Living in Different Languages
Discover 'Living' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Living
Afrikaans leef | ||
Albanian duke jetuar | ||
Amharic መኖር | ||
Arabic العيش | ||
Armenian ապրող | ||
Assamese জীয়াই থকা | ||
Aymara jakaña | ||
Azerbaijani yaşamaq | ||
Bambara baloli | ||
Basque bizitzen | ||
Belarusian пражыванне | ||
Bengali জীবিত | ||
Bhojpuri रहन-सहन | ||
Bosnian živi | ||
Bulgarian жив | ||
Catalan vivent | ||
Cebuano pagpuyo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 活的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 活的 | ||
Corsican campà | ||
Croatian život | ||
Czech živobytí | ||
Danish levende | ||
Dhivehi ދިރިއުޅުން | ||
Dogri रौहना | ||
Dutch leven | ||
English living | ||
Esperanto vivanta | ||
Estonian elamine | ||
Ewe agbenɔnɔ | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) nabubuhay | ||
Finnish elää | ||
French vivant | ||
Frisian wenje | ||
Galician vivir | ||
Georgian ცხოვრება | ||
German leben | ||
Greek ζωή | ||
Guarani guapyha | ||
Gujarati જેમાં વસવાટ કરો છો | ||
Haitian Creole k ap viv | ||
Hausa rayuwa | ||
Hawaiian ke noho nei | ||
Hebrew חַי | ||
Hindi जीवित | ||
Hmong nyob | ||
Hungarian élő | ||
Icelandic lifandi | ||
Igbo ibi | ||
Ilocano panagbiag | ||
Indonesian hidup | ||
Irish ag maireachtáil | ||
Italian vita | ||
Japanese 生活 | ||
Javanese urip | ||
Kannada ದೇಶ | ||
Kazakh өмір сүру | ||
Khmer រស់នៅ | ||
Kinyarwanda kubaho | ||
Konkani जिवंत | ||
Korean 생활 | ||
Krio fɔ liv | ||
Kurdish dijî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) زیندوو | ||
Kyrgyz жашоо | ||
Lao ດໍາລົງຊີວິດ | ||
Latin vitae | ||
Latvian dzīvo | ||
Lingala kozala na bomoi | ||
Lithuanian gyvenantys | ||
Luganda okubeera | ||
Luxembourgish wunnen | ||
Macedonian живеење | ||
Maithili रहनाइ | ||
Malagasy velona | ||
Malay hidup | ||
Malayalam ജീവിക്കുന്നു | ||
Maltese għajxien | ||
Maori noho | ||
Marathi जिवंत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯤꯡꯂꯤꯕ | ||
Mizo nung | ||
Mongolian амьдрах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လူနေမှုဘဝ | ||
Nepali जीवित | ||
Norwegian bor | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wamoyo | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବଞ୍ଚିବା | | ||
Oromo jiraachuu | ||
Pashto ژوندی | ||
Persian زندگي كردن | ||
Polish życie | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) vivo | ||
Punjabi ਜੀਵਤ | ||
Quechua tiyay | ||
Romanian viaţă | ||
Russian живущий | ||
Samoan ola | ||
Sanskrit आजीविका | ||
Scots Gaelic beò | ||
Sepedi phelago | ||
Serbian живети | ||
Sesotho e phelang | ||
Shona mupenyu | ||
Sindhi جيئڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ජීවන | ||
Slovak žijúci | ||
Slovenian živeti | ||
Somali ku nool | ||
Spanish vivo | ||
Sundanese hirup | ||
Swahili wanaoishi | ||
Swedish levande | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) nabubuhay | ||
Tajik зиндагӣ | ||
Tamil வாழும் | ||
Tatar яшәү | ||
Telugu జీవించి ఉన్న | ||
Thai การดำรงชีวิต | ||
Tigrinya ምንባር | ||
Tsonga ku tshama | ||
Turkish yaşam | ||
Turkmen ýaşamak | ||
Twi (Akan) tena | ||
Ukrainian проживання | ||
Urdu زندہ | ||
Uyghur ياشاش | ||
Uzbek yashash | ||
Vietnamese cuộc sống | ||
Welsh byw | ||
Xhosa uyaphila | ||
Yiddish לעבעדיק | ||
Yoruba gbigbe | ||
Zulu uyaphila |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The term “leef” is borrowed from the German “leben”, which means life itself. |
| Albanian | "Duke jetuar" is a phrase in Albanian that literally translates to "in living" and can also be used figuratively to mean "while alive" or "during life." |
| Amharic | The word "መኖር" also means "to exist", "to reside", "to dwell", "to abide", "to remain", and "to endure". |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "العيش" (al-ʿaīsh) also refers to bread, a staple food in many Arab cultures. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word ապրող can also refer to "existing" or "present". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "yaşamaq" can also mean "to be born" or "to live" in Azerbaijani, depending on context. |
| Basque | The Basque word "bizitzen" comes from the Proto-Basque word "*bizi", meaning "life". |
| Bengali | The word "জীবিত" also means "alive" or "breathing" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "živi" in Bosnian, meaning "living," also has connotations of "lively," "sprightly," or "energetic."} |
| Bulgarian | The word "жив" can also mean "green" or "raw", highlighting the connection between life and freshness in Bulgarian. |
| Catalan | «Vivent» may also refer to a person who is alive or to the state of being alive. |
| Cebuano | The word "pagpuyo" can also refer to plants or animals that grow well in a particular area. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "活的" can also mean "mobile" or "flexible", highlighting the dynamic nature of life. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The term can be also used in a figurative sense to describe someone who is lively or energetic. |
