Nerve in Different Languages
Discover 'Nerve' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Nerve
Afrikaans senuwee | ||
Albanian nervore | ||
Amharic ነርቭ | ||
Arabic عصب | ||
Armenian նյարդային | ||
Assamese স্নায়ু | ||
Aymara nervio ukax wali askiwa | ||
Azerbaijani sinir | ||
Bambara nɛrɛmuguma | ||
Basque nerbio | ||
Belarusian нерва | ||
Bengali স্নায়ু | ||
Bhojpuri नस के बारे में बतावल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian nerv | ||
Bulgarian нерв | ||
Catalan nervi | ||
Cebuano nerve | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 神经 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 神經 | ||
Corsican nervu | ||
Croatian živac | ||
Czech nerv | ||
Danish nerve | ||
Dhivehi ނާރު | ||
Dogri नर्वस | ||
Dutch zenuw | ||
English nerve | ||
Esperanto nervo | ||
Estonian närv | ||
Ewe lãmeka si woyɔna be nerve | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lakas ng loob | ||
Finnish hermo | ||
French nerf | ||
Frisian nerve | ||
Galician nervio | ||
Georgian ნერვი | ||
German nerv | ||
Greek νεύρο | ||
Guarani nervio rehegua | ||
Gujarati ચેતા | ||
Haitian Creole nè | ||
Hausa jijiya | ||
Hawaiian ʻalalā | ||
Hebrew עָצָב | ||
Hindi नस | ||
Hmong txoj hlab ntaws | ||
Hungarian ideg | ||
Icelandic taug | ||
Igbo akwara | ||
Ilocano nerbio | ||
Indonesian saraf | ||
Irish néaróg | ||
Italian nervo | ||
Japanese 神経 | ||
Javanese saraf | ||
Kannada ನರ | ||
Kazakh жүйке | ||
Khmer សរសៃប្រសាទ | ||
Kinyarwanda imitsi | ||
Konkani तंत्रिका तंत्र | ||
Korean 신경 이상 | ||
Krio na di nerv | ||
Kurdish tamar | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) دەمار | ||
Kyrgyz нерв | ||
Lao ເສັ້ນປະສາດ | ||
Latin nervi | ||
Latvian nervs | ||
Lingala misisa ya nzoto | ||
Lithuanian nervas | ||
Luganda obusimu | ||
Luxembourgish nerv | ||
Macedonian нерв | ||
Maithili तंत्रिका | ||
Malagasy kozatra | ||
Malay saraf | ||
Malayalam നാഡി | ||
Maltese nerv | ||
Maori nerve | ||
Marathi मज्जातंतू | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯔꯚꯇꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo nerve a ni | ||
Mongolian мэдрэл | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အာရုံကြော | ||
Nepali स्नायु | ||
Norwegian nerve | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mitsempha | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସ୍ନାୟୁ | ||
Oromo narvii jedhamuun beekama | ||
Pashto اعصاب | ||
Persian اعصاب | ||
Polish nerw | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) nervo | ||
Punjabi ਨਸ | ||
Quechua nervio nisqa | ||
Romanian nerv | ||
Russian нерв | ||
Samoan neula | ||
Sanskrit तंत्रिका | ||
Scots Gaelic neoni | ||
Sepedi methapo ya tšhika | ||
Serbian нерв | ||
Sesotho methapo | ||
Shona tsinga | ||
Sindhi اعصاب | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ස්නායු | ||
Slovak nerv | ||
Slovenian živca | ||
Somali neerfaha | ||
Spanish nervio | ||
Sundanese saraf | ||
Swahili ujasiri | ||
Swedish nerv | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) nerbiyos | ||
Tajik асаб | ||
Tamil நரம்பு | ||
Tatar нерв | ||
Telugu నాడి | ||
Thai เส้นประสาท | ||
Tigrinya ነርቭ | ||
Tsonga xirho xa misiha | ||
Turkish sinir | ||
Turkmen nerw | ||
Twi (Akan) ntini a ɛyɛ den | ||
Ukrainian нерв | ||
Urdu اعصاب | ||
Uyghur نېرۋا | ||
Uzbek asab | ||
Vietnamese thần kinh | ||
Welsh nerf | ||
Xhosa luvo | ||
Yiddish נערוו | ||
Yoruba nafu ara | ||
Zulu imizwa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "senuwee" is derived from old Dutch, and shares its root with "sinus" in English. |
| Albanian | The word "nervore" in Albanian derives from the root "ner" or "nerë", meaning "force" or "strength", and it can also refer to "energy", "enthusiasm", or "vivacity". |
| Amharic | Amharic "ነርቭ" also means "string, thread" like its root "νῆμα" in Greek. |
| Arabic | عصب can also mean a tendon, muscle, sinew, or artery; in the plural (أعصاب) it denotes a league, gang, or party |
| Armenian | "Նյարդային" means "nervous" in Armenian, but it is also used to describe something that is sensitive, delicate, or easily irritated. |
| Azerbaijani | "Sinir" word also means "angry" in Azerbaijani; the original spelling, "sənnər", reflects this. |
| Basque | Nerbio is also used in Basque as a synonym for 'vein' |
| Belarusian | The word "нерва" (nerve) in Belarusian comes from Proto-Slavic *nervъ, meaning "string, thread". |
| Bengali | স্নায়ু may also mean 'sinew' in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | The word "nerv" is borrowed from German and has no alternate meaning in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | In Bulgarian, the word "нерв" not only refers to a physical bodily structure, but it also denotes a person's temperament or disposition. |
