Hunting in Different Languages
Discover 'Hunting' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Hunting
Afrikaans jag | ||
Albanian gjuetia | ||
Amharic ማደን | ||
Arabic الصيد | ||
Armenian որսորդություն | ||
Assamese চিকাৰ কৰা | ||
Aymara uywa katuña | ||
Azerbaijani ovçuluq | ||
Bambara sogo ɲinini | ||
Basque ehiza | ||
Belarusian паляванне | ||
Bengali শিকার | ||
Bhojpuri शिकार के काम करेला | ||
Bosnian lov | ||
Bulgarian на лов | ||
Catalan cacera | ||
Cebuano pagpangayam | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 狩猎 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 狩獵 | ||
Corsican caccia | ||
Croatian lov | ||
Czech lov | ||
Danish jagt | ||
Dhivehi ޝިކާރަކުރުން | ||
Dogri शिकार करना | ||
Dutch jacht- | ||
English hunting | ||
Esperanto ĉasado | ||
Estonian jahindus | ||
Ewe adedada | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pangangaso | ||
Finnish metsästys | ||
French chasse | ||
Frisian jacht | ||
Galician cazar | ||
Georgian ნადირობა | ||
German jagd | ||
Greek κυνήγι | ||
Guarani caza rehegua | ||
Gujarati શિકાર | ||
Haitian Creole lachas | ||
Hausa farauta | ||
Hawaiian ʻimi holoholona | ||
Hebrew ציד | ||
Hindi शिकार करना | ||
Hmong kev yos hav zoov | ||
Hungarian vadászat | ||
Icelandic veiða | ||
Igbo ịchụ nta | ||
Ilocano panaganup | ||
Indonesian berburu | ||
Irish fiach | ||
Italian a caccia | ||
Japanese 狩猟 | ||
Javanese moro | ||
Kannada ಬೇಟೆ | ||
Kazakh аңшылық | ||
Khmer បរបាញ់ | ||
Kinyarwanda guhiga | ||
Konkani शिकार करप | ||
Korean 수렵 | ||
Krio fɔ fɛn animal dɛn | ||
Kurdish nêçîr | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕاوکردن | ||
Kyrgyz мергенчилик | ||
Lao ການລ່າສັດ | ||
Latin venandi | ||
Latvian medības | ||
Lingala kobundisa banyama | ||
Lithuanian medžioklė | ||
Luganda okuyigga | ||
Luxembourgish juegd | ||
Macedonian лов | ||
Maithili शिकार करब | ||
Malagasy mihaza | ||
Malay memburu | ||
Malayalam വേട്ടയാടൽ | ||
Maltese kaċċa | ||
Maori hopu | ||
Marathi शिकार | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯂꯝ ꯂꯧꯁꯤꯅꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo ramsa man | ||
Mongolian ан агнах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အမဲလိုက် | ||
Nepali शिकार | ||
Norwegian jakt | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kusaka | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶିକାର | ||
Oromo adamsuu | ||
Pashto ښکار | ||
Persian شکار | ||
Polish polowanie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) caçando | ||
Punjabi ਸ਼ਿਕਾਰ | ||
Quechua caza | ||
Romanian vânătoare | ||
Russian охота | ||
Samoan tulimanu | ||
Sanskrit मृगया | ||
Scots Gaelic sealg | ||
Sepedi go tsoma | ||
Serbian лов | ||
Sesotho ho tsoma | ||
Shona kuvhima | ||
Sindhi شڪار | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දඞයම | ||
Slovak lov | ||
Slovenian lov | ||
Somali ugaarsi | ||
Spanish caza | ||
Sundanese moro | ||
Swahili uwindaji | ||
Swedish jakt | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) pangangaso | ||
Tajik шикор | ||
Tamil வேட்டை | ||
Tatar ау | ||
Telugu వేటాడు | ||
Thai การล่าสัตว์ | ||
Tigrinya ሃድን ምዃኑ’ዩ። | ||
Tsonga ku hlota | ||
Turkish avcılık | ||
Turkmen aw | ||
Twi (Akan) abɔmmɔ | ||
Ukrainian полювання | ||
Urdu شکار کرنا | ||
Uyghur ئوۋچىلىق | ||
Uzbek ov qilish | ||
Vietnamese săn bắn | ||
Welsh hela | ||
Xhosa ukuzingela | ||
Yiddish גייעג | ||
Yoruba sode | ||
Zulu ukuzingela |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "jag" has the connotation of stalking and ambushing rather than just hunting and may also refer to a "gangster" (from English usage through Yiddish). |
| Albanian | Gjuetia can also mean “watching a film” when used with the object film. |
| Amharic | "ማደን/hunting" has other meanings such as "to search", "to pursue" & "to track". |
| Arabic | Hunting in Arabic is called "الصيد" which also means "catching". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ovçuluq" in Azerbaijani has Indo-European roots and is related to the words for "to catch" and "to gather" in other languages. |
| Basque | The word "ehiza" can also mean "game" or "prey" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "паляванне" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *lovъ, which also means "fishing". |
| Bengali | Bengali "শিকার" is cognate with Sanskrit "kshara" meaning "water". Hence, its original meaning was "water-hunting" i.e. "fishing". |
| Bosnian | "Lov" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *lovъ, which also meant "hunting". It is related to the word "loviti", which means "to catch" or "to fish". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "на лов" (hunting) is derived from the Old Slavic "loviti", meaning "to catch" or "to trap". |
| Catalan | The word "cacera" in Catalan can also refer to a water channel or ditch for irrigation purposes. |
| Cebuano | The word "pagpangayam" also means "collecting food" in Cebuano, but it is not restricted to hunting. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | While "狩猎" generally means "hunting" in Chinese, it can also refer to "headhunting" in the business context. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 狩獵 also means "to recruit" as an intransitive verb, and "to solicit" as a transitive verb. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "caccia" can also refer to the prey or the meat of the hunted animal, similar to its usage in Italian. |
