Hand in Different Languages
Discover 'Hand' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Hand
Afrikaans hand | ||
Albanian dorë | ||
Amharic እጅ | ||
Arabic كف | ||
Armenian ձեռքի | ||
Assamese হাত | ||
Aymara ampara | ||
Azerbaijani əl | ||
Bambara bolo | ||
Basque eskua | ||
Belarusian рука | ||
Bengali হাত | ||
Bhojpuri हाथ | ||
Bosnian ruku | ||
Bulgarian ръка | ||
Catalan mà | ||
Cebuano kamot | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 手 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 手 | ||
Corsican manu | ||
Croatian ruka | ||
Czech ruka | ||
Danish hånd | ||
Dhivehi އަތްތިލަ | ||
Dogri हत्थ | ||
Dutch hand- | ||
English hand | ||
Esperanto mano | ||
Estonian käsi | ||
Ewe asi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kamay | ||
Finnish käsi | ||
French main | ||
Frisian hân | ||
Galician man | ||
Georgian ხელი | ||
German hand | ||
Greek χέρι | ||
Guarani po | ||
Gujarati હાથ | ||
Haitian Creole men | ||
Hausa hannu | ||
Hawaiian lima | ||
Hebrew יד | ||
Hindi हाथ | ||
Hmong tes | ||
Hungarian kéz | ||
Icelandic hönd | ||
Igbo aka | ||
Ilocano ima | ||
Indonesian tangan | ||
Irish lámh | ||
Italian mano | ||
Japanese 手 | ||
Javanese tangan | ||
Kannada ಕೈ | ||
Kazakh қол | ||
Khmer ដៃ | ||
Kinyarwanda ukuboko | ||
Konkani हात | ||
Korean 손 | ||
Krio an | ||
Kurdish dest | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەست | ||
Kyrgyz кол | ||
Lao ມື | ||
Latin manibus | ||
Latvian roka | ||
Lingala loboko | ||
Lithuanian ranka | ||
Luganda omukono | ||
Luxembourgish hand | ||
Macedonian рака | ||
Maithili हाथ | ||
Malagasy tanan'ilay | ||
Malay tangan | ||
Malayalam കൈ | ||
Maltese id | ||
Maori ringa | ||
Marathi हात | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯨꯠ | ||
Mizo kut | ||
Mongolian гар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လက် | ||
Nepali हात | ||
Norwegian hånd | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) dzanja | ||
Odia (Oriya) ହାତ | ||
Oromo harka | ||
Pashto لاس | ||
Persian دست | ||
Polish dłoń | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) mão | ||
Punjabi ਹੱਥ | ||
Quechua maki | ||
Romanian mână | ||
Russian рука | ||
Samoan lima | ||
Sanskrit हस्त | ||
Scots Gaelic làmh | ||
Sepedi seatla | ||
Serbian руку | ||
Sesotho letsoho | ||
Shona ruoko | ||
Sindhi هٿ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අත | ||
Slovak ruka | ||
Slovenian roka | ||
Somali gacanta | ||
Spanish mano | ||
Sundanese panangan | ||
Swahili mkono | ||
Swedish hand | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kamay | ||
Tajik даст | ||
Tamil கை | ||
Tatar кул | ||
Telugu చెయ్యి | ||
Thai มือ | ||
Tigrinya ኢድ | ||
Tsonga voko | ||
Turkish el | ||
Turkmen eli | ||
Twi (Akan) nsa | ||
Ukrainian рука | ||
Urdu ہاتھ | ||
Uyghur hand | ||
Uzbek qo'l | ||
Vietnamese tay | ||
Welsh llaw | ||
Xhosa isandla | ||
Yiddish האַנט | ||
Yoruba ọwọ | ||
Zulu isandla |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "hand" can also refer to your signature or the front leg of an animal. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "dorë" is derived from the Proto-Albanian "*d(h)orā", itself from the Indo-European root "*ǵʰḗr" (to grasp). |
| Amharic | The word "እጅ" also denotes "means" or "capacity" in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The word "كف" in Arabic also means a "paw" and "power". |
| Armenian | The word "ձեռքի" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰérs(o)-, meaning "to take, grasp." |
| Azerbaijani | The origin of the Azerbaijani word "əl" ("hand") is uncertain, but it is sometimes compared to the Proto-Altaic word "*äl", meaning "to take". |
| Basque | Etymology: from the Proto-Basque root *esker "left". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word рука (ruka) is derived from Old Slavic, and has counterparts in many other Slavic languages. |
| Bengali | "হাত" (hat) is also a colloquial Bengali term referring to an individual's personal assistant. |
| Bosnian | Bosnian 'ruku' comes from Proto-Slavic and Proto-Indo-European, meaning both 'hand' and 'work', and is related to words for both in many languages including Russian and Sanskrit. |
| Bulgarian | The word "ръка" in Bulgarian also means "arm" or "sleeve". |
| Catalan | In Occitan and Catalan, the word 'mà' can also mean 'help' or 'labour', highlighting the importance of manual work in these cultures. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 手 (pronounced 'shǒu' in Mandarin) can also refer to a person's skill, ability, or technique. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In the Chinese phrase "拉拉手", "手" means "friend" or "close relationship". |
| Corsican | "Manu" derives from the ancient Roman word "manus", meaning power, and also has symbolic meanings related to authority. |
| Croatian | In old Slavic languages, "ruka" meant "to grab" or "to take" |
| Czech | Ruka ('hand' in Czech) derives from Proto-Slavic *roka, and is cognate with words like the Russian рука ('hand') and Romanian rocă ('rock, stone'). |
