Down in Different Languages
Discover 'Down' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Down
Afrikaans af | ||
Albanian poshtë | ||
Amharic ታች | ||
Arabic أسفل | ||
Armenian ներքև | ||
Assamese তললৈ | ||
Aymara manqha | ||
Azerbaijani aşağı | ||
Bambara duguma | ||
Basque behera | ||
Belarusian ўніз | ||
Bengali নিচে | ||
Bhojpuri नीचे | ||
Bosnian dole | ||
Bulgarian надолу | ||
Catalan avall | ||
Cebuano paubos | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 下 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 下 | ||
Corsican falà | ||
Croatian dolje | ||
Czech dolů | ||
Danish ned | ||
Dhivehi ތިރި | ||
Dogri ख'ल्ल | ||
Dutch naar beneden | ||
English down | ||
Esperanto malsupren | ||
Estonian alla | ||
Ewe anyi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pababa | ||
Finnish alas | ||
French vers le bas | ||
Frisian omleech | ||
Galician abaixo | ||
Georgian ქვემოთ | ||
German nieder | ||
Greek κάτω | ||
Guarani iguýpe | ||
Gujarati નીચે | ||
Haitian Creole desann | ||
Hausa ƙasa | ||
Hawaiian lalo | ||
Hebrew מטה | ||
Hindi नीचे | ||
Hmong lawm os | ||
Hungarian le- | ||
Icelandic niður | ||
Igbo ala | ||
Ilocano baba | ||
Indonesian turun | ||
Irish síos | ||
Italian giù | ||
Japanese ダウン | ||
Javanese mudhun | ||
Kannada ಕೆಳಗೆ | ||
Kazakh төмен | ||
Khmer ចុះ | ||
Kinyarwanda hasi | ||
Konkani सकयल | ||
Korean 하위 | ||
Krio dɔŋ | ||
Kurdish jêr | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خوارەوە | ||
Kyrgyz ылдый | ||
Lao ລົງ | ||
Latin descendit | ||
Latvian uz leju | ||
Lingala na nse | ||
Lithuanian žemyn | ||
Luganda wansi | ||
Luxembourgish erof | ||
Macedonian долу | ||
Maithili नीचा | ||
Malagasy midina | ||
Malay turun | ||
Malayalam താഴേക്ക് | ||
Maltese isfel | ||
Maori iho | ||
Marathi खाली | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯈꯥꯗ | ||
Mizo hnuailam | ||
Mongolian доош | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ချ | ||
Nepali तल | ||
Norwegian ned | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) pansi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ତଳକୁ | ||
Oromo gadi | ||
Pashto ښکته | ||
Persian پایین | ||
Polish na dół | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) baixa | ||
Punjabi ਥੱਲੇ, ਹੇਠਾਂ, ਨੀਂਵਾ | ||
Quechua uray | ||
Romanian jos | ||
Russian вниз | ||
Samoan lalo | ||
Sanskrit अधः | ||
Scots Gaelic sìos | ||
Sepedi fase | ||
Serbian доле | ||
Sesotho tlase | ||
Shona pasi | ||
Sindhi هيٺ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) පහළ | ||
Slovak dole | ||
Slovenian dol | ||
Somali hoos | ||
Spanish abajo | ||
Sundanese turun | ||
Swahili chini | ||
Swedish ner | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pababa | ||
Tajik поён | ||
Tamil கீழ் | ||
Tatar аста | ||
Telugu డౌన్ | ||
Thai ลง | ||
Tigrinya ታሕቲ | ||
Tsonga ehansi | ||
Turkish aşağı | ||
Turkmen aşak | ||
Twi (Akan) fam | ||
Ukrainian вниз | ||
Urdu نیچے | ||
Uyghur down | ||
Uzbek pastga | ||
Vietnamese xuống | ||
Welsh i lawr | ||
Xhosa phantsi | ||
Yiddish אַראָפּ | ||
Yoruba isalẹ | ||
Zulu phansi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | 'Af' can also mean 'off' or 'away' in Afrikaans, as in 'afgaan' (depart) or 'afdraai' (turn away). |
| Albanian | "Poshtë" also means "beneath" or "under" in Albanian and is cognate with the Greek word "hypó" with a similar meaning. |
| Amharic | "ታች" (down) also means "below" or "underneath". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "أسفل" comes from the root "سفل" meaning "base" or "foot". |
| Armenian | The Armenian term "inner", as in inner city, can also mean "down" as in downtown. |
| Azerbaijani | "Aşağı" means "down" in Azerbaijani, but it also has the alternate meaning of "below". |
| Basque | The word "behera" can also refer to coastal areas or the lowlands. |
| Belarusian | "Ўніз" comes from the Proto-Slavic "*nizъ", meaning "low", and is related to the Russian word "низ" and the Czech word "níz." |
| Bengali | "নিচে" can also mean "below" or "at the bottom". |
| Bosnian | Bosnian word "dole" can also refer to the river valleys or lowlands. |
| Bulgarian | In addition to meaning "down," "надолу" can also mean "toward," "along," or "onto." |
| Catalan | The Catalan term "avall" can also refer to a slope, a lower part, or a support. |
| Cebuano | The term "paubos" may also refer to a ritual dance practiced during the month of December. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 下 (xià) is also used in words like “下棋” (xià qí, play chess), “下课” (xià kè, class is over), and as a surname. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "下" (xià) can also mean "second in order," or "inferior," reflecting its usage in Chinese philosophy to describe the "lower" of two parts. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "falà" derives from the Latin "plānus" meaning "flat". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "dolje" also means "bottom", "basement", or "floor". |
