Mind in Different Languages
Discover 'Mind' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Mind
Afrikaans verstand | ||
Albanian mendje | ||
Amharic አእምሮ | ||
Arabic عقل | ||
Armenian միտքը | ||
Assamese মন | ||
Aymara amuyu | ||
Azerbaijani ağıl | ||
Bambara olu | ||
Basque gogoa | ||
Belarusian розум | ||
Bengali মন | ||
Bhojpuri मगज | ||
Bosnian um | ||
Bulgarian ум | ||
Catalan ment | ||
Cebuano hunahuna | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 心神 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 心神 | ||
Corsican mente | ||
Croatian um | ||
Czech mysl | ||
Danish sind | ||
Dhivehi ވިސްނުމުގައި | ||
Dogri दमाग | ||
Dutch geest | ||
English mind | ||
Esperanto menso | ||
Estonian meeles | ||
Ewe susu | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) isip | ||
Finnish mielessä | ||
French esprit | ||
Frisian geast | ||
Galician mente | ||
Georgian გონება | ||
German verstand | ||
Greek μυαλό | ||
Guarani pensar | ||
Gujarati મન | ||
Haitian Creole lide | ||
Hausa hankali | ||
Hawaiian manaʻo | ||
Hebrew אכפת | ||
Hindi मन | ||
Hmong lub siab | ||
Hungarian ész | ||
Icelandic hugur | ||
Igbo uche | ||
Ilocano panunot | ||
Indonesian pikiran | ||
Irish intinn | ||
Italian mente | ||
Japanese マインド | ||
Javanese pikiran | ||
Kannada ಮನಸ್ಸು | ||
Kazakh ақыл | ||
Khmer ចិត្ត | ||
Kinyarwanda ibitekerezo | ||
Konkani मन | ||
Korean 마음 | ||
Krio maynd | ||
Kurdish aqil | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەقڵ | ||
Kyrgyz акыл | ||
Lao ຈິດໃຈ | ||
Latin animo | ||
Latvian prāts | ||
Lingala makanisi | ||
Lithuanian protas | ||
Luganda ebirowoozo | ||
Luxembourgish geescht | ||
Macedonian ум | ||
Maithili मोन | ||
Malagasy an-tsaina | ||
Malay fikiran | ||
Malayalam മനസ്സ് | ||
Maltese moħħ | ||
Maori hinengaro | ||
Marathi मन | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯋꯥꯈꯜ | ||
Mizo rilru | ||
Mongolian оюун ухаан | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စိတ် | ||
Nepali दिमाग | ||
Norwegian tankene | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) malingaliro | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମନ | ||
Oromo sammuu | ||
Pashto ذهن | ||
Persian ذهن | ||
Polish umysł | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) mente | ||
Punjabi ਮਨ | ||
Quechua yuyay | ||
Romanian minte | ||
Russian разум | ||
Samoan mafaufau | ||
Sanskrit मस्तिष्कम् | ||
Scots Gaelic inntinn | ||
Sepedi monagano | ||
Serbian ум | ||
Sesotho kelello | ||
Shona pfungwa | ||
Sindhi دماغ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මනස | ||
Slovak myseľ | ||
Slovenian um | ||
Somali maskaxda | ||
Spanish mente | ||
Sundanese pikiran | ||
Swahili akili | ||
Swedish sinne | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) isip | ||
Tajik ақл | ||
Tamil மனம் | ||
Tatar акыл | ||
Telugu మనస్సు | ||
Thai ใจ | ||
Tigrinya ሓንጎል | ||
Tsonga miehleketo | ||
Turkish zihin | ||
Turkmen akyl | ||
Twi (Akan) adwene | ||
Ukrainian розум | ||
Urdu دماغ | ||
Uyghur mind | ||
Uzbek aql | ||
Vietnamese lí trí | ||
Welsh meddwl | ||
Xhosa ingqondo | ||
Yiddish גייַסט | ||
Yoruba lokan | ||
Zulu ingqondo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Verstand" means "mind" in Afrikaans and is related to the Dutch word "verstand" and the German word "Verstand," both meaning "understanding". |
| Albanian | The word "mendje" in Albanian can also mean "thought" or "intelligence". |
| Amharic | In Amharic, 'አእምሮ' can also refer to a person's conscience or consciousness. |
| Arabic | The root word of “عقل” also conveys “to tie up” and can refer to a rope that ties a nose-ring to a camel or an ankle-fetter. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "միտքը" (mind) derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- "to think" and has a deeper meaning of "reflection" or "consideration". |
| Azerbaijani | Ağıl is also used to refer to a pen or enclosure for sheep or goats, highlighting the connection between the mind and the concept of containment. |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "gogoa" is cognate to "koko" (understanding) from Proto-Basque, and is related to the verb "go" or "ko", meaning "think". |
