Hill in Different Languages
Discover 'Hill' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Hill
Afrikaans heuwel | ||
Albanian kodër | ||
Amharic ኮረብታ | ||
Arabic تل | ||
Armenian բլուր | ||
Assamese পাহাৰ | ||
Aymara qullu | ||
Azerbaijani təpə | ||
Bambara kulu | ||
Basque muinoa | ||
Belarusian узгорак | ||
Bengali পাহাড় | ||
Bhojpuri टीला | ||
Bosnian brdo | ||
Bulgarian хълм | ||
Catalan turó | ||
Cebuano bungtod | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 爬坡道 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 爬坡道 | ||
Corsican cullina | ||
Croatian brdo | ||
Czech kopec | ||
Danish bakke | ||
Dhivehi ފަރުބަދަ | ||
Dogri प्हाड़ी | ||
Dutch heuvel | ||
English hill | ||
Esperanto monteto | ||
Estonian küngas | ||
Ewe togbɛ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) burol | ||
Finnish mäki | ||
French colline | ||
Frisian heuvel | ||
Galician outeiro | ||
Georgian გორაკი | ||
German hügel | ||
Greek λόφος | ||
Guarani yvytymi | ||
Gujarati ટેકરી | ||
Haitian Creole ti mòn | ||
Hausa tudu | ||
Hawaiian puʻu | ||
Hebrew גִבעָה | ||
Hindi पहाड़ी | ||
Hmong toj | ||
Hungarian hegy | ||
Icelandic hæð | ||
Igbo ugwu | ||
Ilocano bunton | ||
Indonesian bukit | ||
Irish cnoc | ||
Italian collina | ||
Japanese 丘 | ||
Javanese bukit | ||
Kannada ಬೆಟ್ಟ | ||
Kazakh төбе | ||
Khmer ភ្នំ | ||
Kinyarwanda umusozi | ||
Konkani दोंगुल्ली | ||
Korean 언덕 | ||
Krio il | ||
Kurdish girik | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گرد | ||
Kyrgyz дөбө | ||
Lao ພູ | ||
Latin collis | ||
Latvian kalns | ||
Lingala ngomba moke | ||
Lithuanian kalva | ||
Luganda akasozi | ||
Luxembourgish hiwwel | ||
Macedonian рид | ||
Maithili पहाड़ी | ||
Malagasy colina | ||
Malay bukit | ||
Malayalam മലയോര | ||
Maltese għoljiet | ||
Maori puke | ||
Marathi टेकडी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯤꯡ | ||
Mizo tlang | ||
Mongolian толгод | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တောင်ကုန်း | ||
Nepali पहाड | ||
Norwegian høyde | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) phiri | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପାହାଡ | ||
Oromo tulluu | ||
Pashto غونډۍ | ||
Persian تپه | ||
Polish wzgórze | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) colina | ||
Punjabi ਪਹਾੜੀ | ||
Quechua qata | ||
Romanian deal | ||
Russian холм | ||
Samoan maupuepue | ||
Sanskrit चोटी | ||
Scots Gaelic cnoc | ||
Sepedi mmoto | ||
Serbian брдо | ||
Sesotho leralleng | ||
Shona gomo | ||
Sindhi ٽڪري | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කන්ද | ||
Slovak kopec | ||
Slovenian hrib | ||
Somali buur | ||
Spanish colina | ||
Sundanese bukit | ||
Swahili kilima | ||
Swedish kulle | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) burol | ||
Tajik теппа | ||
Tamil மலை | ||
Tatar калкулык | ||
Telugu కొండ | ||
Thai เนินเขา | ||
Tigrinya ኮረብታ | ||
Tsonga xintshabyana | ||
Turkish tepe | ||
Turkmen depe | ||
Twi (Akan) kokoɔ | ||
Ukrainian пагорб | ||
Urdu پہاڑی | ||
Uyghur hill | ||
Uzbek tepalik | ||
Vietnamese đồi núi | ||
Welsh bryn | ||
Xhosa induli | ||
Yiddish בערגל | ||
Yoruba oke | ||
Zulu igquma |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "heuwel" is cognate with English "howl" and German "hügel," all deriving from the Proto-Germanic word *hugl-. |
| Albanian | In Gheg Albanian, "kodër" can also refer to a 'mountain' or a 'hilltop'. |
| Amharic | The Amharic word ኮረብታ derives from the root verb ከረበ "to pile up or raise," thus indicating a small mound or elevated area. |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "تل" (hill) can also mean a heap, mound, or elevation. |
| Armenian | Բլուր can also refer to a mound or barrow, and is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰer- "to bear, carry". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "təpə" in Azerbaijani also means "a small round-shaped object" and is a borrowing from the Persian word "tappe". |
| Basque | Muinoa has two possible etymologies: (1) from **muin** = "heap, pile" or (2) from **muhi** = "summit, peak, mountaintop" |
| Belarusian | The word "узгорак" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*горк" meaning "heap" or "pile". It can also refer to a small hill or mound. |
| Bengali | The word "পাহাড়" can also refer to a mountain range or a group of hills. |
| Bosnian | The word 'brdo' also means 'forest' in some Slavic languages. |
| Bulgarian | The word "хълм" can also refer to a mound or barrow, and is related to the word "хълмче" (hillock). |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "turó" can also refer to a pile of stones or a raised earthwork |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "bungtod" originally meant "to bury", possibly influenced by the practice of ancient Filipinos of building burial mounds and hills. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The term "爬坡道" can also refer to a ramp or an incline. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 爬坡道 means "hill" in Chinese. In addition, it figuratively refers to the path to climb to the top. |