| Croatian | "Lov" is also a colloquial term for "theft" or "robbery". |
| Czech | The Czech word "lov" also means "a catch" or "a prey". |
| Danish | The word "jagt" can also refer to a specific type of hunting dog, typically used for hunting hare or deer. |
| Dutch | Although Dutch _jacht_ primarily means _hunting_, it is thought to originally denote a 'following' in the sense of pursuing a prey, so also 'race,' hence _yacht_. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word por hunting in Esperanto, “ĉasado,” is related to both “ĉasa |
| Estonian | "Jahindus" has an alternate meaning of "the process of learning (something)" as in "teadmiste jahindus" meaning "pursuit of knowledge". |
| Finnish | The word "metsästys" derives from the Proto-Finnic word "*metsä" meaning "forest", and originally meant "traveling in the forest". |
| French | In addition to its meaning of "hunting," "chasse" can also refer to a dance step or a type of automobile. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "jacht" is cognate with the Dutch word "jacht" meaning "yacht", but is not related to the English word "yacht" meaning "a large sailing vessel for pleasure". |
| Galician | The word "cazar" in Galician can also refer to the action of capturing or apprehending, similar to the English verb "to catch". |
| German | In Middle High German, "Jagd" also meant "a place of hunting activity" and later "a hunting party or entourage." |
| Greek | The word 'κυνήγι' also means 'quarry' or 'game' in Greek |
| Gujarati | Gujarati "શિકાર" is thought to be an origin of the Persian word "shikar" meaning "prey". |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "lachas" can refer to the act of hunting both on land and by water. |
| Hausa | Hausa 'farauta' is often used only in reference to the hunting of big game. |
| Hawaiian | Though the word ʻimi holoholona is commonly taken to mean hunting, it can also refer to collecting. |
| Hebrew | "ציד" (hunting) is also an acronym for "צבא הגנה לישראל" (Israel Defense Forces). |
| Hindi | The word "शिकार करना" also means "to pursue" or "to seek out" in Hindi. |
| Hmong | Kev yos hav zoov is also a slang term for 'having fun' in the Hmong language. |
| Hungarian | "Vadászat" is also used colloquially in Hungarian to describe a frantic search, scramble or chase. |
| Icelandic | The word "veiða" is cognate with the Old Norse word "veiðr," meaning "game, prey, or catch." |
| Igbo | 'Ịchụ nta' also means 'to pursue' or 'to look for' something actively in Igbo. |
| Indonesian | The word "berburu" also means "to seek or pursue something actively" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | Fiach may also mean a raven, or a "hunting party" of ravens. |
| Italian | "A caccia" can also mean "in search of" or "looking for". |
| Japanese | 狩猟 (shuryō) also refers to the practice of gathering and foraging, known as "採取" (saishu). |
| Javanese | The word "moro" can also refer to the search for a wife or husband in Javanese culture. |
| Kannada | 'ಬೇಟೆ' primarily means 'hunting,' but it can also refer to 'a raid,' 'siege,' or 'plundering.' |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "аңшылық" is derived from the verb "аңдау", meaning "to hunt", and the suffix "-лық", indicating "activity" or "occupation". |
| Korean | In Korean, '수렵' can also refer to fishing or catching (specifically with a gun or bow) animals for scientific purposes |
| Kurdish | In Sorani Kurdish, "nêçîr" can also refer to game animals or wild animals in general. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "мергенчилик" in Kyrgyz also refers to the art of falconry, as well as the skill of marksmanship. |
| Lao | The Lao word for "hunting," "ການລ່າສັດ," comes from the verb "ລ່າ," meaning "to chase." This verb is also used to describe the act of pursuing someone or something, such as a goal or a dream. |
| Latin | Venandi may also mean "to acquire" or "to conquer" in Latin. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word ''medības'' derives from the Old Slavic verb ''medъ'', which also translates as ''sweet''. |
| Lithuanian | The word "medžioklė" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*medʰ-," meaning "to hunt" or "to pursue." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Juegd" is derived from Old High German "jagen", meaning "to hunt or pursue", and has been used in the Luxembourgish language for centuries |
| Macedonian | The word "лов" in Macedonian also means "catch" or "harvest". |
| Malagasy | The word "mihaza" in Malagasy also means "to hunt" or "to chase". |
| Malay | The Malay word "memburu" also has the extended meanings of "to chase" or "to pursue". |
| Maltese | The word "kaċċa" in Maltese is derived from the Arabic word "qayd" meaning "leading" or "directing". |
| Maori | The word "hopu" can also mean "to desire" or "to wish for" in Maori. |
