Her in Different Languages
Discover 'Her' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Her
Afrikaans haar | ||
Albanian asaj | ||
Amharic እሷ | ||
Arabic لها | ||
Armenian նրա | ||
Assamese তাইক | ||
Aymara jupana | ||
Azerbaijani onun | ||
Bambara ale | ||
Basque bere | ||
Belarusian яе | ||
Bengali তার | ||
Bhojpuri ऊनकर | ||
Bosnian ona | ||
Bulgarian нея | ||
Catalan ella | ||
Cebuano siya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 她的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 她的 | ||
Corsican ella | ||
Croatian nju | ||
Czech její | ||
Danish hende | ||
Dhivehi އޭނާ | ||
Dogri ओहदी | ||
Dutch haar | ||
English her | ||
Esperanto ŝia | ||
Estonian tema | ||
Ewe eƒe | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) kanya | ||
Finnish hänen | ||
French sa | ||
Frisian har | ||
Galician ela | ||
Georgian მისი | ||
German ihr | ||
Greek αυτήν | ||
Guarani i | ||
Gujarati તેણીના | ||
Haitian Creole li | ||
Hausa ta | ||
Hawaiian ʻo ia | ||
Hebrew שֶׁלָה | ||
Hindi उसके | ||
Hmong nws nws | ||
Hungarian neki | ||
Icelandic hana | ||
Igbo ya | ||
Ilocano kaniana | ||
Indonesian -nya | ||
Irish léi | ||
Italian sua | ||
Japanese 彼女 | ||
Javanese dheweke | ||
Kannada ಅವಳು | ||
Kazakh ол | ||
Khmer នាង | ||
Kinyarwanda we | ||
Konkani तिचें | ||
Korean 그녀 | ||
Krio i | ||
Kurdish ew | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەو | ||
Kyrgyz аны | ||
Lao ນາງ | ||
Latin eius | ||
Latvian viņu | ||
Lingala ye | ||
Lithuanian ją | ||
Luganda ye | ||
Luxembourgish hir | ||
Macedonian неа | ||
Maithili ओकर | ||
Malagasy ny | ||
Malay dia | ||
Malayalam അവളുടെ | ||
Maltese tagħha | ||
Maori ia | ||
Marathi तिला | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯍꯥꯛ | ||
Mizo ani | ||
Mongolian түүнийг | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သူမ | ||
Nepali उनको | ||
Norwegian henne | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) iye | ||
Odia (Oriya) ତାଙ୍କୁ | ||
Oromo kan ishee | ||
Pashto د هغې | ||
Persian او | ||
Polish jej | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) dela | ||
Punjabi ਉਸ ਨੂੰ | ||
Quechua payta | ||
Romanian a ei | ||
Russian ее | ||
Samoan ia | ||
Sanskrit तस्याः | ||
Scots Gaelic rithe | ||
Sepedi gagwe | ||
Serbian њеној | ||
Sesotho hae | ||
Shona iye | ||
Sindhi هن | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඇයගේ | ||
Slovak ju | ||
Slovenian njo | ||
Somali iyada | ||
Spanish su | ||
Sundanese nya | ||
Swahili yake | ||
Swedish henne | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) siya | ||
Tajik вай | ||
Tamil அவள் | ||
Tatar herәр сүзнең | ||
Telugu ఆమె | ||
Thai เธอ | ||
Tigrinya ንሳ | ||
Tsonga yena | ||
Turkish ona | ||
Turkmen ol | ||
Twi (Akan) ne | ||
Ukrainian її | ||
Urdu اسے | ||
Uyghur her | ||
Uzbek uni | ||
Vietnamese cô ấy | ||
Welsh hi | ||
Xhosa yena | ||
Yiddish זי | ||
Yoruba rẹ | ||
Zulu wakhe |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "haar" in Afrikaans can also refer to a fine mist or drizzle. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "asaj" is derived from the Proto-Albanian word *asā, meaning "she" |
| Amharic | "እሷ" can be used in the context of "she did" but it can also be used in the third person as "he/ she/ they did". |
| Arabic | In Maghrebi Arabic, the word "لها" can have alternate meanings such as "to her" or "for her." |
| Armenian | The word "նրա" is also used as a possessive pronoun, meaning "hers." |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "onun" can also mean "his" or "its" depending on the context. |
| Basque | "Bere" in Basque can also mean "hers" or "her own". |
| Belarusian | The word "яe" means "her". However, it can also mean "of her" or "hers". |
| Bengali | The word "তার" (her) in Bengali can also mean "his" or "its" depending on the context. |
| Bosnian | The word "ona" also means "it" when referring to a feminine inanimate object. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "нея" (her) is cognate with the Russian word "её" (her), both deriving from the Proto-Slavic form "*jeji". |
| Catalan | In some Catalan-speaking regions, "ella" can also be used as a diminutive form of the name "Elena". |
| Cebuano | The word 'siya' can also refer to the third person plural pronoun 'they'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "她的" can also read as "tāmen de", meaning "their". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 她的 in Chinese is also used in the sense of "his" when referring to a person of unknown gender or when the gender is irrelevant. |
| Corsican | In Corsica, “ella” can also refer to the island itself, or to a young girl. |
| Croatian | "Nju" can also mean "her" in Croatian. |
| Czech | Její can also mean "it" in a feminine context, or a possessive pronoun meaning "its". |
| Danish | In Danish, "hende" can also mean "that" or "it" depending on the context. |
