Kind in Different Languages
Discover 'Kind' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Kind
Afrikaans vriendelik | ||
Albanian i sjellshëm | ||
Amharic ደግ | ||
Arabic طيب القلب | ||
Armenian բարի | ||
Assamese দয়ালু | ||
Aymara kasta | ||
Azerbaijani mehriban | ||
Bambara sugu | ||
Basque atsegina | ||
Belarusian ласкавы | ||
Bengali সদয় | ||
Bhojpuri दयालू | ||
Bosnian vrsta | ||
Bulgarian мил | ||
Catalan amable | ||
Cebuano buotan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 类 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 類 | ||
Corsican gentile | ||
Croatian ljubazan | ||
Czech druh | ||
Danish venlig | ||
Dhivehi ހިތްހެޔޮ | ||
Dogri किरपालू | ||
Dutch soort | ||
English kind | ||
Esperanto bonkora | ||
Estonian lahke | ||
Ewe nyo dɔme | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) mabait | ||
Finnish ystävällinen | ||
French gentil | ||
Frisian soart | ||
Galician amable | ||
Georgian კეთილი | ||
German nett | ||
Greek είδος | ||
Guarani rory | ||
Gujarati દયાળુ | ||
Haitian Creole kalite | ||
Hausa irin | ||
Hawaiian ʻoluʻolu | ||
Hebrew סוג | ||
Hindi मेहरबान | ||
Hmong hom | ||
Hungarian kedves | ||
Icelandic góður | ||
Igbo obiọma | ||
Ilocano kita | ||
Indonesian jenis | ||
Irish cineálta | ||
Italian genere | ||
Japanese 種類 | ||
Javanese apik | ||
Kannada ರೀತಿಯ | ||
Kazakh мейірімді | ||
Khmer ប្រភេទ | ||
Kinyarwanda ubwoko | ||
Konkani प्रकार | ||
Korean 종류 | ||
Krio kayn | ||
Kurdish hevalbend | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جۆر | ||
Kyrgyz боорукер | ||
Lao ປະເພດ | ||
Latin genus | ||
Latvian laipns | ||
Lingala malamu | ||
Lithuanian malonus | ||
Luganda kisa | ||
Luxembourgish léif | ||
Macedonian kindубезен | ||
Maithili प्रकार | ||
Malagasy ahoana | ||
Malay baik hati | ||
Malayalam ദയ | ||
Maltese tip | ||
Maori atawhai | ||
Marathi दयाळू | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯈꯜ | ||
Mizo lainat | ||
Mongolian сайхан сэтгэлтэй | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကြင်နာ | ||
Nepali दयालु | ||
Norwegian snill | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wokoma mtima | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପ୍ରକାର | ||
Oromo akaakuu | ||
Pashto مهربان | ||
Persian نوع | ||
Polish uprzejmy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) tipo | ||
Punjabi ਕਿਸਮ ਦੀ | ||
Quechua allin | ||
Romanian drăguț | ||
Russian добрый | ||
Samoan agalelei | ||
Sanskrit दयालु | ||
Scots Gaelic coibhneil | ||
Sepedi mohuta | ||
Serbian врста | ||
Sesotho mosa | ||
Shona mutsa | ||
Sindhi مهربان | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) කාරුණික | ||
Slovak milý | ||
Slovenian prijazna | ||
Somali nooc | ||
Spanish tipo | ||
Sundanese marahmay | ||
Swahili aina | ||
Swedish snäll | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) mabait | ||
Tajik меҳрубон | ||
Tamil கருணை | ||
Tatar игелекле | ||
Telugu రకం | ||
Thai ชนิด | ||
Tigrinya ርህሩህ | ||
Tsonga tintswalo | ||
Turkish tür | ||
Turkmen görnüşli | ||
Twi (Akan) ayamye | ||
Ukrainian вид | ||
Urdu قسم | ||
Uyghur kind | ||
Uzbek mehribon | ||
Vietnamese tốt bụng | ||
Welsh caredig | ||
Xhosa unobubele | ||
Yiddish מין | ||
Yoruba iru | ||
Zulu unomusa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "vriendelik" comes from the Dutch word "vriendelijk", which means "friendly" or "kind". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "i sjellshëm" is also used to describe someone who is polite or well-behaved. |
| Amharic | The word 'ደግ' is primarily an adjective meaning 'kind' or 'pleasant', but it can also mean 'calm', 'tranquil' or 'peaceful' in Amharic. |
| Arabic | The Arabic word 'طيب القلب' ('kind') contains the root 'طيب' ('good') referring to a person with a good heart. |
| Armenian | The word "բարի" (bari) in Armenian is also used as a salutation, meaning "good day" or "hello." |
| Azerbaijani | The Persian word "mehrban" entered Old Turkic and was then transformed into the Old Azerbaijani word "mehrüban" which then meant "generous". |
