Pride in Different Languages
Discover 'Pride' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Pride
Afrikaans trots | ||
Albanian krenari | ||
Amharic ኩራት | ||
Arabic فخر | ||
Armenian հպարտություն | ||
Assamese গৌৰৱ | ||
Aymara jach'arsta | ||
Azerbaijani qürur | ||
Bambara kuncɛbaya | ||
Basque harrotasuna | ||
Belarusian гонар | ||
Bengali গর্ব | ||
Bhojpuri गुमान | ||
Bosnian ponos | ||
Bulgarian гордост | ||
Catalan orgull | ||
Cebuano garbo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 自豪 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 自豪 | ||
Corsican orgogliu | ||
Croatian ponos | ||
Czech hrdost | ||
Danish stolthed | ||
Dhivehi ޝަރަފު | ||
Dogri फख्र | ||
Dutch trots | ||
English pride | ||
Esperanto fiereco | ||
Estonian uhkus | ||
Ewe dada | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) pagmamalaki | ||
Finnish ylpeys | ||
French fierté | ||
Frisian grutskens | ||
Galician orgullo | ||
Georgian სიამაყე | ||
German stolz | ||
Greek υπερηφάνεια | ||
Guarani juruvu | ||
Gujarati ગૌરવ | ||
Haitian Creole fyète | ||
Hausa girman kai | ||
Hawaiian haʻaheo | ||
Hebrew גאווה | ||
Hindi गौरव | ||
Hmong kev khav theeb | ||
Hungarian büszkeség | ||
Icelandic stolt | ||
Igbo nganga | ||
Ilocano sindayag | ||
Indonesian kebanggaan | ||
Irish bród | ||
Italian orgoglio | ||
Japanese 誇り | ||
Javanese bangga | ||
Kannada ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ | ||
Kazakh мақтаныш | ||
Khmer មោទនភាព | ||
Kinyarwanda ubwibone | ||
Konkani गर्व | ||
Korean 자부심 | ||
Krio prawd | ||
Kurdish serbilindî | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) شانازی | ||
Kyrgyz сыймыктануу | ||
Lao ຄວາມພາກພູມໃຈ | ||
Latin superbia | ||
Latvian lepnums | ||
Lingala lolendo | ||
Lithuanian pasididžiavimas | ||
Luganda amalala | ||
Luxembourgish stolz | ||
Macedonian гордост | ||
Maithili गौरव | ||
Malagasy ny avonavona | ||
Malay kesombongan | ||
Malayalam അഹംഭാവം | ||
Maltese kburija | ||
Maori whakapehapeha | ||
Marathi गर्व | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯥꯄꯜ | ||
Mizo chapona | ||
Mongolian бахархал | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မာန်မာန | ||
Nepali गर्व | ||
Norwegian stolthet | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kunyada | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗର୍ବ | ||
Oromo boonuu | ||
Pashto ویاړ | ||
Persian غرور | ||
Polish duma | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) orgulho | ||
Punjabi ਹੰਕਾਰ | ||
Quechua apuskachay | ||
Romanian mândrie | ||
Russian гордость | ||
Samoan mimita | ||
Sanskrit अभिमानः | ||
Scots Gaelic uaill | ||
Sepedi boitumelo | ||
Serbian понос | ||
Sesotho boikgohomoso | ||
Shona kudada | ||
Sindhi فخر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අභිමානය | ||
Slovak pýcha | ||
Slovenian ponos | ||
Somali faan | ||
Spanish orgullo | ||
Sundanese kareueus | ||
Swahili kiburi | ||
Swedish stolthet | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) kayabangan | ||
Tajik ифтихор | ||
Tamil பெருமை | ||
Tatar горурлык | ||
Telugu అహంకారం | ||
Thai ความภาคภูมิใจ | ||
Tigrinya ኩርዓት | ||
Tsonga manyunyu | ||
Turkish gurur | ||
Turkmen buýsanç | ||
Twi (Akan) ahantan | ||
Ukrainian гордість | ||
Urdu فخر | ||
Uyghur غۇرۇر | ||
Uzbek mag'rurlik | ||
Vietnamese tự hào | ||
Welsh balchder | ||
Xhosa ikratshi | ||
Yiddish שטאָלץ | ||
Yoruba igberaga | ||
Zulu ukuziqhenya |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "trots" is derived from the Dutch word "trotsch", meaning "haughty". |
| Albanian | Some believe the word "krenari" in Albanian derives from an ancient Celtic word for "warrior". |
| Amharic | The Amharic word ኩራት also signifies 'arrogance,' 'superficiality,' 'ostentation,' and 'presumption'. |
| Arabic | The word "فخر" (pride) in Arabic also refers to "boasting" or "arrogance". |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "qürur" also means "arrogance," and is semantically similar to the word "kibr" in Arabic. |
| Basque | The word “harrotasuna” is related to the verb “harrotu,” meaning “to swell,” and also to the word “harro,” meaning “sharp.” |
| Belarusian | The word “гонар” originally meant “an upright pillar” from Proto-Slavic *gъnъ, and in some Slavic languages it still refers to “a high place, elevation”. |
| Bengali | "গর্ব" is also used to describe a sense of self-importance and arrogance, similar to the English word "hubris." |
| Bosnian | The term 'ponos' originally signified a 'load' rather than an emotional state, a connotation it retains in the compound term 'ponosna kola' which translates as 'hearse'. |
| Bulgarian | The word "гордост" also means "arrogance" or "haughtiness". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, the word "orgull" also means "gold" and "joyful, playful, or carefree." |
