Guy in Different Languages
Discover 'Guy' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Guy
Afrikaans ou | ||
Albanian djalë | ||
Amharic ወንድ | ||
Arabic شاب | ||
Armenian տղա | ||
Assamese যুৱক | ||
Aymara may maya | ||
Azerbaijani oğlan | ||
Bambara cɛ | ||
Basque tipo | ||
Belarusian хлопец | ||
Bengali লোক | ||
Bhojpuri लोग | ||
Bosnian momak | ||
Bulgarian човек | ||
Catalan paio | ||
Cebuano lalaki | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 家伙 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 傢伙 | ||
Corsican tippu | ||
Croatian momak | ||
Czech chlap | ||
Danish fyr | ||
Dhivehi ފިރިހެނެއް | ||
Dogri दोस्त | ||
Dutch kerel | ||
English guy | ||
Esperanto ulo | ||
Estonian kutt | ||
Ewe ɖekakpui | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lalaki | ||
Finnish kaveri | ||
French gars | ||
Frisian keardel | ||
Galician cara | ||
Georgian ბიჭი | ||
German kerl | ||
Greek ο τύπος | ||
Guarani tekove | ||
Gujarati વ્યક્તિ | ||
Haitian Creole nèg | ||
Hausa saurayi | ||
Hawaiian kāne | ||
Hebrew בָּחוּר | ||
Hindi पुरुष | ||
Hmong yawg | ||
Hungarian fickó | ||
Icelandic gaur | ||
Igbo ihọd | ||
Ilocano lalaki | ||
Indonesian orang | ||
Irish guy | ||
Italian tipo | ||
Japanese 男 | ||
Javanese wong lanang | ||
Kannada ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ | ||
Kazakh жігіт | ||
Khmer បុរស | ||
Kinyarwanda umusore | ||
Konkani इश्टा | ||
Korean 사람 | ||
Krio man | ||
Kurdish xort | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هاوڕێ | ||
Kyrgyz жигит | ||
Lao guy | ||
Latin guido | ||
Latvian puisis | ||
Lingala mwana-mobali | ||
Lithuanian vaikinas | ||
Luganda omusajja | ||
Luxembourgish typ | ||
Macedonian момче | ||
Maithili व्यक्ति | ||
Malagasy lehilahy | ||
Malay lelaki | ||
Malayalam guy | ||
Maltese raġel | ||
Maori taane | ||
Marathi माणूस | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯟꯨꯄꯥ | ||
Mizo mipa | ||
Mongolian залуу | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကောင်လေး | ||
Nepali केटा | ||
Norwegian fyr | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mnyamata | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଲୋକ | ||
Oromo nama | ||
Pashto هلک | ||
Persian پسر | ||
Polish chłopak | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cara | ||
Punjabi ਮੁੰਡਾ | ||
Quechua wayna | ||
Romanian tip | ||
Russian парень | ||
Samoan aliʻi | ||
Sanskrit व्यक्ति | ||
Scots Gaelic ghille | ||
Sepedi mothaka | ||
Serbian момак | ||
Sesotho moshemane | ||
Shona mukomana | ||
Sindhi ڇوڪرو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මිනිහා | ||
Slovak chlap | ||
Slovenian fant | ||
Somali nin | ||
Spanish chico | ||
Sundanese lalaki | ||
Swahili kijana | ||
Swedish kille | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lalaki | ||
Tajik бача | ||
Tamil பையன் | ||
Tatar егет | ||
Telugu వ్యక్తి | ||
Thai ผู้ชาย | ||
Tigrinya ወዲ | ||
Tsonga wanuna | ||
Turkish insan | ||
Turkmen ýigit | ||
Twi (Akan) barima | ||
Ukrainian хлопець | ||
Urdu لڑکے | ||
Uyghur يىگىت | ||
Uzbek yigit | ||
Vietnamese chàng | ||
Welsh boi | ||
Xhosa mfo | ||
Yiddish באָכער | ||
Yoruba eniyan | ||
Zulu umfana |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "ou" in Afrikaans also means "old man" or "father" and is used as a term of respect or endearment. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "djalë" is cognate with Latin "iuvenis," meaning "young," and can also refer to a "lad," or "youth." |
| Amharic | The word "ወንድ" can also refer to a male person or a husband in Amharic. |
| Arabic | شاب (shaab) means 'young man' but also 'a people' or 'nation' in Arabic. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "տղա" ("guy") is derived from the Persian word "talā," meaning "youth" or "child." |
| Azerbaijani | The word |
| Basque | "Tipo" can also mean "type" or "kind" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word 'хлопец' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'chľopьcь', which originally meant 'boy, young servant', and has since acquired the additional meaning of 'guy'. |
| Bengali | The word "লোক" (lok) in Bengali can also mean "people" or "group of people". |
| Bosnian | Momak, meaning 'guy' in Bosnian, also has the archaic meaning of 'young warrior', and is used in various phrases and idioms. |
| Bulgarian | Човек in Bulgarian can also mean “people” or “person”. |
| Catalan | The word "paio" originally referred to farmhands and later to young men in general, but it can also mean "pair" or "couple". |
| Cebuano | Its root word "lalaki" from old Javanese translates to "male" |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 在中国，「家伙」一词也有「物件」、「物品」的意思，与英语中的「thing」或「item」类似。 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "傢伙"在古代指兵器，到了近代才引申為人的意思。 |
| Corsican | The word "tippu" can also refer to a "dandy" or a "fop". |
| Croatian | Momak is a term for a young man, or a sweetheart, and derives from the Serbo-Croatian verb, "moći," meaning "can" or "be able to." |
| Czech | The term chlap can also refer to a peasant or farmer. |
| Danish | The Danish word "fyr" is derived from the Old Norse word "fegr," meaning "beautiful". In Danish, "fyr" can also mean "lighthouse." |
