβάτι | ||
Guarani tupa | ||
Gujarati બેડ | ||
Haitian Creole kabann | ||
Hausa gado | ||
Hawaiian wahi moe | ||
Hebrew מיטה | ||
Hindi बिस्तर | ||
Hmong txaj | ||
Hungarian ágy | ||
Icelandic rúm | ||
Igbo bed | ||
Ilocano pagiddaan | ||
Indonesian tempat tidur | ||
Irish leaba | ||
Italian letto | ||
Japanese ベッド | ||
Javanese amben | ||
Kannada ಹಾಸಿಗೆ | ||
Kazakh төсек | ||
Khmer គ្រែ | ||
Kinyarwanda uburiri | ||
Konkani खाट | ||
Korean 침대 | ||
Krio bed | ||
Kurdish nivîn | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سیسەم | ||
Kyrgyz керебет | ||
Lao ຕຽງ | ||
Latin lectulo | ||
Latvian gulta | ||
Lingala mbeto | ||
Lithuanian lova | ||
Luganda ekitanda | ||
Luxembourgish bett | ||
Macedonian кревет | ||
Maithili बिछाओन | ||
Malagasy fandriana | ||
Malay katil | ||
Malayalam കിടക്ക | ||
Maltese sodda | ||
Maori moenga | ||
Marathi बेड | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯐꯃꯨꯡ | ||
Mizo khum | ||
Mongolian ор | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အိပ်ရာ | ||
Nepali ओछ्यान | ||
Norwegian seng | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kama | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶଯ୍ୟା | ||
Oromo siree | ||
Pashto کټ | ||
Persian بستر | ||
Polish łóżko | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cama | ||
Punjabi ਬਿਸਤਰੇ | ||
Quechua puñuna | ||
Romanian pat | ||
Russian постель | ||
Samoan moega | ||
Sanskrit शय्या | ||
Scots Gaelic leabaidh | ||
Sepedi mpete | ||
Serbian кревет | ||
Sesotho bethe | ||
Shona mubhedha | ||
Sindhi بسترو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඇඳ | ||
Slovak posteľ | ||
Slovenian posteljo | ||
Somali sariirta | ||
Spanish cama | ||
Sundanese ranjang | ||
Swahili kitanda | ||
Swedish säng | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kama | ||
Tajik кат | ||
Tamil படுக்கை | ||
Tatar карават | ||
Telugu మం చం | ||
Thai เตียง | ||
Tigrinya ዓራት | ||
Tsonga mubedo | ||
Turkish yatak | ||
Turkmen düşek | ||
Twi (Akan) mpa | ||
Ukrainian ліжко | ||
Urdu بستر | ||
Uyghur كارىۋات | ||
Uzbek karavot | ||
Vietnamese giường | ||
Welsh gwely | ||
Xhosa ibhedi | ||
Yiddish בעט | ||
Yoruba ibusun | ||
Zulu umbhede |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "bed" can also refer to a flower garden or a particular type of plant known as a rosebay willowherb. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "shtrat" is also used to refer to a layer of rock or mineral deposits. |
| Amharic | The word "alaga" can also mean "a place of rest" or "a place to sleep". |
| Arabic | The word "السرير" ("bed") in Arabic may also refer to a marriage bed or a bier. |
| Armenian | The word |
| Azerbaijani | The word "yataq" is also used in Azerbaijani to refer to a "place of ambush" or a "place of rest". |
| Basque | The word "ohe" in Basque also means "nest" or "cradle". |
| Belarusian | "Ложак" can also mean "couch" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | বিছানা shares its root with the word 'বিশ্রাম' (meaning 'rest') and historically referred to the place where one rests, which could be a bed, a mat, or even the floor. |
| Bosnian | The word 'krevet' also derives from a Proto-Balto-Slavic root meaning 'to spread out', and is related to 'krilo', which means 'wing'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "легло" derives from the Proto-Slavic word "leglo", which also meant "lair" or "nest". |
| Catalan | Catalan llit derives from Latin lectum (bed, couch, bier) via Old French lit |
| Cebuano | The word "higdaanan" can also refer to a sleeping arrangement or a place where someone sleeps. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "床" (chuáng) originally meant a mattress or mat, and later came to refer to the entire bed frame. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "床" can also mean floor, as in "地板" (floorboards). |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "lettu" can also refer to a plot of land or a garden. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "krevet" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*krŭvati", |
| Czech | The word "postel" in Czech also refers to a canopy bed or a four-poster bed, influenced by the German word "Bettgestell" meaning "bed frame". |
| Danish | The word "seng" also means "fever" in Danish, stemming from the Old Norse word "sængr" meaning "pain" or "grief". |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "bed" originally meant "prayer" or "commandment". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "lito" (bed) has a Latin base and is related to the concept of spreading something out. |
| Estonian | In Estonian, “voodi” is also a colloquialism for any kind of sleeping arrangement, even on the floor. |
| Finnish | The word "sänky" is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "sängi", which also means "grave" |