| Dutch | Dutch "haar" can also mean "hair" or "she" as an object in a sentence |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "ŝia" (her) comes from the French possessive pronoun "sa" (his, her, its), which is derived from the Latin possessive adjective "suus" (one's own). |
| Estonian | "Tema" can mean both "her" and "theme" in Estonian, both derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric *temi. |
| Finnish | In Estonian, "hänen" means "her" while in Finnish it means "him". |
| French | "Sa" can also mean "his," "hers," or "its," depending on context, and comes from the Latin possessive adjectives "sua" (feminine), "suus" (masculine/feminine), and "suum" (neuter). |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "har" can also mean "here" or "hither." |
| Galician | Ela shares its etymology with Latin "ilia" and has other meanings, such as "the other part" or "beyond". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "მისი" can also be used as a possessive pronoun meaning "his" or "its". |
| German | In some parts of Germany, "ihr" can be both the second-person plural and the third-person feminine possessive. |
| Greek | The word "αυτήν" also means "one" or "the one" in Greek, particularly in feminine contexts. |
| Gujarati | The word "તેણીના" ("her") is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *se- for "she". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "li" can also mean "she," "it," or "they" when referring to feminine or inanimate objects. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "ta" has a variety of alternate meanings, including the pronoun "it" and the possessive pronoun "hers." |
| Hawaiian | 'O ia" can also be used as a term for a male chief. |
| Hebrew | The word "שֶׁלָה" can also be used to express possession, meaning "hers" or "its". |
| Hindi | The word "उसके" in Hindi can also mean "his" or "its", depending on the context. |
| Hmong | "Nws nws" is sometimes translated to "she", "her", "him", "his", "it" "its" in English, and it can refer to an animate or inanimate thing. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "neki" is also an informal way to address someone, similar to "you" in English. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "hana" also means "she" and was originally used to refer to both genders. |
| Igbo | "Ya" in Igbo means "her" but also means "you" in the plural form. |
| Irish | The word "léi" can also mean "with her" or "to her" in Irish, depending on the context. |
| Italian | "Sua" has a secondary meaning in Italian, "yours". This usage is restricted to formal situations, such as when a server addresses a customer. |
| Japanese | The character "女" in "彼女" means "woman", while "彼" means "person". It can also be used as "that woman" or "the woman over there" when it's not clear who you're talking about. |
| Javanese | Although the word "dheweke" is commonly understood to mean "her" in Javanese, it can also be used as a polite form of the pronoun "you." |
| Kannada | The word "ಅವಳು" also means "she" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | "ол" (her) comes from the Old Turkic word "ol" meaning "self, this." |
| Khmer | "នាង" is derived from the Sanskrit term "nāyikā", which means "heroine" or "female protagonist". |
| Korean | The Korean word "그녀" can also refer to a "lady" or a "female person" |
| Kurdish | The word "ew" in Kurdish also means "yes" in Turkish. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "аны" can also mean "dear" or "respected" when used as an honorific. |
| Lao | The Lao word "ນາງ" (her) can also mean "lady" or "Ms.". |
| Latin | The word "eius" can also mean "one's", "her own", or "his own" in Latin. |
| Latvian | In Proto-Indo-European, “viņu” likely meant “him/her,” while in modern Latvian it evolved to refer specifically to “her.” |
| Lithuanian | "Ją" can also be used as a pronoun or as an imperative form of "to take". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, the word “hir” can also refer to a woman or a young girl. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "неа" can also mean "mama" or "mommy" in some dialects. |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "ny" also means "the" and is used for objects and non-personal subjects |
| Malay | The word "dia" translates to "she" but can also be used as a third personal pronoun to refer to a person of any gender as long as gender is irrelevant to the context. |
| Malayalam | The word "അവളുടെ" in Malayalam can also refer to the female possessive pronoun "hers," emphasizing ownership or belonging. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "tagħha" (her) is borrowed from Sicilian "tagghjà", which is an archaic form of "taglia" (cut). |
| Maori | The Maori word "ia" can also refer to female pronouns, the subject marker for third person singular, and as a possessive pronoun. |
| Marathi | तिला can also mean 'oil' or 'sesame seeds' depending on context |