| Dutch | The word “kerel” is of the same root as the English “karl” and German “Kerl,” which originally referred to a “free man,” then later a “peasant,” and finally a “fellow” or “guy.” |
| Esperanto | The word "ulo" in Esperanto also means "an animal that lives in a burrow" and comes from the Polish word "ul" with the same meaning. |
| Estonian | The word "kutt" can also mean "cut" in Estonian, which is likely a cognate of the English word "cut". |
| Finnish | The word "kaveri" is likely derived from the Karelian word "kaverin", meaning "friend." |
| French | In French, "gars" has also been used colloquially to refer to a boy or young man, or even a male servant. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "keardel" can also mean "fellow" or "friend". |
| Galician | In Galician, "cara" can also refer to a friend or confidant, as in "unha cara amiga" meaning "a friendly face."} |
| Georgian | The word "ბიჭი" (boy) in Georgian has secondary meanings such as "friend" and "brother" in certain contexts. |
| German | The word "Kerl" is derived from the Middle High German word "kerle," meaning "man" or "fellow," and is also related to the Old English word "ceorl," meaning "freeman" or "peasant." |
| Greek | In Greek, the word "ο τύπος" can refer to a person, such as "the guy next door" or "the guy in the store", but it can also refer to a type or category of things |
| Gujarati | In the context of human anatomy, the Gujarati word વ્યક્તિ can also refer to "the body". |
| Haitian Creole | Nèg is also used in Haitian Creole as a term of endearment for men, similar to how "dude" is used in English. |
| Hausa | The word "saurayi" can also refer to a young man or a male friend. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "kāne" can also refer to a husband or a priest. |
| Hebrew | בָּחוּר shares a root with בָּחַן, meaning to test, suggesting a young man is one who is being tested for worthiness. |
| Hindi | The word "पुरुष" in Hindi also means "member of a caste or community" and "male human being". |
| Hmong | Yawg can also mean "boyfriend" or "husband". |
| Hungarian | Despite its informal use as a synonym for "boy" or "lad", the word "fickó" originally signified a type of tree stump used as a makeshift chair. |
| Icelandic | The word "gaur" in Icelandic can also refer to a hole in the ground or a type of bird, specifically a puffin. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "Ihọd" is etymologically related to "ahọ" meaning "mouth" and "di" meaning "to eat," suggesting a historical association between "guys" and "food providers." |
| Indonesian | The word "orang" also means "human" or "person" in the Indonesian language. |
| Irish | "Guy" is an Irish surname of Norman origin. It is derived from the Old French personal name Guy, which was in turn derived from the Germanic name Wido. |
| Italian | The Italian word "tipo" can also mean "type" or "kind". |
| Japanese | 男 (nan) also means 'male' in Japanese. Originally pronounced as *wo* in Old Japanese *oto*. |
| Javanese | The term 'wong lanang' can also refer to a male deity or a male ancestral spirit in Javanese mythology. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "व्यक्ति" meaning 'body', 'person' and also 'individual'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жігіт", meaning "guy", also signifies courage and a strong physique. |
| Khmer | បុរស (poros) derives from Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa) meaning "man," "person," or "soul." |
| Korean | 사람 (saram) literally means "person" in Korean, but can also refer to a "guy" or "fellow" in a more informal context. |
| Kurdish | The word "xort" in Kurdish can also refer to a "young man" or a "son". |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "жигит" also has an alternate meaning in Kyrgyz, referring to a "warrior" or "hero". |
| Lao | In Lao, the word "Guy" can also refer to a type of traditional handwoven fabric known as "sinh". |
| Latin | In Latin, the word "Guido" derives from the Germanic name "Wido," which means "wide wood" or "forest guardian." |
| Latvian | The term “puisis” can alternatively refer to trees. |
| Lithuanian | The word "vaikinas" is derived from the Lithuanian word "vaikas", meaning "child" or "boy". |
| Luxembourgish | Typ can also mean 'type' or 'error' depending on context |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word 'момче' can also refer to a boy or a lad. |
| Malagasy | The word "lehilahy" comes from the Malay "laki-laki," meaning "male" or "man." |
| Malay | The Malay word “lelaki” is closely related to the Acehnese word “laké,” which carries a similar connotation and is used to denote men or human males. |
| Malayalam | In Malayalam, "guy" (ഗയ) also refers to a sacred pilgrimage site and a festival associated with it. |
| Maltese | The word "raġel" derives from the Arabic word "raǧul" meaning "man", and is also used in a generic sense to refer to a person of any gender. |
| Maori | The word "taane" can also refer to a male deity or a husband and father in Maori mythology. |
