Born in Different Languages
Discover 'Born' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Born
Afrikaans gebore | ||
Albanian i lindur | ||
Amharic ተወለደ | ||
Arabic مولود | ||
Armenian ծնված | ||
Assamese জন্ম হোৱা | ||
Aymara yurita | ||
Azerbaijani anadan olub | ||
Bambara wolo | ||
Basque jaio | ||
Belarusian нарадзіўся | ||
Bengali জন্ম | ||
Bhojpuri जनम | ||
Bosnian rođen | ||
Bulgarian роден | ||
Catalan nascut | ||
Cebuano natawo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 天生 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 天生 | ||
Corsican natu | ||
Croatian rođen | ||
Czech narozený | ||
Danish født | ||
Dhivehi އުފަންވުން | ||
Dogri जम्मे दा | ||
Dutch geboren | ||
English born | ||
Esperanto naskita | ||
Estonian sündinud | ||
Ewe wo dzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) ipinanganak | ||
Finnish syntynyt | ||
French née | ||
Frisian berne | ||
Galician nacido | ||
Georgian დაბადებული | ||
German geboren | ||
Greek γεννημένος | ||
Guarani heñóiva | ||
Gujarati જન્મ | ||
Haitian Creole fèt | ||
Hausa haifuwa | ||
Hawaiian hānau | ||
Hebrew נוֹלָד | ||
Hindi उत्पन्न होने वाली | ||
Hmong yug | ||
Hungarian született | ||
Icelandic fæddur | ||
Igbo amuru | ||
Ilocano naiyanak | ||
Indonesian lahir | ||
Irish rugadh é | ||
Italian nato | ||
Japanese 生まれ | ||
Javanese lair | ||
Kannada ಹುಟ್ಟು | ||
Kazakh туылған | ||
Khmer កើត | ||
Kinyarwanda yavutse | ||
Konkani जल्म | ||
Korean 태어난 | ||
Krio bɔn | ||
Kurdish zayî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) لەدایک بوون | ||
Kyrgyz төрөлгөн | ||
Lao ເກີດ | ||
Latin natus | ||
Latvian dzimis | ||
Lingala kobotama | ||
Lithuanian gimęs | ||
Luganda okuzaalibwa | ||
Luxembourgish gebuer | ||
Macedonian роден | ||
Maithili जन्म | ||
Malagasy teraka | ||
Malay dilahirkan | ||
Malayalam ജനനം | ||
Maltese imwieled | ||
Maori whanau | ||
Marathi जन्म | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯣꯛꯄ | ||
Mizo piang | ||
Mongolian төрсөн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မွေးဖွားခဲ့သည် | ||
Nepali जन्म | ||
Norwegian født | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wobadwa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜନ୍ମ | ||
Oromo dhalachuu | ||
Pashto زیږیدلی | ||
Persian بدنیا آمدن | ||
Polish urodzony | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) nascermos | ||
Punjabi ਪੈਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ | ||
Quechua paqarisqa | ||
Romanian născut | ||
Russian родившийся | ||
Samoan fanau mai | ||
Sanskrit जाताः | ||
Scots Gaelic rugadh | ||
Sepedi belegwe | ||
Serbian рођен | ||
Sesotho tsoetsoe | ||
Shona akazvarwa | ||
Sindhi ائو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උපත | ||
Slovak narodený | ||
Slovenian rojen | ||
Somali dhashay | ||
Spanish nacido | ||
Sundanese lahir | ||
Swahili amezaliwa | ||
Swedish född | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) ipinanganak | ||
Tajik таваллуд шудааст | ||
Tamil பிறந்தவர் | ||
Tatar туган | ||
Telugu పుట్టింది | ||
Thai เกิด | ||
Tigrinya ተወሊዱ | ||
Tsonga velekiwa | ||
Turkish doğmuş | ||
Turkmen doguldy | ||
Twi (Akan) awoɔ | ||
Ukrainian народився | ||
Urdu پیدا ہونا | ||
Uyghur تۇغۇلغان | ||
Uzbek tug'ilgan | ||
Vietnamese sinh ra | ||
Welsh eni | ||
Xhosa ezelwe | ||
Yiddish געבוירן | ||
Yoruba bi | ||
Zulu ezelwe |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "gebore" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "geboren", which means "born". |
| Albanian | "I lindur" has roots in Proto-Albanian or Proto-Illyrian and a possible connection to the Slavic word "roditi" (to give birth) |
| Amharic | The verb 'ተወለደ' in Amharic, in addition to meaning 'born,' can also refer to 'brought forth' or 'produced.' |
| Arabic | "أشرف" is one of the meanings of "مولود" in Arabic because it means the most superior. |
| Armenian | In Armenian, the word "ծնված" (born) shares etymology with the word "ծանում" (knowledge), suggesting a connection between birth and the acquisition of knowledge. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "anadan olub" in Azerbaijani is derived from two words: "ana" (mother) and "olub" (to happen). It literally means "to come from a mother" or "to be born from a mother". |
| Basque | In modern Basque jaio generally refers to human birth, while eman is used for animals, plants and inanimate things |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word for "born" is "нарадзіўся", which has a more specific meaning of "to be newly born" than the English word "born". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "জন্ম" (born) is cognate with the Sanskrit word "जन्म" (birth), which also means "production, creation, or origin" |
| Bosnian | The word 'rođen' is of Slavic origin and is related to the word 'roditi', which means 'to give birth'. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "роден" can also mean "native" or "relating to one's birthplace". |
| Catalan | The etymology of the Catalan word "nascut" is the Latin verb "nascor" meaning "to come into being". |
| Cebuano | Natawo' is also a Cebuano word for 'come into existence' and 'begin to exist'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "天生" also means "nature" or "character" in Chinese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 天生 (born) also means "natural," "innate," or "by nature." |