| Belarusian | The word "розум" in Belarusian can also mean "common sense" or "intellect". |
| Bengali | The word "মন" can also mean "heart" or "soul" in Bengali, indicating the interconnectedness of the physical and mental realms in the Bengali worldview. |
| Bosnian | The word "um" in Bosnian can also mean "intention" or "purpose". |
| Bulgarian | The word "ум" also means "understanding" or "intelligence". |
| Catalan | "Ment" means "mind" in Catalan, however it can also refer to "memory" or "intelligence." |
| Cebuano | Hunahuna is also used in other contexts, such as 'deep thought' or 'reflection'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "心" in "心神" originally referred to the heart, which was believed to be the center of thought and emotion, while "神" referred to spirits or deities associated with mental processes. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The component "神" (shén) of the Chinese character for "mind" (心神) can also refer to a "spirit," "deity," or "soul." |
| Corsican | In the old Tuscan language 'mente' also refers to 'memory. |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "um" can also mean "opinion" or "intention," and it derives from the Proto-Slavic word *umy, meaning "thought. |
| Czech | In Old Church Slavonic and Polish, "mysl" referred to a thought, idea, or desire. |
| Danish | The word "sind" also means "mood" in Danish. |
| Dutch | The word 'geest' can also refer to the Holy Spirit in the Christian tradition. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "menso" may also refer to a "concept" or an "idea". |
| Estonian | "Meeles" is the Estonian word for "mind" and derives from the Proto-Finnic root *meele meaning "sense". |
| Finnish | The word 'mielessä' also means 'in the hive' when talking about bees, a possible reference to the busy nature of the mind |
| French | The French word "esprit" also has meanings related to "spirit" and "humor." |
| Frisian | The word geast is also used to refer to the inner thoughts and feelings of a person, or to their consciousness. |
| Galician | In Galician, "mente" can refer to intelligence, reason, or memory, and is derived from the Latin word "mēns," meaning "mind" or "intellect." |
| German | The word Verstand, meaning 'mind' in German, is derived from the Proto-Germanic 'standan', meaning 'to stand', indicating the stability and groundedness associated with intellect. |
| Greek | "Μυαλό" (mind) may also refer to a kind of clay and the marrow in the spinal column. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "મન" (man) is closely related to the Sanskrit "manas" (मनस्), which itself derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *men-, meaning "to think" or "to remember." |
| Haitian Creole | The word "lide (mind)" in Haitian Creole, derives from the French word "esprit (mind/intellect)" which in turn derives from the Latin word "spiritus (breath/spirit)" |
| Hausa | The word 'hankali' is also used in Hausa to refer to the state of being thoughtful, attentive, or wise. |
| Hawaiian | Hawaiian word manaʻo originally meant "thought" or "desire" and is also the root of the word manaʻoʻiʻo, meaning "belief" or "faith". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word "אכפת" is derived from the root "א-כ-ף", meaning "to hold". Thus, when we are concerned about something, it is literally as if we are holding it in our mind. |
| Hindi | In ancient Sanskrit, 'मन' ('man') also meant 'moon' as the mind was believed to be influenced by the lunar cycle. |
| Hmong | Lub siab's original meaning is 'heart', which is still used in some dialects to refer to one's emotions or feelings. |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "ész" is derived from the Proto-Uralic word "*ēć" meaning "understanding" or "knowledge". |
| Icelandic | The word 'hugur' also means 'mood', 'spirit', and 'emotion' in Icelandic, reflecting the close connection between mental and emotional states in the language. |
| Igbo | Igbo word 'uche' also means 'destiny', reflecting the Igbo belief that one's mind and life path are intertwined. |