| Mongolian | The word "түүнийг" in Mongolian can also mean "him," "it," or "its," and is a third person singular object pronoun. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | In addition to meaning "her," the word "သူမ" ("tha.ma") can also be used as a respectful term of address for a woman. |
| Nepali | The Nepali word "उनको" can also refer to someone who is not present. |
| Norwegian | The word "henne" can also be used to refer to a female chicken. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "iye" can also mean "mother", demonstrating the close connection between the concepts of ownership and kinship in Nyanja culture. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "د هغې" also means "her house" or "her place." |
| Persian | او can also mean 'him' or is used to refer to a person or thing that has already been mentioned. |
| Polish | The Polish word "jej" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "je" meaning "she" and also has a second meaning of "of her". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "dela" can also mean "it's hers" or "it belongs to her". |
| Punjabi | The word "उस को" (her) in Hindi is derived from the Sanskrit word "तस्यै" (tasyai), meaning "to her" or "for her". |
| Romanian | The word "a ei" in Romanian derives from the Latin possessive adjective "suus" which originally meant "own". |
| Russian | The Russian word "её" (her) is cognate with the English word "her" but can also be used to refer to someone's wife or mistress. |
| Samoan | Ia is also the name of a Samoan dance and a type of ceremonial headdress. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "rithe" in Scots Gaelic is also used to refer to a female deer. |
| Serbian | The Old Church Slavonic word "jej-j", which "njej" is derived from, was also used as a form of the genitive case of words "ja" (I) and "ty" (you) with the meaning of "mine" and "yours". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "hae" has alternate meanings including "it" or "that" and is an archaic form of "she". |
| Shona | The word 'iye' can also refer to 'mother' in the Shona language. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "هن" can also mean "she" or "they (feminine)". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "ඇයගේ" also means "his" in the 3rd person singular gender neutral form of Sinhala possessive pronouns. |
| Slovak | 'Ju' is also used in Slovak as an archaic form of the word 'her' but also as an archaic form of 'they' or 'them'. |
| Slovenian | In the Prekmurje dialect, "njo" can also mean "you" (plural, informal). |
| Somali | Iyada' is derived from the root word 'iya' meaning 'belonging to', indicating ownership or possession, and is sometimes used metaphorically to refer to something associated with a person or thing. |
| Spanish | "Su" can also be used as a possessive adjective meaning "his, her, its, or your." |
| Sundanese | As a standalone word, 'nya' has additional meanings of 'here' or 'this', while when used before a noun it can also mean 'the' or 'that'. |
| Swahili | The word "yake" in Swahili is also used to mean "its" or "his/her/their property". |
| Swedish | The word "henne" in Swedish can also mean "to her" or "for her". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "siya" in Tagalog also means "himself" or "herself," making it a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun. |
| Tajik | The word "вай" in Tajik can also refer to the third person feminine singular possessive pronoun, meaning "hers". |
| Tamil | The word "அவள்" derives from the Proto-Dravidian root "*aval", meaning "she" or "woman." |
| Telugu | The word "ఆమె" can also refer to a goddess or a female deity in Telugu. |
| Thai | The Thai word "เธอ" (meaning "her") can also be used as an honorific in a similar way as "you". |
| Turkish | Ona, meaning "her" in Turkish, derives from the Proto-Turkic "*on" (she) and has cognates in other Turkic languages like Azerbaijani, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz. |
| Ukrainian | Її is a possessive pronoun that can also mean "its" in Ukrainian. |
| Urdu | The word "اسے" also means "to him/her" in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "uni" can also mean "his", "hers", or "theirs" depending on context and the vowel used (u, o, or oʻ). |
| Vietnamese | Cô ấy also has meanings such as “to be like” or “to appear”. |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "hi" can also mean "here" or "this" depending on context. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "yena" also means "alone". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "zi" comes from the Hebrew word "zi" meaning "this" and the Yiddish word "di" meaning "the". |
| Yoruba | The word "rẹ" can also mean "it" or "one" in Yoruba, and is derived from the Proto-Benue-Congo root */-rV/. |
| Zulu | The word 'wakhe' is the objective form of the Zulu third-person singular feminine pronoun, which does not translate directly to English and is also used in the possessive sense. |
| English | "Her" can also be a possessive pronoun for "he". |