| Corsican | "Cullina" also refers to an elevated place where people come together for conversation or meetings. |
| Croatian | The word "brdo" originally meant "forest" in Proto-Slavic, and can still have this meaning in some Slavic languages. |
| Czech | The word 'kopec' can also refer to a mound of earth or a pile of something. |
| Danish | The word "bakke" is also used in Danish to refer to a mound of earth or a shelf on a wall. |
| Dutch | The word "heuvel" is derived from Middle Dutch "hovel" (a mound), and is related to "heffen" (to raise). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "monteto" is derived from the Latin "monticulus", meaning "small mountain". |
| Estonian | The word "küngas" may derive from a Proto-Uralic term meaning "heap" or "pile", shared with Finnish "kumpu". |
| Finnish | Mäki, meaning "hill" in Finnish, may also refer to an assembly, a duel, or to a person with protruding cheekbones. |
| French | The French word "colline" comes from the Latin "collis") |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "heuvel" derives from an Old Germanic word that also referred to a heap or mound of earth and is cognate to the English word "how". |
| Galician | In Portuguese and Galician, "outeiro" refers not just to a hill, but also to a plateau with a gentle slope. |
| German | The word 'Hügel' is derived from the Middle High German word 'hiubel', meaning 'heap'. |
| Greek | The word "λόφος" originally referred to a tuft of hair or feathers, and the modern meaning "hill" arose as a later extension. |
| Gujarati | "ટેકરી" can refer to the small elevated area on which Jain temples are usually situated or to a fort built on top of an elevated area |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "ti mòn" also means "small mountain" or "hillock". |
| Hausa | Hausa "tudu" also means "mountain" and is related to the word for "stone." |
| Hawaiian | 'Puʻu' also means 'eruption' or 'bulge' in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The biblical word 'Gibeah' can also mean a 'round hill' or 'mound'. |
| Hindi | The word "पहाड़ी" is also used to refer to a specific region in northern India, known as the "Pahari" region. |
| Hmong | In some Hmong dialects, "toj" can also mean "mountain" or "highland." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "hegy" is related to the Slavic word "gora" meaning "mountain". |
| Icelandic | Hæð can also refer to a raised platform, a scaffold, or a high place. |
| Igbo | In the context of geology, 'ugwu' can mean any earth formation rising above the ground. |
| Indonesian | The Javanese word "bukit" is related to the Filipino word "bukid" (mountain). |
| Irish | "Cnoc" is also used to refer to a type of fairy dwelling associated with the sídhe mound |
| Italian | In Italian, the word "collina" derives from the Latin word "collis," which can also mean a "mound" or a "knoll." |
| Japanese | In Chinese, the character "丘" originally meant "mound" or "small hill", but in Japanese it also means "hill" and "village". |
| Javanese | The term "bukit" in Javanese can have meanings other than just denoting a geographical elevation, such as "grave", "pile", or "mound" depending on the context. |
| Kannada | The word "ಬೆಟ್ಟ" (hill) also means a "big house" in Kannada, a meaning related to its association with strength and permanence. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "төбе" can be used to denote a mound or elevated area formed by the accumulation of materials or the presence of an underlying structure. |
| Khmer | The Khmer word ភ្នំ also means "mountain" in Thai. |
| Korean | The Korean word “언덕” is derived from the Chinese word “偃塞”, which means “low mountain” or “hill.” |
| Kurdish | The word "girik" in Kurdish is derived from the Persian word "garh", meaning "fortress" or "hilltop", and is often used to refer to villages or settlements located on hillsides. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "дөбө" is also used figuratively to refer to a "bump," a "swelling," or a "mound." |
| Lao | The Lao word ພູ “hill” is cognate with the Thai word ภู “mountain”, which in turn is cognate with the Proto-Austroasiatic word *pʰuːʔ “hill”. |
| Latin | In medieval Latin, 'collis' also referred to the summit of a mountain, as distinct from its slope, denoted by 'clivus'. |
| Latvian | The origin of the Latvian word “kalns” is debated, with theories suggesting an ancient Indo-European root or a borrowing from a Uralic language. |
| Lithuanian | The word "kalva" is also used to refer to a skull, a bald head, or a grave mound |
| Luxembourgish | Possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *segh-lo-, meaning "hill." Also a masculine given name. |
| Macedonian | The word "Рид" can also refer to a pile of earth or garbage. |
| Malagasy | In the context of a rice paddy, "colina" refers to the border or perimeter raised on the edge of the rice plot. |
| Malay | "Bukit" also means "mountain" or "mound" in Malay, and comes from the Proto-Austronesian word "*bukit" meaning "small hill". |
| Malayalam | The word 'മലയോര' is also used to refer to the foothills of a mountain or the slopes of a hill. |
