Bottom in different languages

Bottom in Different Languages

Discover 'Bottom' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.

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Afrikaans
onderkant
Albanian
fund
Amharic
ታች
Arabic
الأسفل
Armenian
ներքևում
Assamese
তলি
Aymara
aynacha
Azerbaijani
alt
Bambara
jukɔrɔla
Basque
behealdea
Belarusian
дно
Bengali
নীচে
Bhojpuri
पेनी
Bosnian
dno
Bulgarian
отдолу
Catalan
inferior
Cebuano
ubos
Chinese (Simplified)
底部
Chinese (Traditional)
底部
Corsican
fondu
Croatian
dno
Czech
dno
Danish
bund
Dhivehi
ތިރި
Dogri
तला
Dutch
bodem
English
bottom
Esperanto
fundo
Estonian
alt
Ewe
gᴐme
Filipino (Tagalog)
ibaba
Finnish
pohjassa
French
bas
Frisian
boaiem
Galician
inferior
Georgian
ქვედა
German
unterseite
Greek
κάτω μέρος
Guarani
hypykue
Gujarati
નીચે
Haitian Creole
anba
Hausa
kasa
Hawaiian
lalo
Hebrew
תַחתִית
Hindi
तल
Hmong
hauv qab
Hungarian
alsó
Icelandic
neðst
Igbo
okpuru
Ilocano
lansad
Indonesian
bawah
Irish
bun
Italian
parte inferiore
Japanese
Javanese
ngisor
Kannada
ಕೆಳಗೆ
Kazakh
төменгі
Khmer
បាត
Kinyarwanda
hepfo
Konkani
तळ
Korean
바닥
Krio
bɔtɔm
Kurdish
erd
Kurdish (Sorani)
خوارەوە
Kyrgyz
төмөнкү
Lao
ດ້ານລຸ່ມ
Latin
solum
Latvian
apakšā
Lingala
nse
Lithuanian
dugnas
Luganda
wansi
Luxembourgish
ënnen
Macedonian
дното
Maithili
नीचा
Malagasy
ambany
Malay
bawah
Malayalam
ചുവടെ
Maltese
qiegħ
Maori
raro
Marathi
तळ
Meiteilon (Manipuri)
ꯃꯈꯥ
Mizo
mawng
Mongolian
доод
Myanmar (Burmese)
အောက်ခြေ
Nepali
तल
Norwegian
bunn
Nyanja (Chichewa)
pansi
Odia (Oriya)
ତଳ
Oromo
jala
Pashto
ښکته
Persian
پایین
Polish
dolny
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)
inferior
Punjabi
ਤਲ
Quechua
uray
Romanian
fund
Russian
дно
Samoan
lalo
Sanskrit
अधः
Scots Gaelic
bun
Sepedi
tlase
Serbian
дно
Sesotho
tlase
Shona
pasi
Sindhi
هيٺيون
Sinhala (Sinhalese)
පහළ
Slovak
dole
Slovenian
spodaj
Somali
hoose
Spanish
fondo
Sundanese
handapeun
Swahili
chini
Swedish
botten
Tagalog (Filipino)
ilalim
Tajik
поёни
Tamil
கீழே
Tatar
аста
Telugu
దిగువ
Thai
ด้านล่าง
Tigrinya
ታሕተዋይ
Tsonga
tshaku
Turkish
alt
Turkmen
aşagy
Twi (Akan)
aseɛ
Ukrainian
знизу
Urdu
نیچے
Uyghur
ئاستى
Uzbek
pastki
Vietnamese
đáy
Welsh
gwaelod
Xhosa
emazantsi
Yiddish
דנאָ
Yoruba
isalẹ
Zulu
ngezansi