| Indonesian | The Indonesian word "pikiran" originally meant "intention" or "desire", and still carries this meaning in some contexts. |
| Irish | Irish "intinn" can mean "feeling," as well as "mind." |
| Italian | The Italian word "mente" derives from the Latin word "mens," which means "intellect, thought, or intention." |
| Japanese | In addition to its primary meaning of "mind," マインド can also refer to "disposition" or "intentions." |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "pikiran" can also mean "idea", "thought", or "memory". |
| Kannada | ಮನಸ್ಸು is derived from the Sanskrit word मनस् (manas) and has alternate meanings such as 'intention', 'desire', and 'intellect' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ақыл" can also refer to intelligence, reason, or advice. |
| Khmer | Etymology: possibly from Sanskrit citta ('consciousness', 'mind') or Pali citta ('thought', 'intellect', 'will'). Alternate meanings: soul, spirit, or intention. |
| Korean | Korean "마음" (mind) also means "heart" and has connotations of "intention" or "sentiment" in Buddhist teachings. |
| Kurdish | The word 'aqil' is derived from the Persian word 'aql', which means 'intelligence' or 'reason'. |
| Kyrgyz | "Акыл" derives from the Proto-Turkic "aqïl" meaning "reason, wisdom, intelligence". Also means "advice" and "intellect." |
| Lao | ຈິດໃຈ can also mean "soul" or "spirit" and is derived from the Sanskrit word "citta", meaning "thought" or "consciousness." |
| Latin | The Latin word "animo" is derived from the Indo-European root "*an-," meaning "to breathe" or "to live. |
| Latvian | Prāts comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *k̂rē-, meaning "to grow, ripen, separate" or "to make, create," with cognates in Sanskrit (kratu), Greek (krátos "power" and kránein "to rule"), Old English (cræft "skill"), Old Irish (cruth "form"), Lithuanian (kurti "to create") and Old Church Slavonic (kratiti "to shorten"). |
| Lithuanian | The word "protas" is also related to the words "protasis" (mind) and "protagonist" (main character). |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Geescht" can also refer to the spirit or soul, and is related to the German word "Geist" (spirit). |
| Macedonian | "Ум" in Macedonian originates from Proto-Slavic "*ǫmъ" which originally meant "understanding, reason". |
| Malagasy | In addition to meaning "mind," "an-tsaina" also means "inside" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The Malay word "fikiran" derives from the Sanskrit word "vicāra" meaning "thought" or "reflection" |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "മനസ്സ്" (manas) is derived from the Sanskrit word "मनस्" (manas) which means both "mind" and "thought". The Tamil equivalent word "மனம்" (manam) and the Telugu word "మనసు" (manas) also have this dual meaning. |
| Maltese | The word "moħħ" in Maltese ultimately derives from the Arabic word for "brain" and also retains some of its original medical meaning referring to the brain or cerebellum specifically. |
| Maori | Maori word 'hinengaro' also refers to the heart, emotions, and intuition. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'मन' ('man') is derived from the Sanskrit word 'मनस्' ('manas'), which means both 'mind' and 'thought'. Furthermore, in Vedic Sanskrit, it meant 'desire' or 'will'. In some contexts, it also refers to 'the mind as the faculty of reason' or 'the thinking principle'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The Burmese word “စိတ်” (cit) is also used to refer to a person’s feelings, thoughts or intentions, or even their conscience. |
| Nepali | The word "दिमाग" (mind) in Nepali has its origins in the Sanskrit word "medhā" (fat), suggesting a connection between mental capacity and physical well-being. |
| Norwegian | The word "tanke" is closely related to the English word "think", both derived from the Proto-Germanic root *thankjanaz. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'malingaliro' is derived from the root '-lingalira', meaning 'to think'. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "ذهن" shares its etymology with the Persian word "ذهن" and the Arabic word "ذهن" meaning "intelligence" or "intellect." |