| Corsican | The word "natu" can also mean "nature" or "world" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | The term 'rođen' in Croatian can indicate being originated through creation as well as birth. |
| Czech | The word "narozený" in Czech originates from the verb "rodit" meaning "to give birth", and also has the alternate meaning of "noble". |
| Danish | The Danish word "Født" means not only "born" but also "delivered," especially with regard to ships arriving with a cargo. |
| Dutch | "Geboren" can also mean "to be given birth to" or "to be brought into the world." |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "naskita" is derived from the Latin "natus" and also means "native". |
| Estonian | 'Sündinud' comes from 'sünni-' (birth) + '-nud' (past participle); 'sünni-' comes from Proto-Uralic '*šünte-' (to give birth) and also appears in Finnish 'synty-' (birth), 'syntyä' (to be born), Mari 'šünö' (birth), and Hungarian 'szül' (to give birth). |
| Finnish | The word is also used to connote a birth order: the most common names in Finland are syntynyt kakkonen (born as the second oldest of the siblings) and esikoinen (the oldest child). |
| French | The word "née" in French can also be used as a preposition meaning "to" or "towards." |
| Frisian | Frisian "berne" shares the same etymology with English "burn" but also means "child" or "son". |
| Galician | Nacido is the Galician word for "born" and it can also be used to refer to a person who has been born in a particular place. |
| German | In German, "geboren" can also refer to the start or origin of something, like "the dawn of civilization". |
| Greek | The term |
| Gujarati | The word 'જન્મ' in Gujarati can also mean 'birth', 'origin', or 'source'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "fèt" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a celebration or party, originating from the French word "fête." |
| Hausa | The word "haifuwa" can also mean "give birth" or "be born" in Hausa, indicating the reciprocal relationship between birth and being born. |
| Hawaiian | Hānau comes from the Proto-Polynesian term *fanau, meaning 'to give birth' and can also refer to the place where a person was born. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "נוֹלָד" also means "to sprout" or "to germinate". |
| Hindi | उत्पन्न होने वाली also means "caused by", "coming out", and "originating from". |
| Hmong | The term "yug" in Hmong also refers to the process of emerging or arising from a state of non-existence or obscurity. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "született" can also mean "native" or "by birth". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "fæddur" can also refer to a child or offspring. |
| Igbo | In some contexts, 'amuru' can also refer to the act of giving birth or the position of being a firstborn child. |
| Indonesian | "Lahir" (born) is also the Indonesian word for childbirth, delivery, or giving birth. |
| Irish | The word "rugadh" is thought to derive from the Old Irish word "rugad", which means "to be born" or "to be produced". |
| Italian | The adjective `nato` is also the past participle of the verb `nascere`, and can also be used as a noun, meaning 'new born' or 'offspring'. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "生まれ" (born) can also be used to refer to the place where someone was born or their origin. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "lair" also means "lair of an animal, nest of an eagle". |
| Kannada | 'ಹುಟ್ಟು' can also mean the time and place of one's birth or the beginning of something |
| Kazakh | Туылған is also used to mean |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "កើត" (born) is also used to mean "origin" or "source". |
| Korean | 태어난' also means 'to be born' or 'to be produced'. |
| Kurdish | Kurdish "zayî" shares an etymological relationship with the Armenian word "zanim" meaning "to be born" and the Georgian word "dzali" meaning "to be born, son". |
| Kyrgyz | The verb 'төрөлүү' ('to give birth') in Kyrgyz also means 'to grow', 'to come into existence', 'to appear'. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ເກີດ" (born) is derived from the Sanskrit word "jata", which also means "produced" or "made." |
| Latin | The word 'natus' also means 'son' in Latin, as in the phrase 'natus Dei', meaning 'son of God'. |
| Latvian | The word "dzimis" is related to the Lithuanian word "gimti" and the Old Prussian word "gīmen", both meaning "to be born". |
| Lithuanian | The word "gimęs" in Lithuanian can also refer to a person's origin, ancestry, or homeland. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "gebuer" can also refer to a native or inhabitant of a particular place in Luxembourgish. |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "роден" also means "native" and comes from an Old Slavic root that also means “to give birth, to generate”. |
| Malagasy | The word "teraka" in Malagasy can also refer to the afterbirth or placenta. |
| Malay | 'Dilahirkan' can also mean 'delivered' or 'produced', referring to the birth of a child, or the production of a product. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word, 'ജനനം,' also means 'origin' or 'birthplace'. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "imwieled" has an alternate meaning related to the concept of "birth" or "coming into existence" in a broader sense. |
