Mine in Different Languages
Discover 'Mine' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Mine
Afrikaans myne | ||
Albanian timen | ||
Amharic የእኔ | ||
Arabic الخاص بي | ||
Armenian իմը | ||
Assamese মোৰ | ||
Aymara nayana | ||
Azerbaijani mənim | ||
Bambara ne taa | ||
Basque nirea | ||
Belarusian мая | ||
Bengali আমার | ||
Bhojpuri हमार | ||
Bosnian moja | ||
Bulgarian моята | ||
Catalan meu | ||
Cebuano akoa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 矿 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 礦 | ||
Corsican mio | ||
Croatian rudnik | ||
Czech těžit | ||
Danish mine | ||
Dhivehi އަހަރެންގެ | ||
Dogri मेरा | ||
Dutch de mijne | ||
English mine | ||
Esperanto mia | ||
Estonian minu oma | ||
Ewe tɔnye | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) akin | ||
Finnish kaivos | ||
French mien | ||
Frisian myn | ||
Galician meu | ||
Georgian ჩემი | ||
German bergwerk | ||
Greek δικος μου | ||
Guarani chemba'e | ||
Gujarati ખાણ | ||
Haitian Creole mwen | ||
Hausa nawa | ||
Hawaiian naʻu | ||
Hebrew שלי | ||
Hindi मेरी | ||
Hmong kuv li | ||
Hungarian enyém | ||
Icelandic mín | ||
Igbo nkem | ||
Ilocano kaniak | ||
Indonesian milikku | ||
Irish mianach | ||
Italian il mio | ||
Japanese 私の | ||
Javanese tambang | ||
Kannada ಗಣಿ | ||
Kazakh менікі | ||
Khmer អណ្តូងរ៉ែ | ||
Kinyarwanda uwanjye | ||
Konkani म्हगेलें | ||
Korean 나의 것 | ||
Krio mi yon | ||
Kurdish ya min | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هی من | ||
Kyrgyz меники | ||
Lao ບໍ່ແຮ່ | ||
Latin mea | ||
Latvian mans | ||
Lingala ya nga | ||
Lithuanian mano | ||
Luganda wange | ||
Luxembourgish mäin | ||
Macedonian мој | ||
Maithili हमर | ||
Malagasy pitrandrahana | ||
Malay lombong | ||
Malayalam എന്റേത് | ||
Maltese tiegħi | ||
Maori toku | ||
Marathi माझे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯑꯩꯍꯥꯛꯀꯤ | ||
Mizo ka ta | ||
Mongolian миний | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သတ္တုတွင်း | ||
Nepali मेरो | ||
Norwegian min | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zanga | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମୋର | ||
Oromo kan koo | ||
Pashto زما | ||
Persian مال خودم | ||
Polish mój | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) meu | ||
Punjabi ਮੇਰਾ | ||
Quechua mina | ||
Romanian a mea | ||
Russian моя | ||
Samoan laʻu | ||
Sanskrit मदीयः | ||
Scots Gaelic mhèinn | ||
Sepedi moepo | ||
Serbian моја | ||
Sesotho ea ka | ||
Shona yangu | ||
Sindhi منهنجو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මගේ | ||
Slovak môj | ||
Slovenian moj | ||
Somali anigaa iska leh | ||
Spanish mía | ||
Sundanese milikna | ||
Swahili yangu | ||
Swedish mina | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) akin | ||
Tajik мина | ||
Tamil என்னுடையது | ||
Tatar минеке | ||
Telugu గని | ||
Thai ของฉัน | ||
Tigrinya ናይ ባዕለይ | ||
Tsonga swa mina | ||
Turkish benim | ||
Turkmen meniňki | ||
Twi (Akan) me deɛ | ||
Ukrainian шахта | ||
Urdu میرا | ||
Uyghur مېنىڭ | ||
Uzbek meniki | ||
Vietnamese của tôi | ||
Welsh mwynglawdd | ||
Xhosa yam | ||
Yiddish מייַן | ||
Yoruba mi | ||
Zulu okwami |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, the word "myne" can also refer to a mine, such as a coal mine or gold mine. |
| Albanian | In Proto-Albanian, "timen" meant "mine" and "place". The latter meaning was preserved in the Gheg dialect, while in the Tosk dialect it developed the meaning of "mine". |
| Amharic | The word "የእኔ" ("mine") in Amharic can also mean "my" or "of me." |
| Arabic | Arabic "الخاص بي" is used in several idioms to mean "private" and "personal", or to express "one's own". |
| Armenian | The word "իմը" ("mine") in Armenian also connotes ownership, possession, or belonging. |
| Azerbaijani | It can be used as an affectionate term for addressing a close person, similar to "my dear" or "my love" in English. |
| Basque | Basque 'nirea' (mine) is a portmanteau of Basque 'ni' (I) and 'urea' (what is mine). |
| Belarusian | "Мая" (mine) in Belarusian also refers to "May" and "my". |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "আমার" can also refer to one's house or home. |
| Bosnian | Moja in Bosnian, also written моја in Cyrillic, refers to an older version of the first person possessive pronoun form 'my'. |
| Bulgarian | 'Моя' is often used as a diminutive term in Bulgarian, especially for children, and can be translated as 'my cutie' or 'my little one'. |
| Catalan | The word "meu" can also mean "my" or "belonging to me" in Catalan. |
| Cebuano | "Akoa" is a Cebuano possessive pronoun in nominative case, derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *ku, which also appears in other Austronesian languages and means "my". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The character "矿" (mine) in Chinese also means "ore" and is a radical (部首) in many other Chinese characters related to minerals or mining. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The Chinese character "礦" also refers to mineral substances found beneath the Earth's surface. |