| Marathi | "माणूस" is derived from the Sanskrit word "mānuṣa", meaning "human being" or "man". |
| Mongolian | The word "залуу" can also mean "young" or "youth". |
| Nepali | The word "केटा" (guy) in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word "कितव" (gambler), and is also used to refer to a gambler or a cheat. |
| Norwegian | "Fyr" also means "lighthouse" in Norwegian and comes from the Old Norse word "fyr" meaning "fire." |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'mnyamata' also means "boy". |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "هلک" derives from an Iranian language, where it meant "child", and it is still used in that sense in other Iranian languages like Baluchi, Tajiki, and Ossetic. |
| Persian | "پسر" can also be used to refer to a "son" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word 'chłopak' may also refer to a male child or a rural youth. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Brazil, "cara" derives from Tupi-Guarani and means "white person," while in Portugal it evolved from Latin "cara" meaning "face". |
| Punjabi | "ਮੁੰਡਾ" can also refer to a child, a boy, a servant, or a pupil in Punjabi. |
| Romanian | Tip has the additional Romanian meaning of "character". |
| Russian | The word "парень" also means "steam" in Russian, referring to the steam created by a samovar (a traditional Russian tea urn). |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "ali" also has the meanings "king", "noble", "person of high rank", "ruler" and "chief" |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "ghille" can also refer to a "lad" or a "servant". |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "момак" can also refer to an unmarried man or a boy. |
| Sesotho | The origin of 'moshemane' is unknown, but one hypothesis suggests it derives from the Sesotho word 'shema' ('listen'), implying one who is receptive and respectful when addressed. |
| Shona | The word “mukomana” has the same root as the word “mukombe” meaning a pot or calabash indicating that in the past a “mukomana” was someone who carried around a container for carrying water. |
| Sindhi | "ڇوڪرو" can also mean the sound of falling water, a boy, or a young man. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, “මිනිහා” also means a male human as a member of the species Homo sapiens. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "chlap" originated from the Proto-Slavic "*xlapъ", which also meant "slave". |
| Slovenian | The word "fant" derives from the German "Fant" meaning "dandy" or "fop" and is used colloquially to refer to a young man perceived as fashionable or stylish. |
| Somali | The word "nin" in Somali can also refer to a young man or a slave. |
| Spanish | The word "chico" in Spanish can mean "small" or "young" in addition to meaning "guy". |
| Sundanese | The word "lalaki" in Sundanese also carries the connotation of "male", which is related to the Proto-Austronesian word *laki, meaning "man". |
| Swahili | Etymology: from Arabic "kayyis" "cunning", related to Arabic "kayyasa" "to act cunningly". |
| Swedish | "Kille" also means "kid" in Norwegian and "child" in Icelandic. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Lalaki" is a Tagalog word that originally meant "male person," but now it is commonly used to refer to any male, regardless of age. |
| Tajik | The word "бача" in Tajik can also mean "young boy" or "servant". |
| Tamil | "பையன்" means both "man" and "child" in Tamil and is also sometimes used to refer to "someone's husband." |
| Thai | In Thai, the word "ผู้ชาย" also means "male" and is derived from Sanskrit "puruṣa" meaning "person" or "man". |
| Turkish | From the Arabic verb 'uns' (to soften) due to the gentle personality attributed to some guys. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "хлопець" (guy) originally referred to an unmarried young man or servant and is related to the Russian word "холоп" (serf). |
| Urdu | The word "لڑکے" (laṛke) is derived from the Persian word "لڑکا" (laṛkā), which originally meant "boy" but has since come to be used more generally to mean "a person", "a fellow", or "a dude". |
| Uzbek | The word 'yigit' can also refer to a young hero or warrior in Uzbek culture. |
| Vietnamese | The word "chàng" can also mean "husband" or "lover" in Vietnamese. |
| Welsh | The word 'boi' in Welsh is also a term of endearment, similar to 'lad' or 'chap' in English. |
| Xhosa | Mfana ('guy') is also used to refer to a young man or a son, and is the diminutive form of 'indoda' ('man'). |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "באָכער" (bakher) may derive from the Middle High German "bachen" and Old High German "bahho" meaning "small stream" or "brook" and also "a young man who does housework". |
| Yoruba | "Eniyan" (person) in Yoruba also means "one who possesses strength" or "the powerful one". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "umfana" has its origin in the Proto-Bantu term "*mfana" which also means "child". |
| English | The word "guy" originally meant "effigy" or "scarecrow". |