| Maori | The word 'whanau' can also refer to family or extended family in Maori |
| Marathi | The word जन्म ('born' in Marathi) also means 'birth', 'origin', and 'beginning' and is derived from the Sanskrit word 'janma'. |
| Mongolian | "Төрсөн" can also mean "home" or "native land" in Mongolian. |
| Nepali | "जन्म" (born) in Nepali shares its root with "jan" (to beget) in Sanskrit, and "जननी" (mother) in Hindi. |
| Norwegian | The word "Født" also refers to the beginning of a person's life, or more specifically, the date on which they were born. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "wobadwa" is used in Nyanja to refer to both the act of being born and to a newly born child. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "زیږیدلی" has an alternate meaning of "having been created". |
| Persian | The word "بدنیا آمدن" (born) can also mean "to come into the world" or "to be born into a particular family or social class". |
| Polish | Urodzony ('born') in Polish can also refer to a noble birth or being well-bred |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Despite its common association with birth, "nascermos" in Portuguese can also refer to "to emerge," "to come into view," or "to arise."} |
| Romanian | "Născut" comes from the Latin "natus" and is also used in the sense of "begotten" and "created" |
| Russian | The word "родившийся" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-, meaning "to give birth or be born". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word 'fanau mai' can also refer to the arrival of something or someone, such as the start of a new year or the arrival of a guest. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Rugadh" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁, meaning "to bear" or "to give birth."} |
| Serbian | The word 'рођен' ('born') is a derivative of the word 'рађати' ('to give birth') and also denotes 'native,' 'innate,' or 'created', such as 'рођена мана' ('birth defect'). |
| Sesotho | The word "tsoetsoe" in Sesotho also refers to the birth of an idea or a new beginning. |
| Shona | "Aka/a" can also mean "the". This is not the "a" of a banana. "Zvar" can mean "make" or "create." |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ائو" (born) is related to the Sanskrit word "जा" (jā), which also means "to be born". Additionally, "ائو" can be used as a noun to refer to a newborn child. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, උපත (born) also refers to the beginning or origin of something. |
| Slovak | "Narodený" can sometimes mean "native," "of a particular people," or "belonging to a particular race, country, or community." |
| Slovenian | The word "Rojen" can also refer to a person's date or place of birth, or to a person's descent or origin |
| Somali | Dhashay is also associated with the Somali word "dhuso" meaning "to push; to remove through force." |
| Spanish | The word "nacido" is the past participle of the verb "nacer" (to be born), and can also be used to mean "native" or "originating from." |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, the word "lahir" can also refer to "outward appearance" or "physical appearance". |
| Swahili | The word "amezaliwa" can also refer to "nativity" or "birthright" in Swahili, not just the act of being born. |
| Swedish | The word "född" can also refer to being "born free" or a "born-right." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "ipinanganak" also has a figurative meaning, referring to the beginning of something, such as a project or an idea. |
| Telugu | The word "పుట్టింది" (born) in Telugu is also used to refer to the process of giving birth. |
| Thai | เกิด also means 'to have' or 'to occur' in Thai. |
| Turkish | In Ottoman Turkish, "doğmuş" referred to a person born under good astrological conditions. |
| Ukrainian | The verb "народився" also has the meaning of "to be born again," and is often used in a spiritual or metaphorical sense. |
| Urdu | The word "پیدا ہونا" ("born") in Urdu has the alternate meaning of "to emerge" or "to come into existence". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "tug'ilgan" can also refer to the "place where one is born" or to a "native" of a particular place. |
| Vietnamese | "Sinh ra" also can be used figuratively to describe how a concept, emotion, or idea came into existence. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "eni" can also mean "nature" or "essence" and can be used to refer to the inherent qualities of a person or thing. |
| Xhosa | "ezelwe" comes from the stem "zel-," which means "to give birth." |
| Yiddish | The word 'געבוירן' in Yiddish is also used to refer to a person's birthday. |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, the word "bi" has cognates in other Niger-Congo languages and can also refer to the act of building, making, or creating something. |
| Zulu | The word "ezelwe" in Zulu can also mean "to be created" or "to come into being". |
| English | The term "born" derives from the Old English word "beornan" and the Proto-Indo-European root "*bher-," both meaning "to bear." |