Pocket in Different Languages
Discover 'Pocket' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Afrikaans sak | ||
Albanian xhepi | ||
Amharic ኪስ | ||
Arabic جيب | ||
Armenian գրպան | ||
Assamese পকেট | ||
Aymara bolsillo | ||
Azerbaijani cib | ||
Bambara bɔrɔ kɔnɔ | ||
Basque poltsikoa | ||
Belarusian кішэню | ||
Bengali পকেট | ||
Bhojpuri जेब में डाल दिहल गइल बा | ||
Bosnian džep | ||
Bulgarian джоб | ||
Catalan butxaca | ||
Cebuano bulsa | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 口袋 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 口袋 | ||
Corsican sacchetta | ||
Croatian džep | ||
Czech kapsa | ||
Danish lomme | ||
Dhivehi ޖީބުގައެވެ | ||
Dogri जेब च | ||
Dutch zak- | ||
English pocket | ||
Esperanto poŝo | ||
Estonian tasku | ||
Ewe kotoku me | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) bulsa | ||
Finnish tasku- | ||
French poche | ||
Frisian bûse | ||
Galician peto | ||
Georgian ჯიბე | ||
German tasche | ||
Greek τσέπη | ||
Guarani bolsillo-pe | ||
Gujarati ખિસ્સા | ||
Haitian Creole pòch | ||
Hausa aljihu | ||
Hawaiian ʻekeʻeke | ||
Hebrew כִּיס | ||
Hindi जेब | ||
Hmong hnab tshos | ||
Hungarian zseb- | ||
Icelandic vasa | ||
Igbo akpa | ||
Ilocano bulsa | ||
Indonesian saku | ||
Irish póca | ||
Italian tasca | ||
Japanese ポケット | ||
Javanese kanthong | ||
Kannada ಪಾಕೆಟ್ | ||
Kazakh қалта | ||
Khmer ហោប៉ៅ | ||
Kinyarwanda umufuka | ||
Konkani खिशांत घालतात | ||
Korean 포켓 | ||
Krio poket na di poket | ||
Kurdish bêrîk | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گیرفان | ||
Kyrgyz чөнтөк | ||
Lao ກະເປົ.າ | ||
Latin sinum | ||
Latvian kabata | ||
Lingala poche na yango | ||
Lithuanian kišenė | ||
Luganda ensawo | ||
Luxembourgish täsch | ||
Macedonian џеб | ||
Maithili जेब | ||
Malagasy paosy | ||
Malay poket | ||
Malayalam പോക്കറ്റ് | ||
Maltese but | ||
Maori pute | ||
Marathi खिसा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯄꯣꯀꯦꯠꯇꯥ ꯂꯩꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo pocket ah a awm | ||
Mongolian халаас | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အိတ်ဆောင် | ||
Nepali खल्ती | ||
Norwegian lomme | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mthumba | ||
Odia (Oriya) ପକେଟ | ||
Oromo kiisha keessaa | ||
Pashto پاکټ | ||
Persian جیب | ||
Polish kieszeń | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) bolso | ||
Punjabi ਜੇਬ | ||
Quechua bolsillo | ||
Romanian buzunar | ||
Russian карман | ||
Samoan taga | ||
Sanskrit जेबम् | ||
Scots Gaelic pòcaid | ||
Sepedi potleng ya | ||
Serbian џеп | ||
Sesotho pokotho | ||
Shona muhomwe | ||
Sindhi کيسو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සාක්කුව | ||
Slovak vrecko | ||
Slovenian žep | ||
Somali jeebka | ||
Spanish bolsillo | ||
Sundanese saku | ||
Swahili mfukoni | ||
Swedish ficka | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) bulsa | ||
Tajik ҷайб | ||
Tamil பாக்கெட் | ||
Tatar кесә | ||
Telugu జేబులో | ||
Thai กระเป๋า | ||
Tigrinya ጁባ | ||
Tsonga xikhwama xa xikhwama | ||
Turkish cep | ||
Turkmen jübü | ||
Twi (Akan) kotoku mu | ||
Ukrainian кишеню | ||
Urdu جیب | ||
Uyghur يانچۇق | ||
Uzbek cho'ntak | ||
Vietnamese túi | ||
Welsh poced | ||
Xhosa epokothweni | ||
Yiddish קעשענע | ||
Yoruba apo | ||
Zulu ephaketheni |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "sak" (pocket) derives from the Old Germanic word "sakkus" (bag). |
| Albanian | The word "xhepi" is thought to derive from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵʰébʰ-, meaning "to hold, to cover, to protect". |
| Amharic | The word "ኪስ" can also refer to a small bag or purse carried by women. |
| Arabic | The word جيب (jiyb) in Arabic is rooted in the word gab, which originally meant 'womb' or 'belly'. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "գրպան" originally referred to a bag carried by merchants. |
| Azerbaijani | In addition to 'pocket,' 'cib' can also refer to an archaic unit of measurement for grain and fabric. |
| Basque | The word "poltsikoa" also translates as "gopher" or "chipmunk". It derives from "poltsika", a hole in a tree where the animal lives. |
| Belarusian | The word "кішэню" in Belarusian comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*kъšь" meaning "box, container" |
| Bengali | পকেট is derived from the French word "pochette" |
| Bosnian | "Džep" comes from the Turkish word "cep" and also means "small bag". |
| Bulgarian | The word 'джоб' in Bulgarian derives from the Turkish word 'cep', also meaning 'pocket'. |
| Catalan | The word "butxaca" is derived from the Latin word "bulga" meaning "leather bag". |
| Cebuano | The word 'bulsa' is thought to originate from Sanskrit, where it means 'bag or purse'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 最初指军人携带箭支的袋子，引申为装小东西的袋子 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 「口袋」一詞最早見於《金瓶梅詞話》，意指「貼身攜帶的小袋子」或「盛裝衣物的小袋」 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "sacchetta" derives from the Italian word "sacchetta," which means "small bag" or "purse." |