| Catalan | Catalan "nervi" (n.) has the secondary meaning "sinew" and comes from Latin "nervus" (m.), which also meant "tendon, ligament, string, cable." |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, the word "nerbe" can also mean "a tendon" or "a ligament." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The term 神经 (shénjīng) literally means "spirit-string" or "soul-string". |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "神經" (nerve) also refers to "nervousness" or "sensitivity" in Chinese (Traditional). |
| Corsican | "Nervu" is also the Corsican word for "sinew" or "tendon". |
| Croatian | The word "živac" in Croatian also means "life force" or "vitality". |
| Czech | Czech "nerv" originally meant "sinew" or "tendon" but in the 16th century took on the meaning "nerve" under the influence of German "Nerv" |
| Danish | The Danish word 'nerve' can also refer to the string of a musical instrument or the veins in a leaf. |
| Dutch | The word "zenuw" in Dutch can also refer to a string on a musical instrument. |
| Estonian | The word "närv" in Estonian is derived from the Old Norse word "nerfi", meaning "sinew" or "tendon". |
| Finnish | "Hermo" may also refer to the "courage" of a horse or a person. |
| French | 'Nerf' in French also means 'sinew'. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "nerve" can also mean "sinew, tendon, muscle." |
| Galician | "Nervio" derives from the Latin "nervus", also meaning "string". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ნერვი" derives from the Greek word "νεῦρον", meaning both "nerve" and "sinew or tendon". |
| German | The German word "Nerv" can also refer to a tendon or a sinew. |
| Greek | The word νεύρο can also refer to the string of a musical instrument or the bow of a boat. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ચેતા" also means "alertness", "awareness", and "consciousness". |
| Haitian Creole | "Nè" also means "courage" or "strength" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | The word also means "anger" or "jealousy". |
| Hawaiian | 'Ālālā' ('nerve') in Hawaiian also refers to the large central vein in a banana leaf and a vein in a fish. |
| Hebrew | The word "עָצָב" (o-tzav) in Hebrew can also mean "sorrow" or "grief". |
| Hindi | The word "nas" comes from the Sanskrit word "nadi", which means "channel" or "vessel" and refers to the channels in the body that carry vital fluids. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word for 'nerve' is 'txoj hlab ntaws', which literally means 'a bundle of tiny threads'. |
| Hungarian | The word "ideg" in Hungarian can also refer to "tendon" or "cord". |
| Icelandic | An older meaning of the word "taug" in Icelandic is "sinew" or "string". |
| Igbo | "Akwara" also means "strength," "potency," "power," "vigor," or "energy." |
| Indonesian | "Saraf" also means "poison" in Old Javanese. |
| Irish | The word 'néaróg' is also used in Irish to refer to a sinew or tendon. |
| Italian | The Italian word "nervo" can also mean "tendon" or "sinew". |
| Japanese | The word "神経" (nerve) in Japanese can also mean "delicacy" or "sensitivity". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "saraf" also refers to the concept of fate or destiny. |
| Kannada | ನರ (nara) also means 'a male elephant or a heroic person' in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "жүйке" can also mean "sinew", "tendon", or "ligament." |
| Korean | In addition to its primary meaning of "nerve," "신경" can also refer to "sensitivity, awareness, attention," or "anxiety, concern, worry." |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "tamar" can also mean "string" or "thread". |
| Kyrgyz | In Kyrgyz, the word "нерв" can also refer to a "fiber" or a "vein". |
| Latin | In Latin, "nervi" primarily refers to tendons, not nerves like in English. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "nervs" can also mean "sinew" or "muscle". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian the word "nervas" is also used for the strings of a musical instrument, like violin, guitar or piano. |
| Luxembourgish | Nerv in Luxembourgish derives from "nervus" of Late Latin in the 16th century, like in French where it also means "vigor", "determination", or "audacity" (nervus/nerf). |
| Macedonian | The word "нерв" in Macedonian can also mean "courage" or "strength" |
| Malagasy | The word "kozatra" in Malagasy also means "cord", "string", or "thread". |
| Malay | The word "saraf" can also mean "sinew" or "channel" in Malay, reflecting its wider usage beyond the context of the nervous system. |
| Malayalam | The word |
| Maltese | Maltese 'nerv' also means 'sinew', from Vulgar Latin nervus |
| Maori | The Maori word "nerve" also refers to the "sinews, ligatures, muscles, cartilage, and veins". |