| Maltese | The word "għoljiet" is likely derived from the Arabic word "jāliyah" meaning "mountain" or "range". |
| Maori | In Maori, 'puke' can also refer to a fortified hill or a volcanic cone |
| Marathi | The word टेकडी ('hill' in Marathi) possibly derives from the Sanskrit word 'takri', a type of ancient fort built on steep hills. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "толгод" is derived from the Proto-Mongolic word *tolïγod, meaning "round hill" or "dome-shaped hill". |
| Nepali | The word 'पहाड' also refers to the ridges forming the boundaries of terraced fields in the hilly regions of Nepal. |
| Norwegian | The word "høyde" can also mean "height" or "altitude". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Phiri also means "chief" or "a spirit of the soil" in Chewa and might also be related to the verb "to blow" due to the wind on hills or the wind created by spirits |
| Pashto | The name of the Pashtun tribe "Ghilzai" means "dwellers of the lower hills". |
| Persian | The Persian word 'تپه' can also refer to a mound or hillock, particularly one that has been formed by human activity. |
| Polish | The word "wzgórze" (hill) in Polish comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*gordъ", which also means "enclosure" or "fortress". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Latin, "colina" also means "strainers" used in Roman mills. |
| Punjabi | In the Kangra Valley, the term "pahaadi" is also used to refer to the inhabitants of the hilly regions of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "deal" is derived from the Slavic word "del" and also means "share" or "part". |
| Russian | The word "холм" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*xolmъ", meaning "rounded elevation" or "hillock". |
| Samoan | "Maupuepue" is sometimes translated as "mountain", but it more often refers to a hill. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "cnoc" also means "the back of the head" in Scots Gaelic. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "брдо" (hill) derives from the Proto-Slavic word "*bordъ", meaning "side" or "edge". |
| Sesotho | This word may be derived from the verb lera, meaning "to climb", suggesting the idea of a hill as something that is climbed. |
| Shona | The word "gomo" in Shona also refers to a type of wooden stilt used to support granaries and other structures. |
| Sindhi | The word "ٽڪري" also means "an obstacle" or "a difficulty". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "කන්ද" is said to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kand-,"high, shining". |
| Slovak | 'Kopec' originally meant 'pile' (heap) |
| Slovenian | The word "hrib" can also refer to a mountain range or a pile of objects. |
| Somali | The Somali word "buur" can also refer to a "mountain" or a "tomb" |
| Spanish | In Latin, "colina" originally meant "an elevated place" and has cognates in "column" and "colossus." |
| Sundanese | The word "bukit" in Sundanese can also mean a small hill or mound, a natural elevation, or a mountain. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "kilima" can also refer to a "sand dune" or a "volcano". |
| Swedish | In Finland, "kulle" also refers to a type of round-shaped hill or mound. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "burol" also has a less common meaning, "wake for the dead". |
| Tajik | The word "теппа" may be related to the Old Iranian word "*tīpa-," meaning "heap" or "mound." |
| Tamil | The word 'மலை' also means 'a large quantity or heap' in Tamil. |
| Telugu | The word "కొండ" can also refer to a mound or heap of anything, and is thought to be derived from the Dravidian root "kuṇṭa", meaning "to raise". |
| Thai | Thai word "เนินเขา" can be split into 2 words: "เนิน" (slope) and "เขา" (mountain or hill). |
| Turkish | The word "Tepe" has multiple meanings in Turkish, including "top", "hilltop", and "summit". |
| Ukrainian | The word "пагорб" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *gora*, which also means "mountain". |
| Urdu | The word "پہاڑی" in Urdu can also refer to a highland or mountainous region, and is derived from the Sanskrit word "pṛṣṭa", meaning "back" or "ridge". |
| Uzbek | The etymology of "tepalik" is unknown and it is rarely encountered in modern-day Uzbek literature. |
| Vietnamese | The Sino-Vietnamese word "đồi núi" can also refer to a mountain range or a mountainous region. |
| Welsh | The word 'bryn' is also used in Welsh placenames such as Brynmawr ('big hill') and Bryncoch ('red hill'). |
| Xhosa | In toponomy, the prefix "induli" may also refer to the presence of a "hill" or "rocky outcrop" in a specific location. |
| Yiddish | בערגל can also mean the raised rim of a glass. |
| Yoruba | "Òkè" in Yoruba shares the same root with "òkun" (ocean), suggesting a common ancestral meaning of "large body of water". |
| Zulu | The word "igquma" also means "a heap of stones or rocks" in Zulu. |
| English | "Hill" originally meant "a hollow or depression in the ground," and its sense of "a natural elevation" developed later. |