Good in Different Languages
Discover 'Good' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Good
Afrikaans goed | ||
Albanian mirë | ||
Amharic ጥሩ | ||
Arabic حسن | ||
Armenian լավ | ||
Assamese ভাল | ||
Aymara waliki | ||
Azerbaijani yaxşı | ||
Bambara duman | ||
Basque ona | ||
Belarusian добра | ||
Bengali ভাল | ||
Bhojpuri नीमन | ||
Bosnian dobro | ||
Bulgarian добре | ||
Catalan bé | ||
Cebuano maayo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 好 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 好 | ||
Corsican bene | ||
Croatian dobro | ||
Czech dobrý | ||
Danish godt | ||
Dhivehi ރަނގަޅު | ||
Dogri चंगा | ||
Dutch mooi zo | ||
English good | ||
Esperanto bone | ||
Estonian hea | ||
Ewe enyo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mabuti | ||
Finnish hyvä | ||
French bien | ||
Frisian goed | ||
Galician bo | ||
Georgian კარგი | ||
German gut | ||
Greek καλός | ||
Guarani iporã | ||
Gujarati સારું | ||
Haitian Creole bon | ||
Hausa mai kyau | ||
Hawaiian maikaʻi loa | ||
Hebrew טוֹב | ||
Hindi अच्छा | ||
Hmong zoo | ||
Hungarian jó | ||
Icelandic góður | ||
Igbo ezi | ||
Ilocano nasayaat | ||
Indonesian baik | ||
Irish maith | ||
Italian bene | ||
Japanese 良い | ||
Javanese apik | ||
Kannada ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು | ||
Kazakh жақсы | ||
Khmer ល្អ | ||
Kinyarwanda byiza | ||
Konkani बरें | ||
Korean 좋은 | ||
Krio gud | ||
Kurdish baş | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) باش | ||
Kyrgyz жакшы | ||
Lao ດີ | ||
Latin bonum | ||
Latvian labi | ||
Lingala malamu | ||
Lithuanian gerai | ||
Luganda kirungi | ||
Luxembourgish gutt | ||
Macedonian добро | ||
Maithili नीक | ||
Malagasy tsara | ||
Malay baik | ||
Malayalam നല്ലത് | ||
Maltese tajjeb | ||
Maori pai | ||
Marathi चांगले | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯐꯕ | ||
Mizo tha | ||
Mongolian сайн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကောင်းတယ် | ||
Nepali राम्रो | ||
Norwegian god | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) chabwino | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭଲ | ||
Oromo gaarii | ||
Pashto ښه | ||
Persian خوب | ||
Polish dobry | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) boa | ||
Punjabi ਚੰਗਾ | ||
Quechua allin | ||
Romanian bun | ||
Russian хорошо | ||
Samoan lelei | ||
Sanskrit शोभन | ||
Scots Gaelic math | ||
Sepedi gabotse | ||
Serbian добро | ||
Sesotho hantle | ||
Shona kugona | ||
Sindhi سٺو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) හොඳ | ||
Slovak dobre | ||
Slovenian dobro | ||
Somali wanaagsan | ||
Spanish bueno | ||
Sundanese alus | ||
Swahili nzuri | ||
Swedish bra | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mabuti | ||
Tajik хуб | ||
Tamil நல்ல | ||
Tatar яхшы | ||
Telugu మంచిది | ||
Thai ดี | ||
Tigrinya ፅቡቅ | ||
Tsonga kahle | ||
Turkish iyi | ||
Turkmen gowy | ||
Twi (Akan) papa | ||
Ukrainian добре | ||
Urdu اچھی | ||
Uyghur ياخشى | ||
Uzbek yaxshi | ||
Vietnamese tốt | ||
Welsh da | ||
Xhosa kulungile | ||
Yiddish גוט | ||
Yoruba dara | ||
Zulu kuhle |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "goed" originates from the Dutch word "goed" meaning "property" and refers to one's possessions or assets. |
| Albanian | The word "mirë" is also used in Albanian to express "thank you," "very well," or "okay." |
| Amharic | "ጥሩ" can also mean "healthy" or "delicious" depending on context. |
| Arabic | حسن (good) in Arabic derives from the Semitic root ḥ-s-n, which also signifies beauty, approval, and excellence |
| Armenian | The etymology of 'լավ' is uncertain, but it is thought to be related to the Proto-Indo-European root *lew-, which also appears in Latin 'lavare' (to wash) and Sanskrit 'lavana' (salt). |
| Azerbaijani | The word "yaxşı" is derived from Proto-Turkic *yaχşı, which also means "right" or "correct". |
| Basque | The term 'ona' also refers to a 'good' type of weather and to an 'auspicious' time or day. |
| Belarusian | "Добра" can also refer to "property" or "belongings". |
| Bengali | The word "ভাল" can also mean "healthy" or "well-being" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "dobro" in Bosnian can also refer to the common good, well-being, or the abstract concept of virtue. |
| Bulgarian | The word 'добре' can also mean 'well', 'okay', or 'all right' in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | "Bé" also means "well" or something "OK" in Catalan, and it can be used as an adjective, an adverb, or a noun. |
| Cebuano | The word ‘maayo’ can also refer to a certain type of wood in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 好 may also signify that someone is beautiful, delicious, or a skilled performer. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In some contexts, 好 can also mean 'to love' or 'to like'. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, the word "bene" is used not only for "good" in the sense of "good quality" or "good behavior," but also to express concepts like "well-being," "health," and "peace." |
| Croatian | The word 'dobro' can also refer to property, wealth, or an estate in Croatian. |
| Czech | Dobry, meaning "good" in Czech, is derived from the Proto-Slavic *dobrъ, which meant "useful" or "beneficial." |