| Corsican | Corsican "mio" derives from the Latin "meus" and also means "my", "ours", and "me". |
| Croatian | The word "rudnik" in Croatian can also refer to a mining town or a mineral deposit. |
| Czech | The verb "těžit" in Czech can also mean to "draw conclusions" or "take advantage of something". |
| Danish | The word "mine" in Danish has its origins in the Proto-Germanic word "*mīnaz" or "*mēnaz" meaning "a belonging or something one owns" |
| Dutch | In Afrikaans "de mijne" is a possessive adjective meaning "my" or "mine" but in Dutch the same word means "the (female) miner". |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "mia" also means "me" (accusative) in Latin. |
| Estonian | The word "minu oma" can also mean "my own" or "my property". |
| Finnish | Kaivos derives from an early Germanic word that originally meant "cave". |
| French | In French, "mien" can also mean "appearance" or "bearing." |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "myn" is derived from the Old Saxon word "mīn" and can also refer to a meadow. |
| Galician | The Galician word "meu" can also mean "my" when used with a noun. |
| Georgian | The word "ჩემი" in Georgian can also mean "my" or "belonging to me". |
| German | The German word "Bergwerk" can also refer to a mountain, as "mountain" and "mine" were historically closely connected because mines were often located on hills. |
| Greek | The word "δικος μου" in Greek can also mean "my own" or "close to one's heart". |
| Gujarati | The term 'ખાણ', a Gujarati word, is also used for 'ore' in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "mwen" in Haitian Creole likely comes either from the French "moi" or the Spanish "mi". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "nawa" translates to "mine" but is also widely used as an exclamation to express surprise or amazement. |
| Hawaiian | "Naʻu" can also mean 'to take' or 'to seize'. |
| Hebrew | The word "שלי" (mine) in Hebrew can also refer to a "third person" or a "deputy". |
| Hindi | मेरी is also the name of a flower in Hindi. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word “kuv li” or “kuv npawg” can also mean “our (inclusive)” when speaking in the first person plural. |
| Hungarian | The word "enyém" in Hungarian is derived from the Proto-Uralic word *eńæm, which also means "my" in other Uralic languages such as Finnish and Estonian. |
| Icelandic | The word "mín" has a dual meaning in Icelandic: "mine" (possessive pronoun) and "less" (comparative adverb). |
| Igbo | Igbo nkem shares its etymology with the Yoruba ekun (leopard), as both words derive from the Niger-Congo Proto-Bantu *ŋkɔm. |
| Indonesian | The word 'Milikku' in Indonesian is derived from the Sanskrit word 'Mileka', which means 'belonging' or 'related to'. |
| Irish | "Mianach" can also mean "desire" or "longing" in Irish. |
| Italian | In Italian, "il mio" can also mean "my" or "the mine". |
| Japanese | The word "私の" ("mine") in Japanese can also be interpreted as "my own" or "my personal". |
| Javanese | "Tambang" in Javanese, besides its meaning as "mine", also means "a place to search for things", especially for gold or other precious metals. |
| Kannada | The word 'ಗಣಿ' derives from the Sanskrit word 'khani' meaning 'pit' or 'depression' and is also used to refer to a 'quarry', 'pit' or 'well'. |
| Kazakh | The word "менікі" can also refer to a tool used for measuring and marking distances. |
| Khmer | អណ្តូងរ៉ែ can also refer to a place where precious metals are extracted. |
| Korean | The word "나의 것" (mine) in Korean can also mean "my thing" or "my property". |
| Kurdish | Ya min in Kurdish is also used to denote a kind of traditional Kurdish dance, usually performed at weddings and other celebrations. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "меники" also means "you" in the Kyrgyz language. |
| Lao | In Lao, the word "ບໍ່ແຮ່" can also be used to mean "to plant" or "to dig", referring to the act of extracting minerals from the earth. |
| Latin | The Latin word "mea" is also the feminine form of the possessive pronoun "meus" ("my"), and can be used to indicate ownership of something belonging to a female. |
| Latvian | "Mans" in Latvian is a possessive adjective, derived from the Old Prussian word "mans" or "manis" meaning "my" or "mine." |
| Lithuanian | "Mano" is a homonym, meaning both "my" and "mine". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "mäin" can also mean "my" and "main", and is cognate with the German "mein" and English "mine". |
| Macedonian | The word "мој" can also mean "my" in a possessive sense, as in "мојот дом" ("my home"). |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "pitrandrahana" also means "treasure" or "wealth". |
| Malay | The word "lombong" can also mean "valley" or "depressed ground". |
| Malayalam | The word "എന്റേത്" (mine) is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *ēn-, which also means "I" or "me." |
| Maltese | The word "tiegħi" can also mean "of me" or "belonging to me", and is derived from the Arabic word "تاعي" (tāʿī). |