| Czech | The word 'dolů' is related to the word 'dole' (on the bottom) and means 'downwards'. |
| Danish | The word 'ned' can also mean 'below' or 'underneath' in Danish. |
| Dutch | "Naar beneden" also means "to go to hell". |
| Esperanto | The word "malsupren" is derived from the Latin word "supremus" (highest) with the prefix "mal-" (bad), meaning "the worst" or "the lowest". |
| Estonian | "Alla" can also mean "under" or "below" depending on the context. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, the word "alas" also means "downward" or "towards the bottom". |
| French | "Vers le bas" in French can also mean "towards the lower end" or "towards the south". |
| Frisian | The word "omleech" also means "below" in Frisian. |
| Galician | Abaixo derives from the Latin "deorsum", but its most common meaning isn't "down" but rather "below". |
| Georgian | ქვემოთ in Georgian is also used to refer to the south, as it is lower in relation to the north based on a traditional mental map of Georgia. |
| German | Nieder can also mean "low" or "base", and is related to the Old High German word "nidar", meaning "downward". |
| Greek | "Κάτω" can also be used to mean "lower" or "inferior" in Greek. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "नीचे" can also be used to mean "below", "underneath", or "out of reach". |
| Haitian Creole | Desann derives from French "descendre", meaning to descend or go down. |
| Hausa | In some Hausa dialects it can also refer to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the body (below the abdomen). |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "lalo" also translates to "underneath" or "inferior". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word מטה ("down") comes from the root מ.ט.ה, indicating a movement from a higher to a lower position or state. |
| Hindi | The word "नीचे" can also mean "lower" or "subordinate" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | Lawm os also means 'on the south side of' |
| Hungarian | In compounds, "le-" can mean "away; down; along; towards; off; out; apart; asunder;" or indicate a "lack of" or the "opposite of" something |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "niður" also means "downward" or "underneath." |
| Igbo | Aside from its primary meaning of "down," "ala" can also mean "under" or "beneath" in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | Turun is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root *tu:run, meaning 'to descend' or 'to drop'. |
| Irish | The word "síos" in Irish primarily means "down" but can also mean "underneath" or "below". |
| Italian | "Giù" is derived from the Latin "deorsum" and also means "away" or "downwards". |
| Japanese | "ダウン" means "soft feathers of waterfowl" or "the soft, fine undercoat of certain animals". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "mudhun" can also mean "to return" or "to go back to one's home". |
| Kannada | ಕೆಳಗೆ (keLage) is also derived from the Proto-Dravidian root *keḷ-, meaning 'to descend' or 'to be low'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "төмен" ("down") derives from the Proto-Turkic word "tümen" meaning "ten thousand" or "myriad". |
| Khmer | The word "ចុះ" also means "to leave" or "to go out" in Khmer. |
| Korean | The word "하위" can also refer to "lower" in terms of rank or status. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "jêr" (down) shares roots with the Persian word "zēr" |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ылдый" can also mean "south" in Kyrgyz, as the south is generally considered to be "down" from the north. |
| Lao | The word "ລົງ" (long) can also mean "to go" or "to enter" in Lao. |
| Latin | The word "descendit" is the third-person singular form of the verb "descendo," meaning "to come down." |
| Latvian | The Latvian word “uz leju” is a combination of the preposition “uz” (on, onto) and the noun “leja” (lowland, depression) and means "down" in the sense of a downward motion. |
| Lithuanian | The word "žemyn" in Lithuanian can also refer to the feminine gender in grammar. |
| Luxembourgish | While "erof" can mean "down," it can also mean "dead" in the context of trees. |
| Macedonian | The word "долу" can also mean "on the floor" or "on the ground". |
| Malagasy | The word "midina" in Malagasy also refers to the lower part of a plant, or the bottom of a river or lake. |
| Malay | In formal Malay, "turun" also means "to give birth". |
| Malayalam | The word 'താഴേക്ക്' ('down') is derived from the Proto-Dravidian root '*tal-', meaning 'to be low'. |
| Maltese | In Maltese, "isfel" derives from Semitic "ʾisfal" (lower), distinct from the Indo-European source of the other cardinal directions. |