| Danish | 'Godt' can also mean 'candy' or 'sweets' in Danish. |
| Dutch | The Afrikaans phrase "mooi so" also means "pretty thing" or "good-looking." |
| Esperanto | Bone is also used to form adjectives meaning "very" or "really" (e.g. "bone malbela" = "really nasty"). |
| Estonian | The word "hea" in Estonian also refers to a "good" or "strong" beverage, similar to "heady" in English. |
| Finnish | The word "hyvä" is related to the word "hyvyys" (goodness) and can also convey a sense of health or well-being in Finnish. |
| French | In the Old French language, "bien" also meant "well," an adverb still in use today. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "goed" can also mean "property" or "estate", derived from the Old Frisian word "gōd" or "gōd |
| Galician | The word bo in Galician is also used as an interjection to express approval or admiration, similar to the English "well done" or the Spanish "bien hecho." |
| Georgian | The word "კარგი" in Georgian could derive from the Iranian word "karg" meaning "work, labor, deed". It can also refer to cooked food or be used as an interrogative form. |
| German | German "gut" may derive from the Proto-Germanic "gudaz," which also meant "battle" or "war." |
| Greek | In ancient Greek, καλός was used for physical beauty or moral virtue, as well as for nobility or high birth. |
| Gujarati | The word "સારું" also means "complete" or "whole" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "Bon" derives from the French word, similarly pronounced, carrying meanings of satisfaction and decency. |
| Hausa | Mai kyau shares its root with other Hausa words meaning "good" or "beautiful", such as "kyawo" (beautiful person) and "kyakkyawa" (beautiful thing). |
| Hawaiian | The word 'maikaʻi loa' can also mean 'very good', 'excellent', or 'beautiful'. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "טוֹב" can also mean "pleasant" or "beneficial". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "अच्छा" is derived from the Sanskrit word "अच्छ" which means "to desire" or "to wish". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "zoo" has cognates in other tonal languages, where it means "right, correct," and "proper," suggesting a link between goodness and correctness. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian "jó" can also mean "right" or "proper". |
| Icelandic | "Góður" shares a root with "gefa" meaning "to give". Hence, one of its meanings is "generous". |
| Igbo | In Igbo, the word "ezi" is often used in names referring to a person with good character or in proverbs. |
| Indonesian | Ba[i]k also means 'repair' in Indonesian which can be seen from the word 'perbaikan' (repair). |
| Irish | The word "maith" can also mean "well" or "nicely", and is cognate with the Welsh word "mad" and the Breton word "mat". |
| Italian | “Bene” also means “well,” as in “well-being” (“benessere”). |
| Japanese | The word 良い (yoi) evolved from the Late Middle Japanese expression |
| Javanese | The word "apik" in Javanese can also refer to something that is complete or whole. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, 'ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು' (olleyadu) holds multiple connotations, encompassing virtuous conduct, well-being, and the state of being beneficial or favorable. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жақсы" comes from the Old Turkic word "yaqşı". In addition to "good", it can also mean "right". In colloquial speech, it can also be used as an intensifier, similar to the English word "very". |
| Khmer | The Khmer word "ល្អ" (good), likely derived from the Sanskrit word "लवण" (salt), also means "salty" or "tasty". |
| Korean | "좋은" in Korean has cognates in Japanese ("よい") and Mongolian ("сайн") meaning "good" |
| Kurdish | "Baş" is a word with multiple meanings in Kurdish, including "head" and "good." |
| Kyrgyz | "Жакшы" also means "better" and was originally related to "жакында" ("near, close"), implying that something is "better" because it is "closer". |
| Lao | The word "ດີ" also means "yes" in Lao, as in "yes, I agree with you." |
| Latin | In Latin, "bonum" also refers to the philosophical concept of an intrinsic value that guides actions. |
| Latvian | The word "labi" also means "well" or "right" in Latvian, like in the phrase "darīt labi" (to do well). |
| Lithuanian | Cognate with “geras” in Latgalian, both derived from Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰéros |
| Luxembourgish | The word "gutt" comes from the Old High German word "guot" and is related to the words "god" and "good". |
| Macedonian | The word "добро" is cognate with the Slavic words "dobro" ("good"), "dobry" ("kind"), "dobrota" ("goodness"), and the Latin words "bonus" ("good") and "bene" ("well"). |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word 'tsara', meaning "good", is also associated with concepts of beauty, well-being, and righteousness. |
| Malay | "Baik" in Malay also means "correct" or "right". |
| Malayalam | "നല്ലത്" is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word "*naḷ" meaning "well-being, happiness, prosperity". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word " tajjeb " ("good") is derived from Sicilian "tagghiari" ("to fix"), and can also mean: - to feel better - to agree |
