Close in Different Languages
Discover 'Close' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Close
Afrikaans naby | ||
Albanian afër | ||
Amharic ገጠመ | ||
Arabic أغلق | ||
Armenian փակել | ||
Assamese বন্ধ | ||
Aymara jist'antaña | ||
Azerbaijani yaxın | ||
Bambara ka datugu | ||
Basque itxi | ||
Belarusian блізка | ||
Bengali বন্ধ | ||
Bhojpuri बंद करीं | ||
Bosnian blizu | ||
Bulgarian близо | ||
Catalan tanca | ||
Cebuano suod nga | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 关 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 關 | ||
Corsican vicinu | ||
Croatian zatvoriti | ||
Czech zavřít | ||
Danish tæt | ||
Dhivehi ލެއްޕުން | ||
Dogri बंद | ||
Dutch dichtbij | ||
English close | ||
Esperanto proksime | ||
Estonian sulge | ||
Ewe tu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) malapit na | ||
Finnish kiinni | ||
French proche | ||
Frisian slute | ||
Galician preto | ||
Georgian დახურვა | ||
German schließen | ||
Greek κλείσε | ||
Guarani mboty | ||
Gujarati બંધ | ||
Haitian Creole fèmen | ||
Hausa rufe | ||
Hawaiian pani | ||
Hebrew סגור | ||
Hindi बंद करे | ||
Hmong kaw | ||
Hungarian bezárás | ||
Icelandic loka | ||
Igbo mechie | ||
Ilocano iserra | ||
Indonesian menutup | ||
Irish dhúnadh | ||
Italian vicino | ||
Japanese 閉じる | ||
Javanese cedhak | ||
Kannada ಮುಚ್ಚಿ | ||
Kazakh жабық | ||
Khmer បិទ | ||
Kinyarwanda hafi | ||
Konkani धांपप | ||
Korean 닫기 | ||
Krio tayt | ||
Kurdish nêzîkî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) داخستن | ||
Kyrgyz жакын | ||
Lao ປິດ | ||
Latin prope | ||
Latvian tuvu | ||
Lingala kokanga | ||
Lithuanian uždaryti | ||
Luganda okuggalawo | ||
Luxembourgish zoumaachen | ||
Macedonian блиски | ||
Maithili बंद | ||
Malagasy akaiky | ||
Malay tutup | ||
Malayalam അടയ്ക്കുക | ||
Maltese qrib | ||
Maori kati | ||
Marathi बंद | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯨꯝꯖꯤꯟꯕ | ||
Mizo khar | ||
Mongolian ойрхон | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပိတ် | ||
Nepali नजिक | ||
Norwegian lukk | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kutseka | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବନ୍ଦ | ||
Oromo cufuu | ||
Pashto نږدې | ||
Persian بستن | ||
Polish blisko | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) fechar | ||
Punjabi ਨੇੜੇ | ||
Quechua wichqay | ||
Romanian închide | ||
Russian близко | ||
Samoan latalata | ||
Sanskrit पिधानं करोतु | ||
Scots Gaelic dlùth | ||
Sepedi tswalela | ||
Serbian близу | ||
Sesotho haufi | ||
Shona pedyo | ||
Sindhi ويجهو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) වසන්න | ||
Slovak zavrieť | ||
Slovenian blizu | ||
Somali xirid | ||
Spanish cerca | ||
Sundanese nutup | ||
Swahili funga | ||
Swedish stänga | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) malapit na | ||
Tajik наздик | ||
Tamil நெருக்கமான | ||
Tatar ябык | ||
Telugu దగ్గరగా | ||
Thai ปิด | ||
Tigrinya ዕፁው | ||
Tsonga pfala | ||
Turkish kapat | ||
Turkmen ýakyn | ||
Twi (Akan) to mu | ||
Ukrainian закрити | ||
Urdu بند کریں | ||
Uyghur close | ||
Uzbek yaqin | ||
Vietnamese đóng | ||
Welsh cau | ||
Xhosa vala | ||
Yiddish נאָענט | ||
Yoruba sunmọ | ||
Zulu vala |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "naby" originates from the Germanic root "naba/nebh", meaning "near/close" which also appears in the words "neighbor" and "navel." |
| Albanian | The word "afër" is related to the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂epi-, meaning "to obtain" or "to reach;" in Albanian it also means "to approach". |
| Amharic | The verb "ገጠመ" can also mean "to enclose something within a fence or boundary" or "to protect something from harm or danger". |
| Arabic | In addition to meaning “to close,” أغلق can also mean “to lock” or “to shut.” |
| Armenian | Փակել can also mean to lock, enclose, or obstruct, and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *peh₂- meaning "to protect". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "yaxın" can also mean "family relation" or "relative" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | Itxi has another meaning in basque, that is "close" but not in a spatial way but in a temporal way: itxi is the end of something |
| Belarusian | The word "блізка" in Belarusian is also related to the word "блізкі" (close, as in relatives) and has the alternate meaning of "beloved" or "dear." |
| Bengali | The word "বন্ধ" in Bengali can also mean "tied" or "bound". |
| Bosnian | Blizu is also the root of the words 'blizanac' (twin), 'blizna' (scar), and 'blizina' (proximity). |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, "близо" can also mean "near" or "almost". |
| Catalan | In the Pyrenees "tanca" can also refer to a type of traditional barn or a natural enclosure for animals. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 关 (close) can also mean |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 關 also means checkpoint or customs in Chinese. |