| Marathi | The word "शिकार" in Marathi also means "pursuit" or "endeavor". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "ан агнах" ("hunting") is derived from the verb "анхлах" ("to hunt") and the noun "агаар" ("air"), referring to the practice of hunting animals in the open air. |
| Nepali | In Nepali, “शिकार” also denotes a wild animal, a trap, and the prey caught while hunting. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "jakt" is related to the English "hunt" and the German "jagen", which all derive from the Proto-Germanic word "*kanōn" meaning "to pursue". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word kusaka has other meanings like 'to go after' or 'to track'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ښکار" can also refer to "prey" or the "target of a hunt." |
| Persian | The word شکار (shikār) in Persian also denotes a type of dish prepared with game meat. |
| Polish | The word "polowanie" likely derives from the word "pole," which means "field," and suggests hunting in open areas. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "Caçando" can also mean "stalking" or "pursuing". |
| Punjabi | The word 'shikar' ('hunting' in Punjabi) is derived from the Persian word 'shikar', which has the same meaning. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "vânătoare" derives from the Latin "venatio," meaning "hunting." It shares its linguistic root with the Spanish word "cazar" and the Catalan word "caçar," both meaning "to hunt." |
| Russian | The word "охота" in Russian not only means "hunting," but also "desire" or "eagerness". |
| Samoan | In Samoan, the word 'tulimanu' also refers to the traditional practice of hunting birds, using traps and decoys. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "sealg" in Scots Gaelic also means "possession". |
| Serbian | "Лов" also means "fishing" and is related to the word "ловити" (to catch). |
| Sesotho | The word "ho tsoma" can also mean "searching" or "looking for something". |
| Shona | The Shona word "kuvhima" also means "to follow someone's movements secretly". |
| Sindhi | The word "شڪار" in Sindhi originated from the Persian word "شکار" (shikār), which means "the act of hunting" or "prey." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "දඞයම" is also used to refer to the act of searching for or pursuing something |
| Slovak | The word 'lov' in Slovak also signifies 'capture' or 'catch' in the context of hunting. |
| Slovenian | The word "lov" in Slovenian also refers to a religious ritual involving the pursuit and capture of a sacred animal. |
| Somali | The word 'ugaarsi' can also refer to a type of traditional Somali dance. |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "caza" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *k̑es-, meaning "to kill". |
| Sundanese | The word "moro" in Sundanese is cognate with the Indonesian word "buru", which also means "hunting" |
| Swahili | The word "uwindaji" can also mean "a place where animals are hunted" or "the act of hunting for food" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | "Jakt" (hunting) in Swedish originates from the Old Norse word "jaktr," which also referred to seeking, pursuing, or pursuing something." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "pangangaso" is derived from the root word "pangaso" which means "search" or "track". |
| Tajik | The word "шикор" in Tajik can also refer to a hunting trip or a hunting party. |
| Tamil | "வேட்டை" is a common word for hunting, but it can also refer to searching, exploring, or seeking knowledge. |
| Telugu | The etymology of the Telugu word "వేటాడు" is uncertain, but some scholars suggest it is related to the Sanskrit words "वेनः" (arrow), "विद" (to know) or the verb "वेतृधातुः," which means "going" in Vedic literature. |
| Thai | The Thai word "การล่าสัตว์" can also refer to the traditional Thai martial art "Muay Boran", known for its incorporation of hunting techniques. |
| Turkish | The word "avcılık" in Turkish originates from the Persian word "av" meaning "hunting" or "prey". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "полювання" also refers to a yearning or desire |
| Urdu | The word "شکار کرنا" can also mean "to conquer" or "to subdue". |
| Uzbek | "Ov qilish" or "Ov" in Uzbek also means "prey" or "quarry". |
| Vietnamese | The word "săn bắn" can also refer to "trapping" animals, not just hunting them. |
| Welsh | The word 'hela' also means 'to search' and 'to seek' in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | Hunting is also referred to as "ukuzingela" in the Xhosa language, which means "to stalk" or "to pursue". |
| Yiddish | "גייעג" (hunting) also means "longing" or "intense desire" in Yiddish, potentially referring to the act of tracking down one's deepest yearnings. |
| Yoruba | The word "sode" in Yoruba can also refer to the act of searching or looking for something. |
| Zulu | 'Ukuzingela' shares Proto-Bantu roots with verbs meaning 'to surround' and 'to block the way' |
| English | The term 'hunting' originates from the Old English word 'huntian,' which can also refer to pursuing, seeking, or looking for something actively. |