| Basque | The word "atsegina" is related to the word "atse" which means "taste" in Basque |
| Belarusian | The word "ласкавы" can also mean "affectionate" or "courteous" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | "সদয়" (pronounced as 'shudoy') is a Sanskrit borrowing that was derived from "সৎ" (pronounced as 'sot'), meaning "good" or "true", and "দয়" (pronounced as 'dôy'), meaning "mercy" or "compassion". |
| Bosnian | The word "vrsta" originally meant "sort" or "type". |
| Bulgarian | The word "мил" in Bulgarian comes from the Proto-Slavic word *milъ, meaning "dear" or "beloved". |
| Catalan | "Amable" in Catalan comes from the Latin "amabilis" which means "worthy of being loved". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "buotan" can also mean "good" or "virtuous." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 类, as a Chinese character, has the connotation of "rank" or "species". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 類, meaning "kind," also refers to "classify," "category," or "class" in the sense of a group of related things. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "gentile" also means "noble" or "well-born". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word “ljubazan” can also be used to describe someone who is pleasant, lovely, cordial, or affable. |
| Czech | "Drůbež" (poultry) comes from the same root as "druh" (kind). |
| Danish | The word "venlig" is derived from the Old Norse word "vinr" meaning "friend", and can also mean "hospitable" or "gracious". |
| Dutch | The word "soort" in Dutch also refers to a group of animals or plants that share common characteristics. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word 'bonkora' is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *meǵʰ-, meaning 'great' or 'strong'. |
| Estonian | The word 'lahkle' has a doublet 'lahti', the obsolete form 'lahge' and the derivative 'lahtjema' which means 'to be gentle'. |
| Finnish | The word 'ystävällinen' comes from the word 'ystävä', meaning 'friend', and originally meant 'pertaining to a friend' or 'friendly'. |
| French | The French word "gentil" derives from the Latin word "gentilis", meaning foreign or pagan to Romans, and has evolved over time to mean kind or well-mannered. |
| Frisian | The word "soart" in Frisian is cognate with the Dutch word "zoet" and the German word "süß", all of which mean "sweet". |
| Galician | In Galician, "amable" not only means "kind" but also "friendly, pleasant, or agreeable." |
| Georgian | It can also mean goodness, or a person who is good, or someone who is lucky, in the sense of blessed, and is also sometimes used as someone's personal name. |
| German | The word "nett" is derived from the Middle High German "nedec," meaning "pleasant" or "agreeable." |
| Greek | The word "είδος" in Greek can also mean "form" or "shape" and is related to the Proto-Indo-European root *wid- meaning "to see". |
| Gujarati | The word "દયાળુ" in Gujarati derives from the Sanskrit word "dayālu" and also means "compassionate" or "charitable". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "kalite" can also refer to a type of yam in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word "irin" in Hausa also means "type" or "variety" and is related to the word "irinwa" which means "difference". |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word ʻoluʻolu means 'kind,' 'gentle,' or 'pleasant,' and comes from the word ʻolu, which means 'cool' or 'calm.' |
| Hebrew | סוג - also means "style" or "type" in Hebrew. |
| Hindi | The word "मेहरबान" is derived from the Persian word "مهربان" which means "sun-faced" or "auspicious." |
| Hmong | Hom, a Hmong word for "kind," also means "to lead; to guide" in other contexts. |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "kedves" also means "dear" or "beloved" and is typically used in informal settings. |