Etymology & Notes

LanguageEtymology / Notes
AfrikaansThe word "onderkant" in Afrikaans can also refer to the lower side of an object or the base of a structure.
AlbanianThe word 'fund' in Albanian, meaning 'bottom,' is derived from the Proto-Albanian term 'fudhë,' which also meant 'bed.'
AmharicThe word "ታች" can also mean "under" or "beneath" in Amharic.
ArabicThe word "الأسفل" can also refer to the "lowest part" or the "worst part" of something.
AzerbaijaniIn Azerbaijani, "alt" also refers to any underlying layer or base.
BasqueThe word "behealdea" also refers to the area of the hip or the pelvic region.
BelarusianIn Belarusian, “дно” can also mean “the end.”
BengaliIn Bengali, নীচে can also refer to the base of a tree, a river's bed, or a foundation.
Bosnian"Dno" comes from the Proto-Slavic "*dьno", which also means "sky" or "weather".
BulgarianThe word "отдолу" in Bulgarian shares the same etymology with the Russian word "отовсюду" (from everywhere) and is also used to express the idea of "from below"
CatalanThe Catalan word "inferior" can also mean "lower" or "subordinate".
CebuanoIn Tagalog the word "ubos" refers to the "end" of something, like a sentence, while in Cebuano it means "full".
Chinese (Simplified)The character "底" also means the "base" or "foundation" of something, as in the phrase "底层建筑" (base-level construction).
Chinese (Traditional)底部 (dǐbù) can also mean the foundation or base of something.
CorsicanIn Corsican the word « fondu » can also mean « a group of persons, the crowd ».
CroatianThe Croatian word "dno" shares etymological roots with the Latin word "fundus" and the Greek word "benthos," and can also refer to the base or core of something.
CzechThe Czech word "dno" (bottom) is also used to refer to the lowest point in a situation, such as "the nadir of one's career"
DanishThe Danish word "bund" also means "base of the stomach", "bundle", "bottom layer" or "stack".
DutchThe word "bodem" (meaning "bottom" in Dutch) is also used in the sense of "farmland" or "soil".
Esperanto"Fundo" is also used to mean "background" or "foundation."
EstonianThe Estonian word "alt" is also used to refer to the opposite of a top or a surface.
FinnishThe Finnish word "pohjassa" also refers to the north, the underlying stratum or support of something, or a particular place or situation.
FrenchThe word "bas" can also refer to stockings or socks in French.
FrisianThe Frisian word 'boaiem' also has the meaning of 'basin' or 'bowl'.
GalicianGalician "inferior" is related to "interior", and it also means "abdomen", "belly" or "lower part".
Georgianქვედა comes from the root ქვ- and means 'beneath, under' which is often used with another word to specify the location in question.
GermanThe German word "Unterseite" originally meant "lower face" (literally "underside") as opposed to the "Oberseite" (upperside) or "surface" of an object.
GreekThe Greek word “κάτω μέρος” primarily means “bottom,” but it can also mean “surface,” “base,” or “foundation,” reflecting its dual role as a physical location and a conceptual support.
GujaratiThe word "નીચે" may also refer to the base of a tree or the sole of a foot.
Haitian CreoleIn Haitian Creole, "anba" is also used to refer to the lowest part or level of something.
HausaIn Hausa, the word "kasa" also refers to the foundation or base of something.
HawaiianIn Hawaiian, "lalo" can also refer to the foundation of a building or the foot of a mountain.
HebrewThe word "תַחתִית" in Hebrew not only means "bottom" but also refers to the "lowest level" of something or a "degraded" state.
HindiThe Hindi word 'तल' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'तलम', which means 'base' or 'foundation'. Additionally, it can refer to the sole of the foot or the surface layer of soil.
HmongThe Hmong word "hauv qab" is a compound word, consisting of "hauv" meaning "inside" and "qab" meaning "belly".
HungarianThe Hungarian word "alsó" also refers to an undergarment, a skirt worn under another skirt, or a chemise.
IcelandicNeðst is derived from Proto-Norse *niðistaR and has the additional meaning of 'down, downward'.
IgboOkpuru in Igbo also means "the final portion or the end of a given quantity or space"}
IndonesianThe word 'bawah' in Indonesian can also mean 'subordinate' or 'lower' in a hierarchical context.
IrishBun (bottom) is also occasionally used in Irish to refer to a 'base' or 'foundation'.
ItalianThe Italian word "parte inferiore" can also mean "lower part" or "underside".
JapaneseThe character "下" (bottom) can also mean "underneath" or "below" in Japanese.
Javanese"Ngisor" is derived from the Sanskrit word "nisara" meaning "lowest or base".
KannadaThe word "ಕೆಳಗೆ" can also mean "underneath" or "below" in Kannada.
KazakhThe word "төменгі" is also one of the words to denote the south in Kazakh.
KhmerThe Khmer word "បាត" also means foot, and is related to the Sanskrit word "pada" meaning "foot", ultimately derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *pa:daq meaning "foot".
Korean'바닥' means both floor, bottom and base in Korean.
KurdishThe word "erd" in Kurdish is cognate with the Persian word "arz" meaning "value, worth" and "land".
KyrgyzThe word "төмөнкү" can also refer to the lower part of something or the lower end of a scale.
LatinBesides meaning 'bottom,' 'solum' signifies 'the earth' (as in 'sola' or 'solarium'), 'the ground,' or 'the basis (of anything)'