| Danish | The word "hånd" derives from the Proto-Germanic term "*handuz," meaning "grasp" or "grip." |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "hand-" can also refer to a group of cards in a card game, or to a small bundle of flax or hemp. |
| Esperanto | In Esperanto, "mano" also means "power, authority, or control". |
| Estonian | The word "käsi" can also mean "power" and is used in expressions like "käsivarsi" ("forearm") |
| Finnish | "Käten" ("hand's") derives from the Proto-Finnic word "käde" ("hand") while "käsi" itself comes from the Proto-Uralic form "käćć" ("paw"). |
| French | In French, "main" can also refer to "principal" (chief, main, primary), as in "la main rue" (main road). |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "hân" also refers to the front paw of an animal, particularly a horse. |
| Galician | The word "man" in Galician, meaning "hand", is cognate with the Latin "manus" and has also influenced other words like "manager" and "manicure". |
| Georgian | The word 'ხელი' ('hand') in Georgian can also mean 'signature' or 'power' |
| German | In German, the word "Hand" can also mean "pointer" or "index". |
| Greek | The word "χέρι" not only means "hand" in Greek, but also "manuscript" or "act". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "હાથ" can also refer to the trunk of an elephant or the branch of a tree. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole "men" also means "to hold" or "to keep". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "hannu" can also mean "power" or "authority." |
| Hawaiian | The word "lima" in Hawaiian also refers to the number five, as it resembles five fingers. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "יד" ("hand") also means "direction" or "place," as in "right hand" or "place of honor" |
| Hindi | "हाथ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "हस्त" which also means "elephant's trunk" and "a measure of length up to the elbow". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tes" can also refer to a footprint, paw print, or hoofprint. |
| Hungarian | Kéz is cognate with the word „kéz“ in Old Prussian, but its possible connection to the Proto-Slavic word „rǫka“ is disputed. |
| Icelandic | The word "hönd" is cognate with the English word "hound" and originally meant "paw". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word |
| Indonesian | "Tangan" originates from Proto-Austronesian "taliŋan", with a literal meaning "to hold" and an alternate meaning "arm" in other Austronesian languages. |
| Irish | The Irish word "lámh" shares an etymological root with the Latin word "manus" (hand) and the Greek word "meche" (arm). |
| Italian | In Latin the term "manus", from which comes the Italian 'mano', also refers to "power". |
| Japanese | The onyomi reading of 手 is |
| Javanese | In the Javanese language, the word 'tangan' not only refers to the physical hand, but also to a concept of 'skill' or 'expertise' in a particular area. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಕೈ" has cognates in other Dravidian languages, such as "kai" in Tamil, "cheyyi" in Malayalam, and "hathi" in Telugu. |
| Kazakh | The word “қол” can also mean “army,” a fact reflected in the name of several prominent figures in Kazakh history. |
| Khmer | The word "ដៃ" can also mean a wing or a branch. |
| Korean | The word "손" can also mean "grandson" or "guest" in Korean. |
| Kurdish | The word "dest" in Kurdish is cognate with the same word in Persian and means "line" or "stripe". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "кол" in Kyrgyz can also refer to a "bundle" or a "group". |
| Lao | The word "ມື" ("hand") in Lao originates from Sanskrit and is cognate with "mu" in other Southeast Asian languages, also meaning "hand" or "arm". |
| Latin | "Manibus" also means "manes" (spirits or souls of the departed). |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "roka" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*rek-", meaning "to stretch out the hand" or "to take hold of". |
| Lithuanian | "Ranka" is derived from the Proto-Balto-Slavic word *rъka, which also meant "arm" and "foreleg". |
| Luxembourgish | Hand can also mean a person who does a task or an act and in the expression "an der Hand gin" which means to go for a walk. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "рака" can also refer to a tool or device used for various purposes, such as a lever, handle, or crank. |
| Malagasy | The word "TANAN'ILAY" also means "to hold" or "to grasp" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The Malay word "tangan" also means "power" or "help", as in "tangan kanan" (right-hand man). |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "കൈ" (hand) is also used to refer to an elephant's trunk, a person's arm from shoulder to fingertips, or a type of fruit (fruit of a jackfruit tree). |
| Maltese | The term 'id' can also refer to a 'person' in Maltese, akin to the way the term 'hand' is used in English to denote a 'helper'. |
