Month in Different Languages
Discover 'Month' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Month
Afrikaans maand | ||
Albanian muaj | ||
Amharic ወር | ||
Arabic شهر | ||
Armenian ամիս | ||
Assamese মাহ | ||
Aymara phaxsi | ||
Azerbaijani ay | ||
Bambara kalo | ||
Basque hilabetea | ||
Belarusian месяц | ||
Bengali মাস | ||
Bhojpuri महीना | ||
Bosnian mjesec | ||
Bulgarian месец | ||
Catalan mes | ||
Cebuano bulan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 月 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 月 | ||
Corsican mese | ||
Croatian mjesec | ||
Czech měsíc | ||
Danish måned | ||
Dhivehi މަސް | ||
Dogri म्हीना | ||
Dutch maand | ||
English month | ||
Esperanto monato | ||
Estonian kuu | ||
Ewe ɣleti | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) buwan | ||
Finnish kuukausi | ||
French mois | ||
Frisian moanne | ||
Galician mes | ||
Georgian თვე | ||
German monat | ||
Greek μήνας | ||
Guarani jasy | ||
Gujarati માસ | ||
Haitian Creole mwa | ||
Hausa wata | ||
Hawaiian mahina | ||
Hebrew חוֹדֶשׁ | ||
Hindi महीना | ||
Hmong lub hli | ||
Hungarian hónap | ||
Icelandic mánuði | ||
Igbo ọnwa | ||
Ilocano bulan | ||
Indonesian bulan | ||
Irish mhí | ||
Italian mese | ||
Japanese 月 | ||
Javanese wulan | ||
Kannada ತಿಂಗಳು | ||
Kazakh ай | ||
Khmer ខែ | ||
Kinyarwanda ukwezi | ||
Konkani म्हयनो | ||
Korean 달 | ||
Krio mɔnt | ||
Kurdish meh | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) مانگ | ||
Kyrgyz ай | ||
Lao ເດືອນ | ||
Latin mensis | ||
Latvian mēnesī | ||
Lingala sanza | ||
Lithuanian mėnesį | ||
Luganda omwezi | ||
Luxembourgish mount | ||
Macedonian месец | ||
Maithili मास | ||
Malagasy volana | ||
Malay bulan | ||
Malayalam മാസം | ||
Maltese xahar | ||
Maori marama | ||
Marathi महिना | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯊꯥ | ||
Mizo thla | ||
Mongolian сар | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လ | ||
Nepali महिना | ||
Norwegian måned | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mwezi | ||
Odia (Oriya) ମାସ | ||
Oromo ji'a | ||
Pashto میاشت | ||
Persian ماه | ||
Polish miesiąc | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) mês | ||
Punjabi ਮਹੀਨਾ | ||
Quechua killa | ||
Romanian lună | ||
Russian месяц | ||
Samoan masina | ||
Sanskrit माह | ||
Scots Gaelic mìos | ||
Sepedi kgwedi | ||
Serbian месец дана | ||
Sesotho khoeli | ||
Shona mwedzi | ||
Sindhi مهينو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) මස | ||
Slovak mesiac | ||
Slovenian mesec | ||
Somali bil | ||
Spanish mes | ||
Sundanese sasih | ||
Swahili mwezi | ||
Swedish månad | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) buwan | ||
Tajik моҳ | ||
Tamil மாதம் | ||
Tatar ай | ||
Telugu నెల | ||
Thai เดือน | ||
Tigrinya ወርሒ | ||
Tsonga n'hweti | ||
Turkish ay | ||
Turkmen aý | ||
Twi (Akan) bosome | ||
Ukrainian місяць | ||
Urdu مہینہ | ||
Uyghur ئاي | ||
Uzbek oy | ||
Vietnamese tháng | ||
Welsh mis | ||
Xhosa inyanga | ||
Yiddish חודש | ||
Yoruba osù | ||
Zulu inyanga |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "maand" is cognate with the German "Mond" ("moon"), both derived from the Proto-Germanic *mēnōn |
| Albanian | The word "muaj" is also used in some Albanian dialects with the meaning "moon" and derives from the Latin "mensis". |
| Amharic | "ወር" in Amharic can also refer to the verb 'to inherit; to be an heir.' |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "شهر" (month) also signifies a city or town, as in "مدينة" (city). |
| Armenian | The 4th-century lexicon defines ամիս (amis) as both "moon" and its time measure "month." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "ay" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Turkic word "ay" and also means "moon". |
| Basque | The Basque word "hilabetea" is a compound word composed of the words "hila" (meaning "moon") and "bete" (meaning "full"). |
| Belarusian | The word "месяц" in Belarusian can also refer to the moon because Belarusian does not have a separate word for moon. |
| Bengali | The Bengali word "মাস" (mas) can also mean "amount in a contract between the landlord and tenant" or "the interest added to the principal during an agreed period as per the terms of a loan agreement". |
| Bosnian | "Mjesec" is derived from the Indo-European root "*mēnsis" and shares its root with "moon" in English. |
| Bulgarian | Месец (mesec), meaning "month" in Bulgarian, is related to the word "moon" (месечина mesechina) and shares similarities with the term in other Slavic languages. |
| Catalan | Catalan "mes" can also mean "harvest" or "crop," reflecting its agricultural roots. |
| Cebuano | "Bulan" also means "moon" in Cebuano, derived from the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word "bulan" meaning "moon, month." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "月" can also be a measure word for a group of people, as in "一月光辉". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In the oracle bone script, the character "月" refers to the shape of the moon in its waning crescent phase. |
| Corsican | The word "mese" may have also originally meant "harvest season" or "moon". |
| Croatian | The word 'mjesec' in Croatian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'měsěc', which also means 'moon'. |
| Czech | The Czech word "Měsíc" derives from the Proto-Slavic word for 'moon', as it was originally used to describe the time between two new moons. |
