Man in Different Languages
Discover 'Man' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Man
Afrikaans man | ||
Albanian njeri | ||
Amharic ሰው | ||
Arabic رجل | ||
Armenian մարդ | ||
Assamese মানুহ | ||
Aymara chacha | ||
Azerbaijani kişi | ||
Bambara cɛ | ||
Basque gizon | ||
Belarusian чалавек | ||
Bengali মানুষ | ||
Bhojpuri आदमी | ||
Bosnian čoveče | ||
Bulgarian човече | ||
Catalan home | ||
Cebuano tawo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 人 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 人 | ||
Corsican omu | ||
Croatian čovjek | ||
Czech muž | ||
Danish mand | ||
Dhivehi ފިރިހެނާ | ||
Dogri माह्नू | ||
Dutch mens | ||
English man | ||
Esperanto viro | ||
Estonian mees | ||
Ewe ŋutsu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lalaki | ||
Finnish mies | ||
French homme | ||
Frisian man | ||
Galician home | ||
Georgian კაცი | ||
German mann | ||
Greek άνδρας | ||
Guarani kuimba'e | ||
Gujarati માણસ | ||
Haitian Creole monchè | ||
Hausa mutum | ||
Hawaiian kāne | ||
Hebrew איש | ||
Hindi आदमी | ||
Hmong tus txiv neej | ||
Hungarian férfi | ||
Icelandic maður | ||
Igbo nwoke | ||
Ilocano nataengan a lalaki | ||
Indonesian manusia | ||
Irish fear | ||
Italian uomo | ||
Japanese おとこ | ||
Javanese wong lanang | ||
Kannada ಮನುಷ್ಯ | ||
Kazakh адам | ||
Khmer បុរស | ||
Kinyarwanda umuntu | ||
Konkani दादलो | ||
Korean 남자 | ||
Krio man | ||
Kurdish mêr | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) پیاو | ||
Kyrgyz адам | ||
Lao ຜູ້ຊາຍ | ||
Latin vir | ||
Latvian cilvēks | ||
Lingala moto | ||
Lithuanian vyras | ||
Luganda omusajja | ||
Luxembourgish mann | ||
Macedonian човекот | ||
Maithili व्यक्ति | ||
Malagasy olona | ||
Malay lelaki | ||
Malayalam മനുഷ്യൻ | ||
Maltese raġel | ||
Maori tangata | ||
Marathi माणूस | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯨꯄꯥ | ||
Mizo mipa | ||
Mongolian хүн | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လူ | ||
Nepali मानिस | ||
Norwegian mann | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) munthu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମଣିଷ | ||
Oromo nama | ||
Pashto سړی | ||
Persian مرد | ||
Polish człowiek | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) homem | ||
Punjabi ਆਦਮੀ | ||
Quechua qari | ||
Romanian om | ||
Russian мужчина | ||
Samoan tamaloa | ||
Sanskrit नरः | ||
Scots Gaelic dhuine | ||
Sepedi monna | ||
Serbian човече | ||
Sesotho motho | ||
Shona murume | ||
Sindhi ماڻهو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මිනිසා | ||
Slovak muž | ||
Slovenian človek | ||
Somali nin | ||
Spanish hombre | ||
Sundanese lalaki | ||
Swahili mwanaume | ||
Swedish man | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lalaki | ||
Tajik мард | ||
Tamil மனிதன் | ||
Tatar кеше | ||
Telugu మనిషి | ||
Thai ชาย | ||
Tigrinya ሰብኣይ | ||
Tsonga wanuna | ||
Turkish adam | ||
Turkmen adam | ||
Twi (Akan) barima | ||
Ukrainian людина | ||
Urdu آدمی | ||
Uyghur man | ||
Uzbek kishi | ||
Vietnamese đàn ông | ||
Welsh dyn | ||
Xhosa umntu | ||
Yiddish מענטש | ||
Yoruba eniyan | ||
Zulu indoda |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, the word "man" can also mean "husband" or "male person". |
| Albanian | The word 'njeri' derives from Proto-Indo-European '*mner-' ('mankind'), but can also refer to 'person' regardless of gender |
| Amharic | Etymology of the word ሰው is unclear, but it likely derives from the Proto-Ethio-Semitic root *s-w-ʾ, meaning "to live". |
| Arabic | رجل (rajul) in Arabic, meaning "man," also referred to the lower limb in Ancient Egyptian and was later adopted by Arabic. |
| Armenian | The word "մարդ" in Armenian is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*m̥r̥tós," which also means "mortal". |
| Azerbaijani | In Old Turkic, "kişi" meant "human being" or "person" and was also used as a polite way to address someone. |
| Basque | The word "gizon" is also used in Basque to refer to a husband or a male child. |
| Belarusian | The word "чалавек" (man) in Belarusian is derived from the Old Slavonic "čelověko", meaning "one who speaks" |
| Bengali | The word "মানুষ" (manush) in Bengali can also mean "human being" or "person", and is derived from the Sanskrit word "manuṣya", meaning "thinker". |
| Bosnian | In some local variants, “čoveče” (man) can be used as an interjection conveying a range of emotions, from astonishment to disappointment. |
| Bulgarian | The word "човече" also has the meaning of "Hey you" or "Dude" in Bulgarian |
| Catalan | The word "home" in Catalan also means "man", and it is cognate with the Latin word "homo" and the English word "human". |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "tawo" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "*tau", which also means "person" or "human being" in other Austronesian languages. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In the oracle bones script, the word "人" depicts a person standing with arms akimbo. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 人 (rén) is also the base word for "person". |
| Corsican | "Omu" can also refer to the Corsican people or the Corsican language. |
| Croatian | The word 'čovjek' is cognate with 'čovek' in other Slavic languages, sharing a common Proto-Slavic root. |
| Czech | The Czech word "muž" is derived from the Proto-Slavic "*mǫžь", also meaning "husband". |