| Maori | In Maori, the word "toku" means "mine" but also refers to a sense of personal identity or belonging. |
| Marathi | "माझे" ('mine') in Marathi originates from the Sanskrit word 'mama', and also means 'my' or 'belonging to me'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "миний" ("mine") derives from the possessive form of the word "ми" ("I, me") and denotes a sense of ownership or belonging. |
| Nepali | मेरो' is a cognate of 'मेरा', meaning mine in Hindi, which is also related to 'मम', a Sanskrit term denoting possessiveness or belonging. |
| Norwegian | The word "min" in Norwegian can also mean "my" or "small". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "zanga" also means "smelting furnace" but its original meaning is "pit". |
| Pashto | The word "زما" also means "my" in Pashto, similar to its use in Persian. |
| Persian | The Persian "مال خودم" translates literally to "belonging to myself". |
| Polish | "Mój" is cognate with English "me," and is used as an endearing form of address in some contexts. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Meu" is a possessive adjective in Portuguese that can also mean "my" or "this" in some contexts. |
| Punjabi | The origin of the Punjabi word 'ਮੇਰਾ' is traced to a Sanskrit word, 'मम', which also means 'mine' |
| Romanian | The word "a mea" in Romanian can also mean "my" in English, but it specifically refers to something that is owned or possessed by a female. |
| Russian | The Russian word "моя" also means "my dear" and is used to address one's beloved in an informal affectionate manner. |
| Samoan | The word "laʻu" in Samoan also means "belonging to me" or "related to me", indicating a sense of possession or kinship. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "mhèinn" can also refer to a mountain pasture, likely named for its abundant ore deposits. |
| Serbian | The word "моја" derives from the Proto-Slavic word *mojь, which also means "my". |
| Sesotho | The prefix 'ea' can also be used for words indicating possession, such as 'ea ntlo' (my house). |
| Shona | "Yangu" is the possessive form of the first person singular pronoun "i" (I) in Shona, and can also refer to a "member" or "part" of something. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi the word "منهنجو" commonly translates to "mine" as a possessive but it is also sometimes used to describe something as "nice" or "pretty." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word "මගේ" also means "my", "your", or "his/her/its", depending on the context |
| Slovak | The word "môj" is related to the word "my" in English, but it can also mean "my own" or "myself". |
| Slovenian | The word 'moj' is etymologically related to the Latin word 'meus' meaning 'mine'. |
| Somali | The word "anigaa iska leh" can also be used to express possession, as in "This house is mine". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "mía" can also refer to a woman's "lover" or "girlfriend." |
| Sundanese | The word "milikna" also means "belonging to" or "property of" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | Yangu is also used in Swahili to denote possession of an abstract noun, e.g. mapenzi yangu (my love) |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "mina" also means "my" in English |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, the word "akin" can also be used in legal contexts to refer to property ownership. |
| Tajik | In Tajik, the word "мина" also means "spring water". |
| Tamil | The word "என்னுடையது" can also refer to one's own thoughts, feelings, or experiences. |
| Telugu | The word "గని" in Telugu comes from the Sanskrit root "khan," meaning "to dig," and can also refer to a quarry or a pit. |
| Thai | The word "ของฉัน" also means "a part of me" or "a part of my body" in Thai. |
| Turkish | In addition to meaning "mine," "benim" can also mean "my body" or "my self." |
| Ukrainian | The word "Шахта" in Ukrainian can also refer to a minefield, a system of underground passages, or a pit. |
| Urdu | The word "میرا" can also mean "my", "mine", "of me", and "belonging to me". |
| Uzbek | The word "meniki" in Uzbek also refers to a personal pronoun meaning "me" or "I". |
| Vietnamese | "Của tôi" originated from the Proto-Bahnaric word "*tɔŋ" and is cognates with Proto-Austronesian word "*takəŋ", meaning "to possess". |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "mwynglawdd" can also refer to a "quarry" or "opencast mine". |
| Xhosa | The word 'yam' in Xhosa can also mean 'something of mine or belonging to me'. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "מייַן" can also mean "me" or "my" in addition to "mine." |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word 'mi' can also refer to 'I' or 'myself'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word 'okwami' can also refer to a place where minerals are extracted. |
| English | The word 'mine' can also refer to an underground excavation from which valuable minerals are extracted. |