| Danish | The Danish word "måned" is derived from the Middle Low German word "manen", meaning "moon". It is related to the English word "moon", and also to the Latin word "mensis", from which the English word "month" is derived. |
| Dutch | Maand ultimately derives from the Proto-Germanic word *mēnōths, referring to the moon, and is cognate with the English word "moon". |
| Estonian | "Kuu" also means "moon" in Estonian, cognate with English "moon". |
| Finnish | "Kuukausi" is rooted in the word "kuu" (moon), signifying the role of the moon's phases in tracking time. |
| French | The French word "mois" derives from the Latin word "mensis," which can mean "moon" or "month." |
| Frisian | The word "moanne" is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "*mēnō" meaning "moon" and is used in many Frisian dialects to refer to both months and moons. |
| Galician | "Mes" in Galician comes from the Latin word "mensis", which can also mean "menstruation" or "the moon" |
| Georgian | "თვე" is also the word for "moon" in Georgian. Historically, the word referred to the Moon's orbit around the Earth and, by extension, to a period of one full orbit. |
| German | In Old English, the word "monað" referred to the celestial journey of the moon. |
| Greek | The word "μήνας" (month) in Greek derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "*meh₁-n-s", also meaning "moon". |
| Gujarati | The word "માસ" can also refer to a specific type of lentil in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "mwa" can also refer to the moon or menstruation in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | Hausa's wata "month" also refers to the moon's phases as its etymology derives from Arabic's waqt "time". |
| Hawaiian | The word 'mahina' also means 'moon' and is similar to 'marama' in some Polynesian languages. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word for month, "חוֹדֶשׁ" ("chodesh"), also means "new (moon)" and "renewal". |
| Hindi | Derived from Sanskrit, the word 'महीना' (month) has its roots in 'मास' (moon) and 'मातृ' (mother), reflecting the moon's significance in shaping menstrual cycles and ancient calendars. |
| Hmong | "Lub hli" in Hmong is a combination of two words: "lub," meaning moon, and "hli," meaning round or circular. |
| Hungarian | The word "hónap" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *k̑ṃh₃-no- "moon". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "mánuði" is derived from the Proto-Germanic word "*mēnṓþs", which also meant "moon". |
| Igbo | "Ọnwa" also means "moon" in Igbo; both words share the same root." |
| Indonesian | "Bulan" also means "moon" in Indonesian, derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "bulan" which meant "moon". |
| Irish | The Irish word "mhí" may have originated from the Proto-Indo-European root "*me-/*meh-", meaning "moon" or "measure". |
| Italian | The word "mese" is derived from the Latin word "mensis", meaning "moon". |
| Japanese | In some cases, "月" can also refer to the moon or the symbol for a specific month. |
| Javanese | "Wulan" in Javanese is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "bulan" meaning "moon", and is also used to refer to the moon in modern Javanese. |
| Kannada | In Kannada, "ತಿಂಗಳು" can also refer to a specific day of the week, similar to the days of the week in English. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "ай" for "month" is cognate with Persian "ماه" (māh), meaning the same, and ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European "*meh₁s" (moon). |
| Khmer | The word "ខែ" can also mean "moon" or "lunar month" in Khmer, reflecting the lunar calendar's influence on traditional Khmer culture. |
| Korean | In Middle Korean, “달 (/dal/)” meant “moon,” and it was used interchangeably with “一月 (/ilwol/).” |
| Kurdish | Meh in Kurdish also means 'good' or 'well' in Persian |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ай" can also refer to the moon, as in the phrase "айдын нуру" (moonlight). |
| Lao | The word "ເດືອນ" in Lao can also refer to the Moon or a period of thirty days. |
| Latin | The Latin word "mensis" originally meant "moon" and was later extended to mean "month" because the lunar cycle was used to measure time. |
| Latvian | The word mēnesis can also mean “moon” as in “the night of the full moon” (pilnmēness nakts). |
| Lithuanian | Lithuanian word "mėnesį" originated from "mėnuo" - "moon". |
| Luxembourgish | Mount, pronounced identical to the English month, is an archaic form of the word "Mount". |
| Macedonian | The word "месец" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *měsęcъ, which originally meant "moon" but later came to mean "month" in most Slavic languages. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "volana" also means "moon" in Malay, "month" in Javanese, and "time" in Acehnese. |
| Malay | The word "bulan" in Malay is cognate with "bulan" in Indonesian, "bulan" in Filipino, and "buwan" in Cebuano, all deriving from the Proto-Austronesian word for "moon". |
| Malayalam | The word "മാസം" (month) in Malayalam also denotes a period of time marked by a specific lunar phase. |
| Maltese | Maltese for "month" is cognate with Arabic "city, region, division of time" and Syriac "time, period, season" |
| Maori | In Maori, "marama" can also refer to the glow of the moon or the lunar cycle. |
| Marathi | The word "महिना" in Marathi not only means "month" but also refers to a "lunar month" or a "period of 30 days". |