| Corsican | The verb "campà" in Corsican, meaning "to live", derives from the late Latin "campare", meaning "to fight" or "to survive on the battlefield." |
| Croatian | The word 'život' is also used in a figurative sense, meaning 'a person's fate or destiny'. |
| Czech | In Czech, "živobytí" can also refer to "means of subsistence" or "livelihood". |
| Danish | The word "levende" in Danish also means "lively" and is related to the word "levn" (meaning "life" or "sustenance"). |
| Dutch | Leven, when referring to the number 11 in Dutch, derives from the Middle Dutch word "elf", meaning eleven. |
| Esperanto | The word "viva" in Esperanto comes from the Latin "vivus," meaning "living" or "alive." |
| Estonian | The word "elamine" in Estonian also means "existence" or "life". |
| Finnish | The word "elää" also means "to burn," which is related to its Proto-Uralic root meaning "heat, warmth." |
| French | The French word "vivant" has Latin origins, deriving from the present participle of "vivere" meaning "to live" and can also refer to someone who is lively or spirited. |
| Frisian | "Wenje" can also mean "living quarters" or "home" in older or dialectal Frisian. |
| Galician | The word "vivir" in Galician is derived from the Latin word "vivĕre", meaning "to live", and it also means "to reside" or "to be located". |
| German | "Leben" also means "life". In the context of food, it refers to "liver". |
| Greek | ζωή can also refer to life, existence, livelihood, or biography, and derives from the Indo-European root *ǵʷih₃- ("to live"). |
| Gujarati | Living, from Old English leofian, also means "to sustain oneself or be sustained." |
| Haitian Creole | "K ap viv" also means "being alive" and "in existence" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | Rayuwa derives from the Proto-Afro-Asiatic root *rāy- ('to live') and shares cognates with Old Egyptian rˁ ('sun') and Arabic rāy ('opinion'). |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, 'ke noho nei' literally translates to 'the current dwelling'. It also implies being settled, having an abode, or continuing to exist. |
| Hebrew | The term "חַי" (living) shares its root with "חַיָה" (beast), indicating the ancient belief that all life, including humans, originated from the animal kingdom. |
| Hindi | In Hindi, 'जीवित' not only means 'living', but also 'subsisting on' or 'supported by' |
| Hmong | The word "nyob" in Hmong also means "to reside" or "to spend time in a place". |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "élő" (living) can also refer to something "vibrant" or "active". |
| Icelandic | Lifandi may also refer to 'something lively, spirited or merry'. |
| Igbo | The word "ibi" in Igbo can also refer to "life" or "existence". |
| Indonesian | Hidup can also refer to 'nature' or 'the environment'. |
| Italian | The word "vita" also means "story" or "biography" in Italian, a meaning it shares with its Latin origin. |
| Japanese | 生活 (seikatsu) also means "way of life" or "lifestyle". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "urip" also refers to "awareness" or "consciousness." |
| Kannada | "ದೇಶ" in Kannada can sometimes refer to "state" rather than "living", originating from the Sanskrit "deśa" meaning "home" or "native land." |
| Kazakh | The word "өмір сүру" in Kazakh also means "to have a life" or "to lead a life". |
| Khmer | The word រស់នៅ can also mean "to reside," "to dwell," "to exist," "to be," or "to inhabit." |
| Korean | The word "생활" comes from the Chinese word "生活" and can also mean "life" or "the way of life." |
| Kurdish | "Dijî" can mean "reviving" or "recovering" as well as "living" in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "жашоо" also refers to "life" or "existence" in a broader sense. |
| Latin | The term "vitae" in Latin also carries the sense of "way of life" or "course of existence". |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the root of the word “dzīvo” means “to breathe, |
| Lithuanian | "Gyvenantys" derives from the Proto-Baltic root *ĝīwen-, meaning "to live" or "to be alive." |
| Luxembourgish | The word "wunnen" in Luxembourgish has a rich history and has been used in various contexts throughout its evolution. |
| Macedonian | In addition to meaning "living", "живеење" can also refer to the "lifestyle" of a person or group of people. |
| Malagasy | VELONA, meaning 'living,' also refers to a plant that Malagasy people often use for medicinal purposes. |
| Malay | Hidup, помимо своего значения «живой», также означает «реальность» или «мир» в малайском языке. |
| Malayalam | The word "ജീവിക്കുന്നു" in Malayalam derives from the Proto-Dravidian root "*ci-p-u," meaning "to live" or "exist." |