| Maori | The Māori word “ringa” not only means 'hand' but is also an expression of respect, as it can also mean 'sign' or 'written agreement'. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, 'हात' can also mean 'the branch of a tree' or 'control'. |
| Mongolian | The word 'гар' in Mongolian is cognate to the word 'kar' meaning 'arm' in Turkic languages, and also has the alternate meaning of 'side'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "လက်" (pronounced [ləʔ]) can refer to the palm, wrist, or forelimb of an animal (e.g., elephant's trunk). |
| Nepali | In Maithili, the word "हात" (haat) also means "market" |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "hånd" can also refer to a type of playing card or a person's signature. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "dzanja" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is also used to refer to a paw or claw, and is related to the word "dzanja" in Swahili, which means "handful" or "palmful". |
| Pashto | The term "لاس" has alternate meanings in Pashto besides its usual meaning of "hand", also referring to a type of tool or instrument. |
| Persian | The word "دست" (hand) in Persian is also used to refer to the handwriting of a person. |
| Polish | The Polish word 'dłoń' originally referred to the palm of the hand, while 'ręka' meant the whole limb. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word mão comes from the Latin word «manus», which means «hand» in English, but in Portuguese, it can also be used to refer to the front leg of a quadruped. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਹੱਥ" in Punjabi is derived from Sanskrit "हस्त" (hasta) and has alternate meanings such as power, skill, or ability. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "mână" is derived from the Latin word "manus", meaning both "hand" and "power". |
| Russian | "Рука" also means "a person's handwriting" in Russian. |
| Samoan | Lima in Samoan can also refer to the number five, a type of bean, or a kind of fern. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word for hand, làmh, also refers to the forearm from the wrist to the elbow. |
| Serbian | The word "руку" in Serbian can also refer to the arm or to a helping hand. |
| Sesotho | In some contexts, "letsoho" can also refer to a "helper" or "assistant" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "ruoko" in Shona is related to the verb "kuvhara" (to cover) and also means "palm of the hand". |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "هٿ" also refers to "a gift presented at weddings". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, |
| Slovak | The word "ruka" in Slovak also has the alternate meaning of "signature". |
| Slovenian | In Slovene, "roka" also refers to the hand of a clock or watch. |
| Somali | "Gacanta" in Somali can also refer to a signature on a document or a handprint left as a mark. |
| Spanish | Mano can also mean "group" or "bunch" when referring to certain items, such as a "mano de plátanos" (a bunch of bananas). |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "panangan" can also refer to the "area covered by a handspan". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'mkono' is related to the Proto-Bantu word '-kono' meaning 'arm'. |
| Swedish | The word "hand" in Swedish can also refer to the handle of a tool or weapon, or to the part of a clock that indicates the time. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Filipino, the word "kamay" can also refer to a "group" or "company" of people, such as a "banda" or musical group. |
| Tajik | In some dialects of Tajik, "даст" also means "arm". |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'கை' also means 'trunk' and 'side' and comes from the Proto-Dravidian root *kay-. |
| Telugu | The word "చెయ్యి" is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *kai-, meaning "hand". |
| Thai | The word "มือ" can also mean "arm" or "paw". |
| Turkish | The word 'El' in Turkish, meaning 'Hand', also has the alternate meaning of 'Foreign' |
| Ukrainian | In Russian, ‘pyka’ (рука) also means arm, signature or hand gesture |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "ہاتھ" means "hand" and is also used to refer to the concept of "power" or "authority". |
| Uzbek | Uzbek "qo'l" shares roots with the Mongolian "kol" (arm) and "gool" meaning 'power, might', and "kol" in other Turkic languages (branch of arm). |
| Vietnamese | "Tay" (hand) also means "skill" or "talent". |
| Welsh | The word "llaw" in Welsh can also refer to a footprint or a trace. |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, 'isandla' also refers to the clan of King Dingane from the Zulu Kingdom, who were said to fight with open hands. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "האַנט" not only means "hand," but also "signature". |
| Yoruba | The noun "ọwọ" also has a secondary meaning of "side". |
| Zulu | Isandla, Zulu for 'hand', also denotes a group of Zulu regiments, a military camp, or a military unit. |
| English | The English word "hand" derives from the Proto-Germanic word "handuz" and Proto-Indo-European root "ghendh-," meaning "to seize or take." |