| Corsican | "Vicinu" in Corsican is derived from the Latin "vicinus," meaning "neighbor" or "person living nearby." |
| Croatian | "Zatvoriti" derives from Old Slavic *zatvoriti, from *za- ("behind") + *tvoriti ("to create"). |
| Czech | "Zavřít" (close) can also mean to lock, shut, or close down. |
| Danish | Tæt's historical meanings include 'thick', 'compact', 'dense', and 'narrow'. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "dichtbij" (close) shares roots with the word "dicht" (compact, dense), likely a reference to the dense packing of atoms and molecules in close proximity. |
| Esperanto | "Proksime" also means "nearly" and is related to "proksim" meaning "neighbor." |
| Estonian | The word "sulge" also means "to lock" and derives from an Indo-European root meaning "to hold together". |
| Finnish | Kiinni can also mean 'tight', 'firm' or 'attached'. |
| French | The word "proche" in French originates from the Latin word "prope," which means near or at hand. |
| Frisian | The word "slute" also means "to complete". |
| Galician | "Preto" can also mean "almost" in Galician, as in "preto do mar" (almost at the sea). |
| Georgian | The word 'დახურვა' ('close') in Georgian also means 'to shut down', 'to turn off', or 'to cover up'. |
| German | German "schließen" derives from Middle High German "sließen" and Old High German "sliozan": "to lock" or "to fasten with a key; to conclude a treaty with a handshake." |
| Greek | The term 'Κλείσε', derived from the Greek verb 'κλείω', also signifies a 'narrow pass' or a 'gate'. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "બંધ" (bandh) can also mean "shut down" or "strike" in the context of a protest or labor dispute. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "fèmen" can also mean "to close (a door or window)" or "to shut down (a business)" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "rufe" also means "to finish, complete, accomplish, or fulfill". |
| Hawaiian | The word "pani" can also refer to a fence, wall, or enclosure in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "סגור" (close) originally meant "to block" or "to fence in". |
| Hindi | The word "बंद करे" can also mean "to forbid" or "to stop". |
| Hmong | The word "kaw" in Hmong can also mean "shut" or "lock". |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "bezárás" can also refer to a shop or restaurant closing down permanently. |
| Icelandic | Loka, meaning "close" or "nearby" in Icelandic, can also refer to a physical location, such as a house or a room. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "mechie" also means "to join" or "to attach" in a physical sense. |
| Indonesian | Menutup in Indonesian derives from a root word meaning 'to cover' and can thus also refer to 'to shut' or 'to end' a discussion. |
| Irish | In some areas dhúnadh can also mean to 'fold' a garment. |
| Italian | "Vicino" originally meant "neighbor" in Latin and could refer to a relative as well as someone living nearby |
| Japanese | The verb 閉じる (tojiru) is composed of the noun 戸 (to) meaning "door" and the verb 閉める (shimeru) meaning "to shut". |
| Javanese | "Cedhak" also means "short" or "near" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "ಮುಚ್ಚಿ" also means "to cover", "to conceal", and "to shut". |
| Kazakh | The word "жабық" in Kazakh also means "secret" or "private". |
| Khmer | In addition to its primary meaning of "close," បិទ can also mean "to terminate," "to finish," or "to seal." |
| Korean | The term '닫기' can also refer to the closing of a bank account or the end of a sales period. |
| Kyrgyz | In Turkic languages, the word “jakyn” means “a side.” Therefore, in Kyrgyz, the expression “jakyn tura” (“stand closer”) can literally be translated as “stand sideways.” |
| Lao | The Lao word "ປິດ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "pid", which also means "to close". |
| Latin | The Latin "prope" also means "near" and is the origin of words like "proximity" and "approach" |
| Latvian | "Tuvu" can also mean "nearby" or "familiar" |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, the word "Uždaryti" also means "to arrest" or "to imprison". |
| Macedonian | The word "блиски" can also mean "related" or "similar" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "AKAIKY" can also mean "to be near" or "to be a relative" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | In Malay, 'tutup' can also refer to covering or shutting something, or to stopping an activity or ending a conversation. |
| Malayalam | The term 'അടയ്ക്കുക' also refers to the act of stopping or halting something, such as a stream of water or a flowing river. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "qrib" also means "relative" or "neighbour". |