| Danish | The word "mand" in Danish comes from the Old Norse word "maðr", which also meant "male human". |
| Dutch | The word "mens" in Dutch also refers to a person's mind or opinion. |
| Esperanto | The word "viro" can also mean "husband" in Esperanto. |
| Estonian | The word "mees" also refers to a male animal, such as a stallion or bull. |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "mies" can also refer to a husband or spouse, and is related to the word "mees" meaning "we" in Estonian. |
| French | The French word "homme" derives from the Latin "homo" meaning "human being", but is today commonly used to refer exclusively to adult males. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, the word "man" can also refer to "husband" or "boyfriend." |
| Galician | While its main meaning is house or dwelling, "home" can also mean home country. |
| Georgian | The word "კაცი" can also refer to a "person" or "individual", regardless of gender. |
| German | The word "Mann" can also refer to a husband, human kind, or servants in certain contexts. |
| Greek | Άνδρας originates from Proto-Indo-European word h₂nḗr "man," which also gave rise to Latin vir. |
| Gujarati | "માણસ" in Gujarati has a deeper meaning and etymology, referring to those who possess a sense of humanity and compassion. |
| Haitian Creole | "Monchè" is a derivative of the French word "monsieur", meaning "sir" or "gentleman". It can also be used as a term of respect for older men. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word `mutum` also has the meanings `enemy` and `thief`. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "kāne" also refers to a type of fish that is considered sacred to the god Kāne. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "איש" (ish) can also refer to a "husband," a "warrior," or a "nobleman." |
| Hindi | Hindi word "आदमी" is derived from 'आद' which means "beginning" and 'मी' which refers to "mine", indicating the first or original one to whom everything belongs. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "tus txiv neej" can also refer to a husband or father figure. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "férfi" originated from the Old Hungarian word "férfi", which meant not only man, but also adult, husband and master. |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "maður" can also refer to a "person" regardless of gender, and derives from the Proto-Germanic term "manwaz" meaning "human being". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word 'Nwoke' can also refer to a husband or a male relative. |
| Indonesian | The word "manusia" in Indonesian derives from the Sanskrit word "manushya," which means "human being" or "person" |
| Irish | The Irish word "fear" can also mean "husband", "hero" or "warrior". |
| Italian | The Italian word "uomo" ultimately derives from the Latin "homo", meaning "human being", and can also refer to a husband or boyfriend. |
| Japanese | The word "おとこ" (otoko) can mean "husband", "male friend", or "man of a specific occupation" depending on the context. |
| Javanese | The term 'wong lanang' in Javanese also refers to a type of rice that is traditionally planted in the rainy season. |
| Kannada | While the word 'ಮನುಷ್ಯ' primarily means 'man' in Kannada, it also carries the implication of 'mind' and 'intellect' within its root. |
| Kazakh | The name 'адам' originates from Arabic (آدم), most likely from Akkadian (adamu) or Hebrew (אדמה - adamah) - soil/earth, referring to the Biblical story of Adam's creation from dust. |
| Khmer | The word "បុរស" (pronounced "boros") derives from Sanskrit "puruṣa" meaning "human being," "male," or "soul." |
| Korean | The word "남자" can also refer to a male animal. |
| Kurdish | The word 'mêr' can also mean 'husband' or 'lord' in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "адам" (a-dam) ultimately derives from the Mongolian word "adam" and also has the alternate meaning of "an individual" or "a person". |
| Latin | The Latin word "vir" can also refer to a "husband" or "warrior", and is the root of the English word "virile". |
| Latvian | The word "cilvēks" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰel- "to shine, gleam". |
| Lithuanian | The word "vyras" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*wer" meaning "to cover" or "to protect". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "Mann" specifically refers to a male person, while "Mënsch" is the gender-neutral term for "human being." |
| Macedonian | "Човекот" is the Macedonian word for "man" and is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "čьlověkъ", which means "human being" or "member of a community". |
| Malagasy | "Olona" can derive from the Proto-Austronesian word *ulun, meaning "head" |
| Malay | The word "lelaki" is derived from Sanskrit and originally meant "a male person of the lower social class". |
| Malayalam | The word "മനുഷ്യൻ" also means "a human being" or "the human race" in Malayalam. |
| Maltese | The etymology of 'raġel' is Arabic, and the word can also refer to an 'adult person', 'a married man', a 'male animal' or a 'noble' or 'honourable' person |
| Maori | In Maori, 'tangata' can also refer to 'humanity' and 'people' as a collective noun. |
| Marathi | The word "माणूस" in Marathi comes from the Sanskrit word "मानुष" meaning "human being" or "mortal". |