| Icelandic | The word "góður" is often used to describe a person who is physically attractive or well-dressed, in addition to its primary meaning of "kind". |
| Igbo | The word "obiọma" is said to mean "kind" because it is derived from the words "ọbi" (heart) and "ọma" (good). |
| Indonesian | The word "jenis" is also used in Indonesian to refer to the variety of a plant or animal species. |
| Irish | The Irish word "cineálta" is thought to have been derived from the Proto-Celtic root "*kenet-," meaning "family" or "clan." |
| Italian | The Italian word "genere" comes from the Latin word "genus", which means "origin" or "source". |
| Japanese | The word "種類" is derived from the Chinese word "種類", meaning "category" or "type". It can also refer to a "variety" or "species" of something. |
| Javanese | The word "apik" in Javanese is also a homophone for "baik", which means "good" in Indonesian and is often used as a term of praise. |
| Kannada | 'ರೀತಿಯ' is also used to refer to the 'style of speaking' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "мейірімді" is derived from the Persian word "مهربان" (mehrban), which also means "kind" or "compassionate". |
| Khmer | The word "ប្រភេទ" in Khmer can also mean "type" or "category". |
| Korean | Korean “종류” (“kind”) means “type or variety”, and also “sort, brand or model”, and “category or class”. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, 'hevalbend' refers to comradeship, companionship, or a strong emotional bond. |
| Kyrgyz | The root "боор" means "heart", suggesting the idea of kindness as a heartfelt emotion |
| Lao | The Lao word "ປະເພດ" is derived from the Pali word "paṭipadā," meaning "conduct," "behavior," or "practice." |
| Latin | In Latin, 'genus' can also refer to a race, family line, or birth. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "laipns" may originally derive from an Indo-European root that also produced words like "friend" in English, meaning one who is amiable, or "friendly"} |
| Lithuanian | The word "malonus" ultimately derives from the Balto-Slavic root *mel-, meaning "pleasant". |
| Luxembourgish | Léif is the result of a contraction from the words 'leiwen' and 'fréit', which respectively mean 'to care' and 'joy', originating from Old High German 'liub' and 'freud' |
| Macedonian | The word "kindубезен" can also mean "gentle" or "well-mannered" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "AHOANA" can also mean "sweet" or "nice". |
| Malay | The word "baik hati" in Malay is often used to mean "good hearted", and is typically translated as "kind" in English. |
| Malayalam | The word "ദയ" (daya) in Malayalam has Sanskrit origins and can also mean "mercy" or "compassion". |
| Maltese | The word "tip" is also used to refer to a gratuity given to service staff, such as in a restaurant. |
| Maori | Ata whai translates to ‘towards dawn,’ the time at the very end of night when it begins to get brighter, so ‘atawhai,’ or kind, could be understood in the same sense as this time. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'दयाळू' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'दयालु,' which means 'compassionate' or 'merciful'. |
| Mongolian | ~ The word "сайхан сэтгэлтэй" can also be used to mean "good-hearted" and "sympathetic" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "ကြင်နာ" is derived from the Pali word "kalyāna", which also means "good" or "beautiful". |
| Nepali | "दयालु" is derived from Sanskrit "दया" meaning compassion, kindness, or mercy. |
| Norwegian | In some dialects, "snill" can also mean "cunning" or "sly". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The Nyanja word "wokoma mtima" also translates to "being at peace or having rest of mind." |
| Pashto | مهربان, meaning “kind” in Pashto, is derived from the compound Persian word مهر بان where مهر refers to “love” or “affection” and بان to “giver”, hence the meaning “kind”. |
| Persian | The Persian word "نوع" (pronounced "now-eh") comes from the Arabic root "naw'a" and has several meanings, including "type," "species," "variety," and "class." |