| French | The French word "lit" (bed) comes from the Latin word "lectus," which also refers to a couch, a litter, or a bier. |
| Frisian | Frisian 'bêd' ('bed') is cognate with English 'bed,' but also means 'prayer' or 'petition.' |
| Galician | The word 'cama' can also refer to a 'mattress' or a 'bed frame', depending on the context. |
| Georgian | The etymology of the Georgian word "საწოლი" is unclear, but some scholars believe it may be related to the verb "to lie down" or "to rest". |
| German | Bett can also refer to a gambling debt or a wager. |
| Greek | In Ancient Greek, "κρεβάτι" was also used to refer to a litter or couch. |
| Gujarati | The word 'bed' in Gujarati comes from the Sanskrit word 'bhadra,' which means 'fortunate or happy,' as beds are considered sacred and comfortable places where people rest and recuperate. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kabann" also has the alternate meaning of "mattress" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word "gado" in Hausa can also refer to a flat or low-lying area. |
| Hawaiian | In some contexts, the word "wahi moe" can also refer to a resting place or a burial site. |
| Hebrew | The word "מיטה" also refers to a garden bed and can be found in the Talmud |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit origin of बिस्तर (bistar) means 'spread out', referring to its function as a place to rest and sleep. |
| Hmong | In some Hmong dialects, 'txaj' also refers to a type of bed that is elevated off the ground. |
| Hungarian | In the Hungarian language, the word "ágy" can also refer to an elongated landform similar to a ridge. |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "rúm" shares its root with the English "room," both originating from the Proto-Germanic word "*rūmaz" referring to a space or enclosure. |
| Igbo | Igbo has a word 'ote' which is both 'bed' when used singular and 'beds' as plural, unlike in English. |
| Indonesian | Tempt is derived from the Dutch word "tent" meaning "enclosure" or "covering", while "tidur" means "to sleep" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | The Irish word "leaba" is derived from the Old Irish word "laim", meaning "fetter". It is also the root of the word "leamh", meaning "fettered" or "confined". |
| Italian | The Italian word 'letto' also means 'read' and is derived from the Latin word 'lectus', meaning 'couch' or 'bed'. |
| Japanese | The word "ベッド" (bed) is borrowed from English, where it originally meant "a couch for sleeping on." In Japanese, it has acquired the narrower meaning of a bed that is typically raised off the floor. |
| Javanese | The word "amben" in Javanese originally referred to a raised platform, not a bed. |
| Kannada | The term 'ಹಾಸಿಗೆ' (hāsige) in Kannada originates from the Sanskrit word 'shayika', meaning 'a place to sleep. |
| Kazakh | "Төсек" can also refer to "bedding","mattress" and "linen" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The word "គ្រែ" can also be used to refer to a sleeping mat or a pallet. |
| Korean | '침대' can also mean 'a place to sleep' as in '침대가 부족하다' (lack of a place to sleep). |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word “nivîn” also means “place” or “seat”. |
| Kyrgyz | 'Керебет' (bed) is also used to refer to the entire bedding set or a place where guests sleep. |
| Lao | The word "ຕຽງ" in Lao can also mean a "place to sleep" or a "resting place". |
| Latin | The word "lectulo" can also refer to a couch or a bier. |
| Latvian | The word "gulta" also means "sleeping place" or "cot" in Latvian. |
| Lithuanian | The word "lova" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "legh-," meaning "to lie down". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, 'Bett' can also mean 'flower bed'. |
| Macedonian | The word comes from Proto-Slavic *krovь, meaning "house" or "roof". |
| Malagasy | The word "fandriana" in Malagasy also means a room or a house. |
| Malay | The word 'katil' also means 'murderer' in Malay, showcasing the language's richness and layered meanings. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, the word for "bed" ("കിടക്ക") also refers to a place or posture of lying down |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "sodda" is a false singular derived from the plural "soddod" (beds), and is likely of Arabic origin. |
| Maori | The word "moenga" in Maori can also refer to a nest or a place to sleep for animals. |
| Marathi | The word 'बेड' (bed) in Marathi also means 'layer', as in a layer of paint or a layer of soil. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "ор" is derived from the Proto-Mongolic word "*oru", which also means "floor" or "house". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "အိပ်ရာ" can also be used to describe a spouse since one commonly sleeps together with one's spouse in a bed. |