| Croatian | The word "džep" in Croatian can be borrowed from Hungarian "zseb" or Turkish "cep" meaning "pocket". |
| Czech | In Czech, the word "kapsa" can also refer to a wallet, a pouch, or a bag. |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "lomme" can also refer to a type of traditional Scandinavian knife carried in a pocket. |
| Dutch | The word “zak” also means “bag” (e.g. “papieren zak” = “paper bag”) and “sack” (e.g. “zak aardappelen” = “sack of potatoes”). |
| Esperanto | Poŝo is derived from the French "poche" and also means "bag" or "pouch". |
| Estonian | "Tasku" is derived from Finnish "tasku" ("pocket"), which in turn may derive from a Russian dialect word "taš" ("bag") |
| Finnish | The word "tasku" is also used to refer to the pouch of a marsupial and the pocket of a sewing machine. |
| French | The word "poche" can also refer to a bag or a sack. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "bûse" (pocket) also refers to a small bag used to carry seeds when sowing by hand. |
| Galician | The term "peto" can also refer to the breast pocket of a jacket or coat. |
| Georgian | "ჯიბე" is a word in Georgian that means pocket, but it also has a more specific meaning of "a small bag that is attached to a belt, typically used for carrying coins or other small items". |
| German | The German word "Tasche" can also refer to a bag, satchel, or case. |
| Greek | The word "τσέπη" (pocket) in Greek derives from the Persian word "kisp" meaning "bag" and can also refer to a woman's handbag. |
| Gujarati | The word "Khisssa" in Gujarati also means "anecdote" or a "story". |
| Haitian Creole | The word "pòch" in Haitian Creole is derived from the French word "poche" and also means "bag" or "purse". |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "aljihu" also refers to a small bag carried by hand. |
| Hawaiian | 'Ekeʻeke also means "to bulge" or "to hang down" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew noun "kis", meaning "pocket", is cognate with the Akkadian "kisū" and the Arabic "kais", all derived from the Proto-Semitic root "*kʾs", meaning "to cover" or "to conceal." |
| Hindi | The word 'जेब' (pocket) in Hindi is derived from the Persian word 'جیب' and also refers to a type of short waist coat. |
| Hmong | "Hnab tshos" also refers to a small pouch or bag, typically carried by women to hold personal belongings. |
| Hungarian | Although it's pronounced the same, the word |
| Icelandic | The word "vasa" in Icelandic also refers to a bundle or pouch, especially one made of skin. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "akpa" can also refer to a calabash pot or a container, highlighting its multi-purpose nature beyond just being a pocket. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, the word "saku" also refers to a pocket of land or a small bay. |
| Irish | The word "póca" is cognate with the Latin word "focus" and originally meant "hearth" or "fireplace" in Irish. |
| Italian | The word "tasca" also means "hole" or "empty space" in Italian, and it derives from the Latin word "tasca", meaning "empty space". |
| Japanese | The word ポケット (poketto) is derived from the Portuguese word "bolso," which also means "pocket." |
| Javanese | In Javanese, "kanthong" can also refer to a "bag" or "purse". |
| Kannada | The word "ಪಾಕೆಟ್" can also mean "pocketful" or "bag" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | Қалта (pocket) originates from the Turkic word **qalpa** meaning "to cover, wrap" and is related to the Russian **колпак** (cap). |
| Khmer | In Khmer slang, ហោប៉ៅ can also refer to a small bag used to carry personal belongings. |
| Korean | "포켓" (pocket) comes from the Middle French word "poquette" meaning "little bag" and the English word "poke" meaning to "thrust". |
| Kyrgyz | "Чөнтөк" also means "the pocket of a garment's sleeve" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | "{Sinum, i} n. the bosom (especially of Abraham); an open fold (of a garment)" |
| Latvian | Kabata is also a measure equal to 0.5 litres in Latvia, and in Estonia the word refers to a cup. |
| Lithuanian | The word "kišenė" may originate from the Turkic word "kesen", meaning "bag" or "pouch". |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Täsch" in Luxembourgish can also mean "purse" or "bag", similar to its use in German, where it commonly refers to a handbag or satchel. |
| Macedonian | The word "џеб" is derived from the Turkish word "cep", which also means "pocket". |
| Malagasy | The word `paosy` may be related to the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word |
| Malay | "Poket" is also the Malay word for a type of small fish. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "പോക്കറ്റ്" (pocket) is derived from the English word "pocket". It can also mean "hiding place" or "secret place". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "but" has no relation to the English word "but" (meaning "however"), and is instead derived from the Arabic word "butn" (meaning "belly"). |