| Polish | The word "uprzejmy" is derived from the Old Polish word "u(d)przątać," meaning "to clean" or "to put in order." |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | 'Tipo' can also mean 'guy' or 'a sort of'. |
| Punjabi | This word shares its etymology with the Hindi word 'qism,' and carries the alternate meaning of 'sort' or 'category'. |
| Romanian | Drăguț originates from the Slavic word 'drag' meaning 'dear'. |
| Russian | Russian word "Добрый" also means "good" or "healthy", and derives from "добро" ("good") |
| Samoan | The word 'agalelei' can also refer to 'peacefulness' or 'serenity'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "coibhneil" can also refer to the act of keeping something secret. |
| Serbian | In addition to 'kind', the Serbian word 'врста' can also mean 'species', 'type', or 'genre'. |
| Sesotho | The word "mosa" in Sesotho can also mean "beautiful" or "handsome." |
| Shona | "Mutsa" has secondary meanings of "to have mercy" and "to have pity". |
| Sindhi | "مهربان" (kind) in Sindhi comes from the Sanskrit word "मैत्री" (friendship) and the Persian word "بان" (keeper or protector). |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "කාරුණික" derives from the Sanskrit "karuṇā" meaning "compassion". It can also mean "merciful" or "forgiving". |
| Slovak | The word "milý" also has the meaning of "dear" or "beloved" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | Prijazna means “friendly” in Slovenian, and is ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *prih₂- (“to please”). |
| Somali | The word "nooc" can also be translated as "nice", "good", or "beautiful" in Somali. |
| Spanish | In 16th century Spanish, "tipo" also referred to one's type or nature and could be used to describe personality traits. |
| Sundanese | Marahmay comes from the Proto-Austronesian word *malas 'shy, ashamed'. |
| Swahili | The word "aina" can also mean "indeed" or "really" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "snäll" is cognate with the English word "sniveling". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Mabait" shares an etymological origin with the word "bait" in English, which both originate from the Proto-Austronesian term "*bahay" meaning "home". |
| Tajik | The word "меҳрубон" in Tajik comes from the Proto-Iranian word *miθra-bānu-, meaning "loving" or "compassionate." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'கருணை' is etymologically related to Sanskrit word |
| Telugu | "రకం" is a word that was borrowed from the Sanskrit word "prakāra," and it originally meant "sort" or "type". |
| Thai | The Thai word "ชนิด" (pronounced “chon-nid”) can also mean “category,” “type,” “variety,” or “group.” |
| Turkish | Tür's alternate meanings include "style," "species," and "type." |
| Ukrainian | In addition to 'kind', the Ukrainian word 'вид' can also refer to 'type', 'species', 'view', or 'form'. |
| Urdu | The word "قسم" in Urdu can also mean "oath" or "vow". |
| Uzbek | Mehribon derives from the Persian mehriban, meaning affectionate or benevolent. |
| Vietnamese | The word "Tốt bụng" in Vietnamese can also mean "generous" or "compassionate". |
| Welsh | The word “caredig” can also be used to refer to someone or something that is dear to you. |
| Xhosa | "Unobubele" is sometimes applied to inanimate objects in Xhosa, especially in the Eastern Cape, similar to the English word "nice" used to describe something that is of good quality or appearance. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "מין" can also refer to a type of animal or an unspecified person. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'Iru' can also refer to a type of tree or its seed, which is used as a spice in traditional cuisine. |
| Zulu | The noun unomusa in Zulu can also refer to 'the quality of goodness' or 'kindness of a person'. |
| English | The word "kind" comes from the Old English word "cynd", which means "birth" or "origin". |