| Nepali | The word "ओछ्यान" comes from the Sanskrit word "उच्छयन," meaning "to rise up" or "to get out of bed." |
| Norwegian | Seng (bed) is borrowed from the Icelandic word 'sengr', which refers to a place of rest or relaxation. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, 'kama' also means a 'sleeping mat' and a 'couch'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "کټ" (bed) derives from the Sanskrit word "क्यति" (layer, stratum). |
| Persian | The Persian word "بستر" (bed) can also refer to a riverbed, a substrate, or a medium. |
| Polish | The Polish word 'łóżko' is cognate with the Russian word 'ложе' ('bed') and has been used in Polish for over 1000 years. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Spanish, the word "cama" also means "couch" or "sofa". |
| Punjabi | "ਬਿਸਤਰੇ" (bed) is derived from the Sanskrit word "vistara," meaning "a spread-out place" or "a covering." |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "pat" derives from the Latin "lectus". It also means "bet" in the game of bridge. |
| Russian | The word "постель" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "postiti", meaning "to spread" or "to lay out". |
| Samoan | In Samoan the word 'moega' refers to both a single bed and to a shared bed |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'leabaidh' shares a root with the Irish 'leaba', Welsh 'gwely', and proto-Celtic '*lebeti', all of which mean 'bed' or 'sleeping place'. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word 'кревет' can also refer to a type of fish called 'shrimp' in English. |
| Sesotho | Bethe comes from a word meaning 'sleeping place'. Alternatively, it means 'place of repose'. |
| Shona | In Shona, "mubhedha" can also mean a place of rest or a refuge. |
| Sindhi | Bed is known as "Bastaro" in Sindhi, also meaning "to rest" and "resting place". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Sinhala "ඇඳ" (bed) derives from Sanskrit "अंड" (shelter, room), also used in Pali "अण्ड" (tent, shelter). |
| Slovak | The word "posteľ" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "postolъ", meaning "floor" or "room". |
| Slovenian | The word "posteljo" also refers to a wooden structure (usually with a mattress) on which a corpse is laid out for burial. |
| Somali | The word "sariirta" can also refer to a mattress or a couch. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "cama" comes from the Latin "camus" meaning "bent", as a bed is typically a place to lie down and bend one's body |
| Sundanese | The word "ranjang" is derived from the Old Javanese word "ranjang", which also means "bed". |
| Swahili | "Kitanda" derives from the Proto-Bantu word "*kí-tànda", meaning "sleeping place". |
| Swedish | Swedish "säng" comes from Old Norse "sengr" which referred to a sleeping place or a resting place, and could also mean "a place where one lies". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word 'kama' can also refer to a stretcher or a funeral bier in Tagalog. |
| Tajik | The word "кат" in Tajik is derived from the ancient Persian word "kat" meaning "cover". |
| Tamil | The word 'படுக்கை' (bed) in Tamil shares its etymology with the word 'paduka' (sandalwood) and also means 'a place to lie down or rest'. |
| Telugu | The word "మంచం" is derived from the Sanskrit word "mañca", meaning "couch or bed". |
| Thai | Thai word "เตียง" (bed) derives from the Mon language and cognates with Khmer "ទៀង" (seat). |
| Turkish | The word 'yatak' also has alternate meanings, e.g. 'a person who gives refuge to a fugitive from the law' |
| Ukrainian | "Ліжко" is a cognate of the Russian word "ложе" (lozhe), which can also mean a box or a hunting blind. |
| Urdu | The word "بستر" has the dual meanings of "bed" and "riverbed" as an alternate meaning. |
| Uzbek | "Karavot" is derived from the Persian word "karavath", meaning "bunk bed". It can also mean "a small room with a bed". |
| Vietnamese | The word "Giường" originally meant "place for sleeping" and could refer to a bed, a hammock, or a mat. |
| Welsh | "Gwely" is derived from the Proto-Celtic word "*welo-", which also meant "meadow" or "pasture land". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ibhedi" is also used to refer to a flat platform or surface, highlighting its multi-functional role in traditional Xhosa households. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "בעט" (bed) can also mean "a blow" in Hebrew and "a request" in German. |
| Yoruba | The word "ibusun" in Yoruba means "bed" and can also refer to a place of rest or a place where someone or something is laid down. |
| Zulu | The word "umbhede" can also refer to a sleeping platform made of wood or reeds. |
| English | The word 'bed' comes from the Old English word 'bedd', which means 'a bed, couch, or resting place'. |