LatvianThe word "apakšā" (bottom) in Latvian is derived from the word "apakša" (down).
Lithuanian"Dugnas" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *dheǵʰ- meaning "to receive, to hold".
Luxembourgish"ënnen" is related to the German word "unten", meaning "below" or "underneath", and ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic word "undanaz".
Macedonian"Дното" is a Slavic word that shares roots with the Serbo-Croatian word "dno" and the Russian word "дно"
MalagasyThe Malagasy word "ambany" can also refer to "a lower place" and is sometimes translated as "the foot".
MalayThe word "bawah" in Malay also means "down" or "below" and can be used in various contexts such as "di bawah meja" (under the table).
MalayalamThe word 'ചുവടെ' comes from the Proto-Dravidian word 'cūṭu' which also means 'root' or 'base'.
MalteseThe word "qiegħ" (bottom) also means "abyss" or "depths".
MaoriThe word "raro" is also used to denote the lowest point or extremity of something, such as the base of a mountain or the end of a journey.
MarathiThe Marathi word "तळ" can also mean "the base of a tree" or "the base of a mountain."
MongolianIt is cognate with the Turkish word “dört” (“four”) and thus is sometimes used in Mongolian place names referring to something being the fourth from some reference or as the fourth in some set.
NepaliNepali 'तल' originates from Sanskrit 'तल' meaning 'lowest level, floor' and is related to English 'low'.
NorwegianIn Norwegian, "bunn" can also refer to the end of a loaf of bread or the last piece of cake.
Nyanja (Chichewa)The Nyanja (Chichewa) word 'pansi' can also refer to a 'low place', 'lower part' or 'subordinate position'.
PashtoIn Pashto, "ښکته" also means "towards the lower part" or "to the bottom".
PersianThe word "پायین" can also mean "lower" or "below"
PolishIn Polish, 'Dolny' can also refer to anything that is associated with the underworld, such as evil spirits or demons.
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil)The word "inferior" in Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) derives from the Latin "inferus", meaning "lower" or "below".
PunjabiThe word "ਤਲ" also means "layer" or "surface" in Punjabi, such as the surface of the earth or the layer of sediment on the bottom of a river.
RomanianIn Romanian, "fund" can also mean "background" or "base".
RussianДно can also mean "low point" or even "the worst part of something" as well as being a geological term for "the bottom of a body of water."
SamoanThe Samoan word "lalo" also means "below", "under" or "down".}
Scots GaelicThe word "bun" in Scots Gaelic comes from an Old English root which also means "bottom," but it can also have a variety of other meanings depending on the context in which it is used.
Serbian"Дно" means not only the bottom, but also low water level in the reservoir
SesothoWhile it is more frequently used to mean "bottom", "tlase" can also mean "back" or "behind" in Sesotho.
Shona"Pasi" also means "the end" or "in vain" in Shona.
SindhiThe word هيٺيون can also refer to the lower part of a garment or a low-lying area.
Sinhala (Sinhalese)"පහළ" also means 'low', 'shallow' and 'lower' in Sinhala.
Slovak"Dole" can also refer to a valley, a lowland, a depression, or even a hollow place in the ground.
SlovenianThe etymology of "spodaj" is Slavic, while the alternate meaning of "floor" is a modern extension.
SomaliIn northern Somali dialects, 'hoose' can also refer to a household or family compound.
SpanishFondo in Spanish, meaning “bottom,” comes from the Latin "fundus,” and also means "land" or "estate."
SundaneseHandapeun is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *pajak "leg, foot, base".
SwahiliIn some Swahili dialects, "chini" also refers to the lower portion of a river or a valley.
SwedishThe Swedish word "botten" can also refer to the "deepest" part of a lake or sea.
Tagalog (Filipino)The word "ilalim" also means "below" or "underneath" in Tagalog.
TajikThe word "поёни" (poëni) in Tajik also means "the back of something" or "the lower part of something".
TamilThe word "கீழே" can also mean "low" or "under" in Tamil.
TeluguThe word "దిగువ" also means "the lower part" or "the foot".
ThaiThe Thai word "ด้านล่าง" originally meant "the direction towards which water flows".
TurkishThe Turkish word "alt" also means "underside" in the context of textile fabrics.
UkrainianThe word "знизу" can also mean "from the ground up" or "from the bottom up".
UrduThe word "نیچے" in Urdu also refers to the lower or inferior part of something and can be used in contexts beyond physical location.
UzbekThe word "pastki" also means "foot" in Uzbek and is derived from the Persian word "pā" meaning "foot".
Vietnamese"Đáy" also means "the end" or "the last".
WelshWelsh 'gwaelod' can also mean 'foundation', 'base', 'ground', or 'bedrock'.
YiddishThe Yiddish word "דנאָ" also means "a flaw" in Hebrew, and is related to the Akkadian word "dannu" meaning "strong".
YorubaIsalẹ, meaning "bottom" in Yoruba, also denotes the base of a hierarchical structure or the foundation of something.
ZuluThe Zulu word "ngezansi" is also used to refer to the lower part of a tree or plant, or to the bottom of a river or stream.
EnglishIn maritime usage, a "bottom" is the outer skin or hull of a vessel beneath its waterline.

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