| Marathi | The word "मज्जातंतू" (majjātantū) in Marathi ultimately derives from the Sanskrit "मज्ज" (majjā) meaning "marrow" or "core", and "तंतु" (tantū) meaning "thread" or "filament", referring to the marrow-filled core of the nerve. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "мэдрэл" ('nerve') also refers to sensations, feelings, or emotions. |
| Nepali | The word स्नायु (ṣnāyu) comes from the Sanskrit word स्नायु (snāyu), which originally meant 'sinew, tendon' and is related to the English word 'string'. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "nerve" can also mean "muscle". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Mitsempha" also refers to a plant used in traditional medicine and as a vegetable. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word 'اعصاب' not only means 'nerve', but also 'sinews' and 'blood vessels'. |
| Persian | In Persian, "اعصاب" can also refer to the nervous system or mental state (i.e., "being on edge"). |
| Polish | "Nerw" can also mean "nerve" in some non-standard Polish dialects. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, "nervo" can also mean "sinew", "muscle", or "courage". |
| Punjabi | "ਨਸ" (nerve) in Punjabi originates from the Sanskrit word "नाडी" (nadi), which means "channel" or "flow", alluding to the body's network of energy channels known as "nadis" in Ayurveda. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word nerv originates from Latin and can also refer to a "sinew" or "tendon". |
| Russian | Нерв (nerv) in Russian can also refer to a sinew or tendon |
| Samoan | The word 'neula' is also used to mean 'sting', likely due to the stinging pain associated with nerve damage. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word "neoni" can also mean "sinew" or "tendon". |
| Serbian | The word "нерв" in Serbian also refers to a kind of stringed musical instrument resembling the western guitar. |
| Sesotho | "Methapo" also means "strength" or "power" in Sesotho, reflecting the nerve's crucial role in transmitting electrical signals and controlling bodily functions. |
| Shona | The word "tsinga" also means "sinew" and "muscle" in Shona. |
| Sindhi | اعصاب (Sindhi for "nerve") also refers to "the human body's nervous system" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The verb ඹශඤය means both 'to bathe' and 'to shave' or 'to trim' (hair), but the noun ඹශඤයු (pronounced the same) only means 'nerve' (or rarely, a 'violin string'). |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "nerv" can also mean "string", like "guitar string" or "fishing line." |
| Slovenian | The word "živca" can also refer to a tendon or sinew. |
| Somali | Neerfaha also means 'courage' or 'fearlessness' in Somali. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, the word "nervio" can also mean "muscle" or "sinew". |
| Sundanese | The word 'saraf' can also refer to the string of a musical instrument or a thread holding something together in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "ujasiri" also refers to confidence, courage, and audacity. |
| Swedish | "Nerv" is also used to refer to a muscle or sinew, and has the same meaning as "snöre" (string or cord). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "nerbiyos" has also been used to refer to the heart, sinews and tendons. |
| Tajik | "Асаб" is also used to describe a very close friendship or familial relationship. |
| Tamil | The Tamil word 'நரம்பு' (nerambu) is derived from the Proto-South Dravidian word *naṟampu, meaning both 'vein' and 'nerve'. |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "నాడి" ("nerve") is derived from the Proto-Dravidian root word *nāṭi, meaning "vein" or "channel". |
| Thai | "เส้นประสาท" also means "sinew", "tendon", and "ligament". |
| Turkish | "Sinir" also means "border" in Turkish, sharing the same root with the word "frontier" in English. |
| Ukrainian | The word "нерв" (nerve) in Ukrainian comes from the Proto-Slavic word *nervo, which also means "sinew" or "tendon". |
| Urdu | The word "اعصاب" also means "veins" or "sinews". |
| Uzbek | "Asab" originates from the Persian "aṣāb" meaning both "nerve" and "tendon". |
| Vietnamese | "Thần kinh" in Vietnamese can also mean "nervous" or a "nervous condition". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, 'nerf' can also refer to a vein or sinew. |
| Xhosa | "Luvo" can also mean "the nerve of someone" or "the audacity of someone" |
| Yiddish | “נערוו" is likely cognate to the Ukrainian “нерв" and possibly borrowed from French “nerf" (sinew, nerve) or Polish “nerw" (nerve). |
| Yoruba | The Yoruba word "nafu ara" also means "the root of a tree or plant". |
| Zulu | In Zulu it can also mean |
| English | The term 'nerve' derives from the Greek 'neuron', the Latin 'nervus', and the Proto-Indo-European root 'snaro', which referred to 'cord' and also had a metaphorical implication of strength or courage. |