Depth in Different Languages
Discover 'Depth' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Depth
Afrikaans diepte | ||
Albanian thellesi | ||
Amharic ጥልቀት | ||
Arabic عمق | ||
Armenian խորություն | ||
Assamese গভীৰতা | ||
Aymara manqha | ||
Azerbaijani dərinlik | ||
Bambara dunya | ||
Basque sakonera | ||
Belarusian глыбіня | ||
Bengali গভীরতা | ||
Bhojpuri गहराई | ||
Bosnian dubina | ||
Bulgarian дълбочина | ||
Catalan profunditat | ||
Cebuano giladmon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 深度 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 深度 | ||
Corsican prufundità | ||
Croatian dubina | ||
Czech hloubka | ||
Danish dybde | ||
Dhivehi ފުންމިން | ||
Dogri गैहराई | ||
Dutch diepte | ||
English depth | ||
Esperanto profundo | ||
Estonian sügavus | ||
Ewe goglome | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lalim | ||
Finnish syvyys | ||
French profondeur | ||
Frisian djipte | ||
Galician profundidade | ||
Georgian სიღრმე | ||
German tiefe | ||
Greek βάθος | ||
Guarani hypy'ũ | ||
Gujarati .ંડાઈ | ||
Haitian Creole pwofondè | ||
Hausa zurfin | ||
Hawaiian hohonu | ||
Hebrew עוֹמֶק | ||
Hindi गहराई | ||
Hmong tob | ||
Hungarian mélység | ||
Icelandic dýpt | ||
Igbo omimi | ||
Ilocano kinaadalem | ||
Indonesian kedalaman | ||
Irish doimhneacht | ||
Italian profondità | ||
Japanese 深さ | ||
Javanese ambane | ||
Kannada ಆಳ | ||
Kazakh тереңдік | ||
Khmer ជម្រៅ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubujyakuzimu | ||
Konkani खोलाय | ||
Korean 깊이 | ||
Krio dip | ||
Kurdish kûrî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) قووڵی | ||
Kyrgyz тереңдик | ||
Lao ຄວາມເລິກ | ||
Latin profundum | ||
Latvian dziļums | ||
Lingala bozindo | ||
Lithuanian gylis | ||
Luganda obuwanvu | ||
Luxembourgish déift | ||
Macedonian длабочина | ||
Maithili गहराई | ||
Malagasy lalina | ||
Malay kedalaman | ||
Malayalam ആഴം | ||
Maltese fond | ||
Maori hohonu | ||
Marathi खोली | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯔꯨꯕ | ||
Mizo thukzawng | ||
Mongolian гүн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အတိမ်အနက်ကို | ||
Nepali गहिराई | ||
Norwegian dybde | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kuya | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗଭୀରତା | ||
Oromo gadi fageenya | ||
Pashto ژوروالى | ||
Persian عمق | ||
Polish głębokość | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) profundidade | ||
Punjabi ਡੂੰਘਾਈ | ||
Quechua ukun | ||
Romanian adâncime | ||
Russian глубина | ||
Samoan loloto | ||
Sanskrit गहनता | ||
Scots Gaelic doimhneachd | ||
Sepedi botebo | ||
Serbian дубина | ||
Sesotho botebo | ||
Shona kudzika | ||
Sindhi کوٽائي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ගැඹුර | ||
Slovak hĺbka | ||
Slovenian globino | ||
Somali qoto dheer | ||
Spanish profundidad | ||
Sundanese jero | ||
Swahili kina | ||
Swedish djup | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lalim | ||
Tajik чуқурӣ | ||
Tamil ஆழம் | ||
Tatar тирәнлек | ||
Telugu లోతు | ||
Thai ความลึก | ||
Tigrinya ዕምቈት | ||
Tsonga vuenti | ||
Turkish derinlik | ||
Turkmen çuňlugy | ||
Twi (Akan) emu dɔ | ||
Ukrainian глибина | ||
Urdu گہرائی | ||
Uyghur چوڭقۇرلۇق | ||
Uzbek chuqurlik | ||
Vietnamese chiều sâu | ||
Welsh dyfnder | ||
Xhosa ubunzulu | ||
Yiddish טיפעניש | ||
Yoruba ijinle | ||
Zulu ukujula |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Diepte means 'depth' in both Afrikaans and Dutch, while its etymology also includes Indo-European roots meaning 'fat' or 'abundant'. |
| Albanian | "Thellesi" is of Proto-Albanian origin, ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰelh-, meaning "to hide, or cover". |
| Amharic | Alternately, the word ጥልቀት has also been understood as meaning "to go under" |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "عمق" (depth) also has meanings of "innermost" and "most profound". |
| Armenian | In Armenian, 'խորություն' ('depth') also refers to the 'bottom' of a body of water, and can have both literal and figurative meanings. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "dərinlik" has its roots in the Persian word "durna" meaning "crane". |
| Basque | The Basque word "sakonera" also means "root" or "foundation" and comes from the Proto-Basque root *SAKON- meaning "deep" or "far". |
| Belarusian | The word "глыбіня" can also refer to the abyss or the depths of an ocean |
| Bengali | The word "গভীরতা" can also refer to the intensity or extent of something |
| Bosnian | "Dubina" also refers to a hole in a rock or tree and can be translated as "hollow". |
| Bulgarian | The word "дълбочина" can also mean "thoroughness" or "completeness" in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | Profunditat, 'depth' in Catalan, comes from the Latin word 'profundus' meaning 'deep' or 'profound'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 深度 refers to a physical measurement of distance or the degree of abstract concepts, and the word is often used figuratively, particularly to signify a profound understanding of a subject. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 深度, from 深 (deep, profound, dark, dense) and 度 (measure, extent); also means 'intensity' or 'degree' of a certain thing |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "prufundità" can also refer to a particular type of fishing net used to catch fish in deep waters. |