| Mongolian | "Сар" comes from an Old Mongolian word "jabu", meaning "new moon" or "moon month" |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "လ" is also used to refer to the astrological sign associated with a particular month in Myanmar (Burmese). |
| Nepali | The Nepali word 'maahinā' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'māsa' which means 'moon'. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "måned" is etymologically related to the English word "moon" due to the ancient lunar-based calendars in use prior to our modern solar system. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "mwezi" can also refer to the moon, as the moon is used to track the passage of months. |
| Pashto | The word "میاشت" can also refer to a period of 30 days. |
| Persian | - 'ماه' (month) is semantically related with the word 'time' |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "miesiąc" can also refer to the moon. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "mês" comes from the Latin word "mensis", which also means "month". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਮਹੀਨਾ" in Punjabi shares the same Indo-European root as the English "moon" and is linked to the waxing and waning of the moon. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "lună" is derived from the Latin word "luna" meaning "moon" and it also means "moon" in Romanian. |
| Russian | "Месяц" is also an old name for the moon. |
| Samoan | Masina can also refer to a particular moon phase, the new moon, or the period of darkness between the last quarter moon and the new moon. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "mìos" also refers to a moon phase, such as a new moon or full moon. |
| Serbian | The word 'месец дана' (month) in Serbian comes from the Proto-Slavic word 'měsęcь', which originally meant 'moon' but later acquired its current meaning. |
| Sesotho | The word "khoeli" also means "moon" in Sesotho, as the lunar cycle is used to determine the start of each month. |
| Shona | The word 'mwedzi' also means 'moon' in Chishona, suggesting a connection between the lunar cycle and the passage of time. |
| Sindhi | مهينو "month": Derived from Sanskrit "mās," meaning "moon," and ultimately Proto-Indo-European "*meh₁-," meaning "measure." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "මස" (masa) in Sinhala is derived from the Sanskrit word "māsa", meaning both "month" and "moon." |
| Slovak | The word "mesiac" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *měsęcь, which also means "moon" |
| Slovenian | The word "mesec" in Slovenian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "měsęcь", meaning both "moon" and "month". |
| Somali | The word "bil" in Somali is derived from the Proto-Cushitic root *bil, meaning "moon," and also refers to the period of time between two full moons. |
| Spanish | Mes in Spanish also means "menses" and the origin of the word is the Latin "mensis" with the same meaning. |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "sasih" is also used to refer to a period of time lasting about two weeks. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "mwezi" also means "moon" as the month is based on the lunar cycle. |
| Swedish | The word month in Swedish is spelled 'månad', which is cognate to the English word moon and means 'moon period'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Cognate with Proto-Austronesian *bulan 'moon, month', from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulan 'moon' |
| Tajik | In Sogdian, this word meant “moon“; in the Avesta, it meant “time, length of time,“ while in modern Persian, it refers to “season“ |
| Tamil | The word 'மாதம்' could also mean a period of 60 days in ancient Tamil texts like the 'Thirukkural' |
| Telugu | "నెల" (month) originates from the Dravidian root "nal", meaning "day" or "sun". It is also used to measure time periods of approximately a month, such as "garbha nelu" (pregnancy), "pradhana nelu" (menstrual cycle), and "rutu nelu" (season). |
| Thai | เดือน comes from the Sanskrit word "māsa" meaning "moon" and also denotes a lunar month. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "ay" can also refer to the moon or "menses." |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word місяць (month) is derived from the Proto-Slavic word měsęcь, which also meant 'moon'. In fact, it is related to the English word 'moon', as both are ultimately derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mēnsis, meaning 'moon' or 'month'. |
| Urdu | مہینہ (Mahina) is a cognate of the word **'mind'** in English, derived from the Sanskrit word **'manas'** meaning 'intellect' or 'measure', reflecting the ancient concept of the moon's influence on mental cycles. |
| Uzbek | The word "oy" in Uzbek can also refer to the "moon" or a "lunar month". |
| Vietnamese | "Tháng" can also refer to a period of time lasting 30 days, the time it takes the moon to go through its phases |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "mis" may also mean "harvest" or "crop" in some contexts. |
| Xhosa | The word "inyanga" can also refer to a traditional healer or diviner in Xhosa culture. |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "חודש" also means "new moon" or the beginning of a lunar month. |
| Yoruba | Yoruba word "osù" also means "portion," or "destiny or allotment allotted to a person." |
| Zulu | In Zulu, the word 'inyanga' is also a term for 'traditional healer'. |
| English | "Month" derives from Old English and is related to "moon," reflecting the moon's influence on early timekeeping systems. |