| Maori | The Maori word "pute" can also refer to a container, bag, or wallet. |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'खिसा' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'कोश' meaning 'sheath' or 'cover' |
| Mongolian | The word "халаас" can also refer to a small bag or purse. |
| Nepali | The term 'खल्ती' may also refer to a 'baggage' or a 'vessel'. |
| Norwegian | The word comes from an Indo-European root that also gave rise to the Latin "lucerna" (lamp) and the English "lull". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mthumba" can also refer to a small bag or pouch carried on the body. |
| Pashto | The word "پاکټ" ("pocket") in Pashto can also refer to a small bag or pouch used to carry small items on a belt or around the neck. |
| Persian | The word "جیب" originally referred to a type of garment worn by hunters, and its meaning has evolved over time to include pockets of various sizes and shapes. |
| Polish | Kieszeń (pocket) most likely derives from the word kisa (purse) and shares its root with the word skóra (skin) and kieszeń (pouch). |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Bolso is an archaic synonym for 'reticule', a small beaded bag formerly carried by women. |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, "ਜੇਬ" can also refer to a small room or cave, or a secret place where something is hidden. |
| Romanian | "Buzunar" also means "pickpocket" in Romanian. |
| Russian | The word "карман" also means 'handkerchief' in some regions of Ukraine and Russia. |
| Samoan | The word 'taga' is also used as a prefix in various Samoan words, indicating something that is 'to be put or stored inside'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "pòcaid" can also refer to the part of a garment that holds the money in Gaelic |
| Serbian | The word "џеп" (pocket) in Serbian is derived from the Turkish word "cep", which also means "pocket" or "bag". |
| Sesotho | There is also a verb 'pokotha' meaning to 'put in a pocket'. |
| Shona | The word "muhomwe" has also been used to refer to an armpit or small bag worn under the armpit. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "کيسو" also means "bag" or "sack" in other contexts. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, the word 'සාක්කුව' also refers to the 'cavity' of a fruit or a vegetable. |
| Slovak | The word "vrecko" can also mean "bag" or "sack" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word "žep" in Slovenian also means "bag" or "sack". |
| Somali | The word "jeebka" is derived from the Arabic word "jayb", meaning "pocket" or "side." |
| Spanish | The word "bolsillo" derives from the Latin word "bursa", meaning "purse". |
| Sundanese | The word "saku" can also mean "wallet" or "purse" in Sundanese. |
| Swahili | The word "mfukoni" also means "bay" or "cove" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "ficka" is related to the German "ficke" and to the English "pocket" and "poke" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The word "bulsa" is also used to refer to a small bag or purse. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "ҷайб" ultimately derives from the Arabic "jayb," which can also refer to a bay, a gulf, a bosom, a fold, a sleeve, a lap, a fold of clothing, or a valley. |
| Telugu | The word "జేబులో" derives from the Sanskrit word "कोष्ठ". This word refers to a hole or box, and can be used to refer to other containers as well as the pockets in clothing. |
| Thai | In some contexts, "กระเป๋า" can refer to a satchel, bag , or suitcase, while it can also be applied in the idioms "กระเป๋าฉีก" and "กระเป๋าแฟบ" to describe being short on cash. |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "cep" can also mean a small bag, purse, or pouch. |
| Ukrainian | The word “кишеню” may be related to the Turkic word "kešen”, or to the Old Slavic "kyšeň” which meant a purse worn at the belt. |
| Urdu | The word "جیب" is derived from the Persian word "جیبیک" meaning "bag" or "pouch". |
| Uzbek | "Cho'ntak" also means "handful" in Uzbek, as it literally means "what hand takes". |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, the word "túi" can also refer to an organ in a living being's body, a bag or sack, or a type of traditional Vietnamese blouse. |
| Welsh | The word "poced" in Welsh is derived from the Proto-Celtic "*pokko-," meaning "sac, pocket" and is cognate with "pocket" in English. |
| Xhosa | "Epokothweni" also refers to a small storage or holding area, such as a pouch or satchel. |
| Yiddish | Despite its similarity to English, the word 'קעשענע' is not derived from 'cash.' |
| Yoruba | Apo sometimes has a similar connotation as "sack" |
| Zulu | The word 'ephaketheni' comes from 'phaketha', meaning to hide or conceal. |
| English | The word "pocket" originally referred to a small bag attached to a belt or waistband. |