| Maori | The Maori word kati originally meant “almost” or “nearly” and has expanded to include the meaning of “close” and other meanings such as “perhaps” or “it might be.” |
| Marathi | "बंद" is also an antiquated term for "confined space." |
| Mongolian | The word “oirhon” can also mean to be in close vicinity or to be nearby in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word ပိတ် (peik) in Burmese does not have an etymology as it is a native word, but it does have a homonym which shares the same spelling but means 'to press' |
| Nepali | "नजिक" (close) comes from the Sanskrit word "naji" meaning "related to" or "near." |
| Norwegian | The word "lukk" in Norwegian also means "shelter", indicating its use in providing protection from the elements. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Bemba, "kutseka" can mean "to block" as well. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "نږدې" can also mean "near" or "shortly." |
| Persian | In Persian, "بستن" not only means "to close" but also "to tie" or "to arrest". |
| Polish | `bliski` also means 'dear' in Polish, likely deriving from the phrase 'to be near' in the Old Slavic language. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Fechar" also means to "make a fist" |
| Punjabi | The Punjabi word "ਨੇੜੇ" can also mean "in the neighbourhood". |
| Romanian | The word "închide" in Romanian originates from the Latin "incidere", meaning "to cut off" or "to sever"} |
| Russian | The word "близко" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *близь, meaning "near" or "close". |
| Samoan | Latata, which means 'close' in Samoan, is also a term used to describe something that is 'not far away' or 'nearby'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'dlùth' also has the meanings of 'dear', 'narrow' and 'tight'. |
| Serbian | The word "Близу" can also refer to proximity or closeness in a general sense, or to a person's presence or accessibility. |
| Sesotho | "Haufi" has at least 3 meanings: 1. the opposite of "leso" (far), 2. the opposite of "sekhutlong" (spacious), 3. an adverb meaning "almost, nearly". |
| Shona | The word "pedyo" can also be used metaphorically to describe someone who is humble or modest. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ويجهو" also means to come together or gather. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word |
| Slovak | Zavrieť is also the name of a village in Slovakia. |
| Slovenian | The word "blizu" in Slovenian is cognate with the Russian word "близко" and ultimately derives from the Proto-Slavic word *blizъ "near". |
| Somali | The Somali word 'xirid' is derived from the Proto-Cushitic root *xir- 'to close, shut'. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "cerca" can also refer to a fence, hedge, or enclosure. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "nutup" not only means "to shut" or "to close" but also "to cover" or "to envelop". |
| Swahili | The word "funga" also refers to the action of closing something |
| Swedish | The word "stänga" in Swedish originally meant "to place a fence around something." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word `malapit na` also means `soon` or `nearly`. |
| Tajik | The word "наздик" is derived from the Persian word "nazdīk" and also means "intimate" or "familiar". |
| Tamil | The word "நெருக்கமான" ("close") in Tamil has an alternate meaning of "tight" or "narrow". |
| Thai | "ปิด" in Thai can also mean "to stop" or "to shut down". |
| Turkish | "Kapat" derives from the Old Turkic word "kap-," meaning "to seize, to grab." |
| Ukrainian | The word "закрити" (close) in Ukrainian evolved from "закрыти" (close) in Russian, which in turn stems from the Old Church Slavonic "съкрити" (hide). |
| Uzbek | The word 'yaqin' has two meanings in Uzbek: 1) 'close', 2) 'relative' |
| Vietnamese | "Đóng" can mean to close something or to contribute money or resources to a project. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word “cau” means “close” or “near,” and likely derives from the Proto-Celtic word “kāwo-” meaning “hollow. “ |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word “vala” can also mean “to cover,” “shut,” or “to block.” |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "נאָענט" can also refer to "related" or "similar." |
| Yoruba | "Sún mó" in Yoruba denotes proximity, intimacy, closeness, and connection, with "mọ" meaning "know" or "be known." |
| Zulu | In Nguni languages, including Zulu, the word 'vala' can also mean 'to shut' or 'to cover' something up. |
| English | In addition to its primary meaning of "near in space or time", "close" can also mean "to shut or fasten" or "to come to an end." |