| Maltese | The word "għajxien" in Maltese also refers to one's means of sustenance or livelihood. |
| Maori | Noho', when used as a noun, can refer to a place of residence or settlement |
| Marathi | In addition to its primary meaning of "living", "जिवंत" (jivanta) can also mean "lively" or "animated" in Marathi. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "амьдрах" (living) is derived from the Proto-Mongolic root *ami-, meaning "life" or "breath." |
| Nepali | The word 'जीवित' in Nepali is derived from the Sanskrit word 'जीवित', which means 'alive', 'existing', or 'subsisting'. |
| Norwegian | The word "bor" can also mean "dwells" or "resides" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'wamoyo' can also refer to 'one who has vitality despite their hardships'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ژوندی" (žu(n)di) is derived from the Proto-Iranian "*ǰīvana-" meaning "life, existence, living being". |
| Persian | The word "زندگي كردن" derives from the Middle Persian "ziyān", meaning "well-being" or "life". |
| Polish | The word "życie" in Polish has Slavic roots and is related to the concept of "birth" or "life force". It can also refer to someone's life history or biography. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "vivo" comes from the Latin word "vivus," meaning "alive, living." |
| Punjabi | The word "ਜੀਵਤ" in Punjabi ultimately derives from the Sanskrit word "जीवित" meaning "alive" or "living". |
| Romanian | The word "viaţă" also has the meaning of "life" in Romanian, derived from the Latin "vita". |
| Russian | The word "живущий" literally means "breathing" and is derived from the archaic verb "жити", which meant "to live" in Old Russian |
| Samoan | Ola also means 'health', 'safety', and 'well-being' in Samoan. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots word "beò" is cognate with the Welsh "byw" and the Irish "beó", all meaning "alive" and deriving from the Proto-Celtic *bīwos. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "живети" comes from the Proto-Slavic root *živ- meaning "to be alive" and also refers to the abstract concept of "life". |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "e phelang" is also used to mean "breathing". |
| Shona | Shona 'mupenyu' derives from the root 'penyu' meaning 'to breathe', and thus the word can also mean 'respiratory' |
| Sindhi | The word "جيئڻ" in Sindhi can also mean "to live" or "to exist". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | Sinhalese "ජීවන" derives from the Sanskrit term "jīvana" which denotes "life, living". |
| Slovak | "Žijúci" can also mean "lively" or "animated". |
| Slovenian | The word "živeti" can also mean "to make a living" or "to sustain oneself" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The word "ku nool" in Somali can also mean "to depend on" or "to rely on". |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "vivo" (alive) also means "clever, sharp", like the Italian "vivace" and the French "vif" |
| Sundanese | The word hirup, which means living in Sundanese, also refers to the motion of drinking. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "wanaoishi" is also used to describe people who are still alive and present. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "levande" comes from the Old Norse "lifandi" and used to mean "to be left over from a battle or shipwreck", hence "surviving". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Nabubuhay" can also mean "vibrant" or "lively". |
| Tajik | The word «зиндагӣ» has Persian roots and also means "life", "existence", and "being alive." |
| Tamil | The Tamil word "வாழும்" also means "to succeed" or "to prosper". |
| Thai | The word "การดำรงชีวิต" can also mean "existence" or "livelihood". |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "yaşam" also has additional meanings such as "lifestyle" and "destiny." |
| Ukrainian | The word "проживання" can also mean "residence" or "domicile". |
| Urdu | The word 'زندہ' can also refer to 'fresh' or 'new' in Urdu. |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "yashash" also has alternate meanings such as "to reside" and "to exist". |
| Vietnamese | "Cuộc sống" also means "life" in the sense of a living organism's life |
| Welsh | The word "byw" in Welsh also means "place" and derives from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to be" or "to exist." |
| Xhosa | Uyaphila is also a term of affection, similar to "darling" or "sweetheart". |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "leb" can also mean "bread," reflecting the idea that bread is the "staff of life." |
| Yoruba | The word "gbigbe" in Yoruba also means "to exist" or "to be present". |
| Zulu | The word 'uyaphila' comes from the root -phila, which means 'to breath'. |
| English | "Living" can also refer to a person's means of livelihood or the condition of being alive and well. |