| Persian | In addition to its primary meaning of "mind," ذهن (ذهن) can also refer to "conscience," "sense," or "thought." |
| Polish | It shares a common root with the old Slavic noun "*umъ" meaning "thought" or "reasoning". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Mente" can also mean "remember" or "memory" in Portuguese. |
| Punjabi | The word "ਮਨ" can also refer to a person's attitude, disposition, or mood. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "minte" has a secondary meaning of "intention" or "aim" and is derived from the Latin word "mens". |
| Russian | "Разум" derives from the verb "разуметь" meaning "to understand", and is related to the word "размер" meaning "size" or "measure". Thus "разум" could be interpreted as that which can understand the measure of things. |
| Samoan | In Samoan, mafaufau, which means mind, is related to a state of dizziness or intoxication. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'inntinn' in Scots Gaelic also means 'intention' or 'desire'. |
| Serbian | In some South Slavic languages, including Serbian, |
| Sesotho | The word 'kelello' may also refer to 'disposition, or one's way of thinking' in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "pfungwa" also means "an idea" or "a plan" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "دماغ" also means "brain" in Urdu. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word is also used to refer to the heart, soul, consciousness, and intellect. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "myseľ" (mind) comes from the Proto-Slavic root "*myslь", which also means "thought" or "intention". |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "um" can also mean "reason" or "thought". |
| Somali | The term is derived from the Proto-Somali word |
| Spanish | The Spanish word "mente" can also refer to the "intellect" or "understanding." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word 'pikiran' is etymologically derived from the Sanskrit word 'citta', meaning 'consciousness, intellect' or 'thought'. |
| Swahili | Akili is also used to refer to a person's intelligence or wisdom. |
| Swedish | In older texts, "sinne" can also mean "temperament" or "anger" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "isip" is also related to the concept of "breath" and "spirit". |
| Tajik | The word 'ақл' also refers to 'wisdom, intellect, understanding' in Tajik. |
| Tamil | 'மனம்' comes from the Proto-Dravidian root *min- 'thought, desire' and is cognate with Kannada mana, Malayalam manam, and Telugu mana. |
| Telugu | In Sanskrit, 'manas' means 'think' or 'understand', and in Tamil it means 'intention'. |
| Thai | In some Thai dialects, "ใจ" also refers to the "liver" or "stomach". |
| Turkish | Zihin originates from Persian and is related to the word 'zen' meaning 'living', therefore originally denoting 'life' or 'spirit'. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "розум" means not only "mind" but also "intelligence" and "understanding." |
| Urdu | The word "دماغ" not only means "mind" but also "brain" and "intellect". |
| Uzbek | The word “aql” also connotes to “wisdom”, “intelligence”, and “consciousness”. |
| Vietnamese | "Lí" can mean "reason" or "principle" and "trí" means "intelligence" or "wisdom", hence the meaning is "the reasoning intelligence" |
| Welsh | Meddwl, meaning 'mind' in Welsh, derives from the Proto-Celtic root med- 'to think, consider', likely related to Latin mens 'mind, understanding'. |
| Xhosa | In some Nguni dialects, the term ingqondo can refer to a "heart" or "inner self" rather than "mind." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'gayst' is related to German and English 'geist' and the Hebrew noun-forming suffix, 'it'. |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'lokan' not only refers to the mind, but also to the conscience, consciousness, and inner self. |
| Zulu | "Ingqondo" can also refer to a particular species of medicinal plant. |
| English | Etymology: Middle English minde, from Old English gemynd "memory, recollection". |