| Maori | Pai translates to good in Maori, while the full saying "Ka pai" translates to "very good". |
| Marathi | The word "चांगले" also means "beautiful" or "handsome" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | In Khalkha Mongolian, "сайн" can also mean "healthy" or "correct". |
| Nepali | The word "राम्रो" in Nepali means "good" but can also mean "handsome" or "beautiful". |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, “god” means “good” as in “godt” but without the |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Chabwino" is cognate with "chabvuno" (knowledge or wisdom). |
| Pashto | The word "ښه" ("good") in Pashto is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wes-, meaning "to desire" or "to be well." |
| Persian | In addition to its literal meaning of "good," "خوب" (khub) can also be used to express agreement or approval, and is sometimes used as a form of endearment. |
| Polish | "Dobry" in Polish can also refer to a person who is kind and helpful. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Boa" in Portuguese is etymologically derived from the Latin "bonua", and also means "snake boa constrictor". |
| Punjabi | ਚੰਗਾ has alternate meanings like 'suitable' and is derived from the Indo-Aryan root 'chag-' meaning 'to fit'. |
| Romanian | "Bun" can also mean a bread roll in Romanian. |
| Russian | "Хорошо" can also mean "alright" or "okay" in Russian. |
| Samoan | The word 'lelei' is also a noun referring to a good friend or companion. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, the word "math" not only means "good" but also denotes prosperity, happiness, and success. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "Добро" (good) derives from the Proto-Slavic word "dobro" meaning "suitable, appropriate, worthy" |
| Sesotho | The word "hantle" can also mean "very" or "well". |
| Shona | The morpheme `-ku-` in `kugona` is a form of the morpheme `ku-` used in infinitive constructions, while the root `-gon-` means "to be sweet"} |
| Sindhi | The word "سٺو" in Sindhi originates from Sanskrit and is related to the words "sadhu" (righteous) and "sat" (truth). |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "හොඳ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सुन्दर" (sundara), meaning "beautiful" or "handsome". |
| Slovak | In Slovak, 'dobre' can also mean 'well' or 'okay', and is used to express agreement or understanding. |
| Slovenian | The root 'dob' of 'dobro' relates to the Indo-European root 'dew', meaning 'to be suitable' or 'to be appropriate'. |
| Somali | Somali "wanaagsan" comes from Arabic "n`ama" meaning "good" or "blessing" but also "wealth or prosperity" and thus "beautiful" in reference to women's adornments. |
| Spanish | "Bueno" in Spanish means not only "good," but also "okay," "healthy," or "tasty." |
| Sundanese | The word "alus" in Sundanese also has the alternate meaning of "tasty" or "delicious." |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "nzuri" can also mean "beautiful" or "right". |
| Swedish | The word "bra" can also refer to a hilltop or a steep slope in Swedish, as well as the upper part of a mast. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "mabuti" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "ma-buti" meaning "real" or "true." |
| Tajik | The word "хуб" in Tajik, derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁su-, is also used to express beauty and moral excellence. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'நல்ல' (nalla) can also mean 'auspicious', 'suitable', or 'wholesome'. |
| Telugu | మంచిది can also mean 'correct' and is used at the end of phrases to signify agreement or acceptance. |
| Thai | It may derive from Old Khmer ឝី (/tiː/, 'appropriate') and is cognate to Vietnamese 'đúng' (/ɗuŋ/, 'correct'). |
| Turkish | In Turkish, the word 'iyi' can also mean 'well', 'nice', 'okay', or 'all right'. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "добре" has alternate meanings of "well" or "very". |
| Urdu | اچھی is the feminine form of the word "اچھا" which can also mean "all right" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The word "yaxshi" is also used to refer to a person who is kind, generous, or hospitable. |
| Vietnamese | "Tốt" also means "perfect" or "intact", as in "một gia đình tốt" (an intact family) or "một sức khỏe tốt" (good health). |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "da" has cognates in other Celtic languages, such as Irish "dea" and Breton "mat". |
| Xhosa | The word "Kulungile" in Xhosa also means "healthy." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'גוט' can also mean 'property' or 'wealth', deriving from the German word 'Gut'. |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, 'dara' originally referred to a state of being 'healthy', highlighting the connection between physical well-being and goodness. |
| Zulu | The word "kuhle" in Zulu also means "beautiful" or "attractive", and is related to the word "ukukha" (to shine). |
| English | The word "good" originates from the Proto-Germanic word "gōdaz," meaning "suitable, appropriate, fitting." |