| Mongolian | The word "хүн" can also refer to a "person" or a "human being". |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | "လူ" can also mean “person” or “human being" in a general sense. |
| Nepali | The word |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "Mann" can also refer to a муж or fellow, and may have roots in Old Irish. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "munthu" in Nyanja can also refer to a person of either gender, especially an adult. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "سړی" not only means "man" but can also refer to a "person" or a "male individual." |
| Persian | The Persian word "مرد" (mard) can also mean "husband" or "brave". |
| Polish | The word «człowiek» originated in the Proto-Balto-Slavic word *kel-, meaning «to blow» (the same root as «oddech» (breath)). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "homem" derives from the Latin "homo", which originally meant "human being" and later acquired the specific meaning of "man". |
| Punjabi | The term 'ਆਦਮੀ' is also used in Punjabi to refer to a 'person' or a 'human' (irrespective of gender), reflecting the broader semantic range of the word 'man' in English. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "om" can mean either "man" or "soul" depending on context. |
| Russian | "Мужчина" also means "husband" and has an archaic meaning "mature and respectable person" |
| Samoan | Tamaloa can also refer to a god in Samoan mythology, associated with the sea and storms. |
| Scots Gaelic | Dhuine is of uncertain origin, but may stem from the Proto-Celtic *dunio, meaning "warrior." |
| Serbian | The word "човече" can also be used as an expression of surprise or disbelief. |
| Sesotho | The word 'motho' also means 'person' or 'human being' in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "murume" in Shona is often translated as "man" but can also refer to a male child or an adult male relative. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "ماڻهو" (māṇhū) stems from Sanskrit, meaning "mental faculty" or "thinking being" |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term 'minisa' is also used to describe an adult human being regardless of their sex or gender, making it functionally equivalent to 'human'. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "muž" can also refer to a husband or a male animal. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word 'človek' comes from the Proto-Slavic form '*čelověk', which originally meant 'a member of the human race' and is cognate with the Latin word 'homo', of the same meaning. |
| Somali | The word 'nin' in Somali derives from the Proto-Cushitic root */ŋʷ-/ 'person' and was formerly a word used to refer to either a male or female person. |
| Spanish | "Hombre" can be used to refer to a man, a person, or mankind, and comes from the Latin "homine," meaning "human being." |
| Sundanese | Other meanings of "lalaki" include "son-in-law" and "husband". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "mwanaume" also refers to a male animal of any species, a husband, or a man of respect and stature. |
| Swedish | The word "man" in Swedish can also refer to a husband, an individual, or a representative of humanity. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "lalaki" (man) in Tagalog (Filipino) is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root word *laki, which means "big" or "large." |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "мард" meaning "man" is cognate with Persian مَرد meaning the same and ultimately derives from Avestan mṛϑa- "man," which itself is cognate with Sanskrit mŗta- ""manly." Additionally, the word "мард" in modern Tajik also holds the connotation of a fearless and resolute person. |
| Tamil | The word "மனிதன்" derives from the root "மண்" meaning "earth", implying "one who is made of earth". |
| Telugu | The word "మనిషి" (man) also refers to a "human being" in general, regardless of gender. |
| Thai | The word "ชาย" in Thai has multiple meanings and can refer to the edge or rim of something, a type of cloth or fabric, or a male person. |
| Turkish | The word "adam" in Turkish also means "human" or "person," and has the same root as the word "adem" in Arabic, which means "created from earth." |
| Ukrainian | The word "людина" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "ľudь", meaning "people" or "person". |
| Urdu | آدمی (Aadmi) is derived from the Arabic word 'Adam', which means 'human being' or 'earthling'. |
| Uzbek | Uzbek "kishi" can also translate as "person" and is derived from the Proto-Turkic "kiš" meaning "man". |
| Vietnamese | Đàn ông in Vietnamese is cognate to |
| Welsh | The word "dyn" in modern Welsh has cognates in other Celtic languages, including the Irish word "duine". |
| Xhosa | In Xhosa, "umntu" may also refer to a being with human attributes, not necessarily of the male sex. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "מענטש" derives from Old High German "mennisko" and also encompasses a sense of virtue and humanity. |
| Yoruba | Ẹni yàn translates to "one who chooses self" or a person of free will in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | "Indoda" can also mean "human being" or "person" in Zulu, regardless of gender. |
| English | The Old English word "mann" referred both to humanity as a whole and to males. |