| Croatian | The word "dubina" can also mean "abyss" or "gulf" in Croatian. |
| Czech | Hloubka can also refer to a depression in a surface or a low pressure system in meteorology. |
| Danish | In addition to its literal meaning of "depth," "dybde" can also refer to the profundity of thought or emotion. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, 'diepte' ('depth') can have multiple meanings, including the intensity or profoundness of an experience or feeling. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "profundo" also refers to something being thorough or deep-reaching. |
| Estonian | The Estonian word sügavus can also be used to refer to the intensity of a feeling or the seriousness of a problem. |
| Finnish | The word "syvyys" can also refer to the "profoundness" or "darkness" of something. |
| French | The word "profondeur" derives from the Latin "profundus" meaning "deep", and also relates to "profondeurs" meaning "the abyss". |
| Frisian | Djipte is related to the Old Frisian 'djūp', the Dutch 'diep' and the German 'tief', all of which mean 'depth'. |
| Galician | The Galician word "profundidade" also means "profundity" and "abstruseness" in Portuguese. |
| Georgian | The word "სიღრმე" can also refer to a person's intellect, knowledge, or experience. |
| German | The German word "Tiefe" can also refer to low or deep tones in music and poetry, and to an emotional state of sadness or melancholy |
| Greek | The Ancient Greek word "βάθος" also meant "high and lofty" and it's thought to derive from the Indo-European root "bhadh" meaning "to delve, dig". |
| Gujarati | The word "undaai" also means "depth of thought" or "profoundness". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "pwofondè" (depth) in Haitian Creole derives from the French word "profonde" with the same meaning. |
| Hausa | 'Zurfin' is derived from the Arabic 'zorf', meaning 'container', and can also refer to a 'hole' or 'depression'. |
| Hawaiian | "Hohonu" means "deep" or "depth", and can also refer to the deep sea, depths of the abyss, or hidden depths of emotion. |
| Hebrew | "עוֹמֶק" also means "the core" or "the heart" of something. |
| Hindi | गहराई derives from the Sanskrit term 'गम्भीर,' which also means 'serious' or 'grave.' |
| Hmong | 'Tob' can also be spelled 'tuab', or 'too' depending on tone. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "mélység" not only means "depth" but also "abyss" and "the depths of hell". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "dýpt" also refers to the "abyss of hell" |
| Igbo | "Omimi" also means "deep thought" or "wisdom" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "kedalaman" can also refer to the "bottom" or "depths" of a container or space. |
| Irish | Doimhneacht can also mean 'abyss,' 'mystery,' or 'profoundness'. |
| Italian | In Italian, 'profondità' also means 'profundity' and can refer to the depth of thought or emotion. |
| Japanese | "深さ" also means "darkness" or "seriousness" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | The word "ambane" in Javanese can also refer to "the distance between two things" or "the distance between two points in time". |
| Kannada | While ಆಳ (āḷ) primarily means "depth," it can also refer to a "mine pit," "bottom of a well," or "the middle of a lake" |
| Kazakh | The word "тереңдік" in Kazakh also means "sincerity" or "honesty". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ជម្រៅ" can also mean "deep sleep" or "to be in a trance". |
| Korean | In Korean, 깊이 (geuphi) can also refer to 'profoundly' or 'thoroughly,' beyond its primary meaning of 'depth'. |
| Kurdish | The word 'kûrî' also means 'abyss,' 'gulf,' and 'bottom' in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | Тереңдик derives from Old Turkic "tegir", meaning "round" or "circle". |
| Latin | "Profundum" derives from "pro" (forward), and "fund" (base), and has alternate meanings such as "essence" and "heart". |
| Latvian | "Dziļums" also means "abyss" or a large, fathomless body of water. |
| Lithuanian | The word "gylis" can also refer to the thickness or volume of an object (for example, water), a characteristic of its texture (for example, that of snow), and, figuratively, to the profoundness of an argument or concept. |
| Luxembourgish | In Old Luxembourgish, the word "Déift" originally referred to the depth of a river, but now has a more general meaning of depth in general. |
| Macedonian | "Длабочина" (depth) in Macedonian also refers to a specific type of net or trap used for fishing. |
| Malagasy | The word "lalina" in Malagasy can also refer to the abyss or the unknown. |
| Malay | "Kedalaman" also means "thoroughness" or "intensity" in certain contexts. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "ആഴം" ("depth") is derived from the Dravidian root *ālj-*, which also means "below" or "deep". |