| Maori | In the Māori language, the word “iho” refers not only to the direction “down” but also to the navel, a bodily feature that is considered to be a sacred connection to one's ancestry. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "खाली" also means "underneath" or "below" spatially and metaphorically, referring to lower social status or value. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "доош" can also describe a place on the downwind side of a building or mountain. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "ချ" in Burmese can also mean "to let go", "to put down", or "to release". |
| Nepali | Nepali "তল" comes from Sanskrit "तल", meaning "bottom," "sole of a foot," or "floor of a house." |
| Norwegian | The word 'ned' can also mean 'beneath', 'lower', or 'below' in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "pansi" translates to "down" or "below", |
| Pashto | Its other meaning, “beautiful,” comes from Pashto’s close linguistic relative, Persian. |
| Persian | The word "پایین" (down) is also used to mean "footer" in Persian, referring to the bottom section of a web page or document. |
| Polish | The expression "iść na dół" (go down) literally means "go to the bottom". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In medieval Portuguese, baixa meant 'river bank' and referred to the lower parts of cities and towns that were on flatter land next to rivers. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "jos" also means "low" and can refer to the bottom of something. |
| Russian | The word “вниз” also means “into” as in "погрузили вниз" (lowered into the water). |
| Samoan | Can be used informally as a noun for a valley or ravine. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "sìos" also means "peace" or "quiet" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The word "доле" can also mean "in the grave" or "underground" in Serbian. |
| Sesotho | "Tlase" can also mean "to give birth" or "lower something". |
| Shona | The word "pasi" in Shona can also refer to the act of descending or the state of being low. |
| Sindhi | The word "هيٺ" can also mean "beneath" or "underneath" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "පහළ" is used as a noun meaning "lower portion or part" and as a verb meaning "to humiliate or disgrace." |
| Slovak | The word "dole" in Slovak also means "valley" or "meadow" |
| Slovenian | The word "dol" has two meanings in Slovenian: "down" and "a valley" |
| Somali | The Somali word "hoos" is cognate with the Proto-Somali word "*ʔóós" and the Proto-Cushitic word "*hóːsú", both meaning "down". |
| Spanish | The origin of "abajo" is "de bas" which means low or far from the top in Latin. |
| Sundanese | In Indonesian, "turun" is a preposition meaning "from" or "off" something, and in Malay it means "to reduce," "to decrease," or "to step down." |
| Swahili | Chini also means 'to the ground' or 'on the ground' and can sometimes be used in place of 'chini' in a song |
| Swedish | The word "ner" can mean both "down" and "to", such as in "ner till torget" which means "down to the market square." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | 'Pababa' also refers to the lower or downstream course of a river. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "поён" also means "slope", "descent", and "lower". |
| Tamil | "கீழ்" in Tamil can also mean subordinate, beneath, or underneath. |
| Telugu | In Telugu, "డౌన్" (down) can also mean "to decrease" or "to be deficient" |
| Thai | "ลง" can also mean "cancel" or "dismount" in Thai. |
| Turkish | "Aşağı" in Turkish is derived from the word "aşağ", meaning "lower part of the water", and thus referring to the direction opposite to "yukarı" (up), which is derived from the word "yuka", meaning "upper part of the water." |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "вниз" is also used to mean "to go down", "to descend", and "to fall". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "نیچے" can also mean "below" or "beneath" |
| Uzbek | Uzbek "pastga" may originate in Sogdian or Khotanese, and also refers to the north or lower parts of a river. |
| Vietnamese | The word "xuống" can be used as a verb (to go down) or a preposition (below, under). |
| Welsh | The word 'i lawr' can also mean 'to the ground' or 'to the bottom'. |
| Xhosa | Phantsi may also be used to refer to a person of low status or a subordinate. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "אַראָפּ" can also mean "off" or "away". |
| Yoruba | The noun "isalẹ" can also refer to "the back of the body," or "the bottom of something." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "phansi" not only means "down" but also denotes a lower or subordinate position in a hierarchy. |
| English | The word "down" can also mean towards the south, on the ground, or in a lower position. |