| Maltese | The word "fond" in Maltese can also refer to a recess or a niche. |
| Maori | In some dialects hoho-nu refers to the bottom, and in particular, of the sea (i.e. a lake bottom) |
| Marathi | The word "खोली" in Marathi has an alternate meaning of "room". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "гүн" also means "weight" and "importance". |
| Nepali | "गहिराई" (gahirai) is derived from Sanskrit "gambhira," which also means "deep" or "low-pitched." |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, in addition to its primary meaning of "depth", "dybde" can also refer to "a sense of profoundness or insight". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Kuya also means 'deep hole', 'abyss', and 'gulf'. |
| Pashto | The word "ژوروالى" can also refer to the deep sea or ocean. |
| Persian | The Arabic root غ م ق also produces words relating to submersion and diving. |
| Polish | In Polish, "głębokość" also means "seriousness", "gravity", or "profundity" |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word 'profundidade' in Portuguese has an alternate feminine form, 'profundeza', and derives from the Latin word 'profundus' meaning 'deep'. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਡੂੰਘਾਈ" can also refer to the intensity or seriousness of a feeling, emotion, or situation. |
| Romanian | The word "adâncime" comes from the Slavic word "dĭnŭ" which means "bottom" or "base". |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "loloto" also means "secret" and "mystery". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scottish Gaelic word "doimhneachd" can also refer to profundity, intensity, or sincerity. |
| Serbian | The word "дубина" can also refer to a wooden club or a simpleton in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | The word 'botebo' (depth) and 'bo' (two) could be similar because the concept of depth involves the measurement from a surface to a lower elevation. |
| Shona | The word "kudzika" can also mean "to be deep" or "to go deep". |
| Sindhi | The word "کوٽائي" in Sindhi also means "a trap" or "a pitfall". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ගැඹුර" (depth) comes from the word "ගැඹිර" (deep) which in turn comes from the Proto-Indo-Iranian word "*gʰembʰ-" (to sink). |
| Slovak | The word "hĺbka" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *głъbъ, meaning "deep" or "hollow." |
| Slovenian | The word "globino" may have origins in Old Church Slavonic as "glubina" or Proto-Slavic languages as "glǫbina." |
| Somali | Qoto dheer, often translated as “depth,” also refers to the “height” or “level” of something from a horizontal or vertical perspective. |
| Spanish | In marine navigation, "profundidad" can refer to the lowest level of the hold, the bilge. |
| Sundanese | The word "jero" can also refer to the bottom of a container or the inside of something. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word **kina** also means "the base or core of something", "the essence or substance of something", "the interior or inner part of something", or "the most important or central part of something." |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "djup" can also mean a deep lake or the abyss. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Lalim" also refers to the profundity or thoroughness of an action or thought. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "чуқурӣ" can also refer to a pit, hole, or well |
| Tamil | "ஆழம்" in Tamil means "depth" in English and is also used for "profound" or "depth of emotion." |
| Telugu | "లోతు" (depth) also refers to the distance from the surface of a liquid to its bottom. |
| Thai | The word "ความลึก" can also mean "mystery" or "complexity" in Thai. |
| Turkish | "Derinlik" derives from the Persian word "derun" which itself is an antonym of "berun" (outer). |
| Ukrainian | The word "глибина" comes from the Proto-Slavic word *gъlbina, which had the same meaning. |
| Urdu | "گہرائی" is also used figuratively to mean "intensity" or "profundity". |
| Uzbek | The word "chuqurlik" comes from the Persian word "chughur", meaning "deep". |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "chiều sâu" translates to "depth" in English, but it also carries secondary meanings of "dimension", "layer", and "intimacies", reflecting the nuances of the Vietnamese language. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "dyfnder" can also mean "mystery" or "secret". |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ubunzulu" also means "greatness" or "importance". |
| Yiddish | "טיפעניש" can also be used to describe an abyss, a profound or unfathomable space or mystery. |
| Yoruba | "Ijinle" also means "the ocean" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The word 'ukujula' also means 'to be deep' or 'to go deep' in Zulu. |
| English | In Old English, “depth” referred to “deep water” or “the ocean” but, like other words deriving from this Proto-Indo-European root, over time it broadened in meaning to include nonaquatic profundity. |