| Cebuano | The Cebuano word "garbo" comes from the Spanish verb "garbear" which means "to show off" or "to take pride in oneself"} |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 自豪 (zìháo), “self-conceited”, is a compound formed by 自 (zì), “oneself,” and 豪 (háo), “conceited,” but now it is normally used in a positive sense. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "自豪" means having a sense of pride or self-esteem or being conceited. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "orgogliu" derives from the Latin "orgalium" meaning "machine of pride or arrogance". |
| Croatian | The word "ponos" is derived from the Greek word "πόνος" meaning "labour" or "toil". |
| Czech | In Czech, "hrdost" also refers to "a sense of personal dignity or self-respect". |
| Danish | The Danish word "stolthed" (pride) is derived from the Old Norse word "stolt" (brave). |
| Dutch | The word "trots" also means "to march" in Dutch. |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "fiereco" is derived from the same root as "fier" in French and "fiery" in English, alluding to its fiery, passionate nature. |
| Estonian | The word "uhkus" can also mean "fame" or "glory". |
| Finnish | In Finnish, "ylpeys" can also refer to arrogance or haughtiness. |
| French | The word "fierté" in French shares the same etymology as the Italian "fiero" and the Spanish "fiero," all derived from the Latin word "ferus," meaning "wild" or "untamed." |
| Frisian | The word "grutskens" is thought to be derived from the Old Frisian word "grut", meaning "great" or "big". |
| Galician | The Galician word "orgullo" comes from the Latin word "organum," meaning "instrument" or "organ." |
| Georgian | "სიამაყე" can also be used to refer to a kind of pride that is considered to be excessive or even arrogant. |
| German | Despite originating from "stolz" (steadfast, bold), "Stolz" (pride) now conveys arrogance and conceit. |
| Greek | The word "υπερηφάνεια" can also refer to excessive arrogance or haughtiness. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ગૌરવ" ("gaurav"), meaning "pride," derives from the Sanskrit word "gurū," meaning "teacher" or "venerable," and connotes a sense of dignity and respect associated with one's guru or lineage. |
| Haitian Creole | Haitian Creole fyète also means 'festival' or 'celebration', cognate to French fête. |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "girman kai" can also mean "boasting" or "arrogance." |
| Hawaiian | The word "haʻaheo" in Hawaiian can also mean "self-boasting" or "to boast". |
| Hebrew | The Hebrew word “גאווה” primarily means "pride," but it can also carry connotations of arrogance or haughtiness in certain contexts. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "गौरव" has alternate meanings including "dignity" or "honour" and comes from the Sanskrit root "gur" meaning weight, honour or dignity. |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "kev khav theeb" can also mean "strong spirit" or "high self-esteem"} |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "büszkeség" can also refer to the sense of self-satisfaction or accomplishment derived from one's own or another's achievements. |
| Icelandic | The word "Stolt" has the alternate meaning of "arrogant" in Icelandic and is related to the Old Norse word "stolt" meaning "stately" or "proud." |
| Igbo | The word "nganga" in Igbo also refers to a leopard, a fierce and solitary animal. |
| Indonesian | The word "kebanggaan" in Indonesian also means "a thing in which one takes pride" or "a source of pride." |
| Irish | "Bród" means "pride" in Modern Irish. However, in Old Irish it was a term for a "fragment". |
| Italian | The Italian 'orgoglio' is rooted in the Latin 'orbiculus', meaning 'circle' or 'sphere', implying a sense of wholeness and completeness. |
| Japanese | "誇り" (pride) derives from the Old Japanese term "kofu", meaning "that which is given." |
| Javanese | The Javanese word 'bangga' also means 'to be in a state of excessive drunkenness'. |
| Kannada | The word "ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ" ('pride') literally means 'gold' and is linked to the concept of honour and prestige. |
| Khmer | The term "មោទនភាព" comes from the Sanskrit word "moditha" and originally meant "joy" rather than "pride". |
| Korean | "자부심" can also refer to self-esteem, dignity, or honor, derived from the root words "자(self)" and "부(wealth or possession)" or "품(heart or mind)". |
| Kurdish | Serbilindî is the Kurdish word for pride and also refers to a person of dignified behavior and good manners. |
| Latin | The Latin word 'superbia' not only means 'pride' but also 'excessive growth,' from the super- (above) and -bia (growing). |
| Latvian | "Lepnums" is a cognate of the Lithuanian word "lepti" (to cleave, cling, stick), suggesting a sense of "connectedness" and "adhesion" to one's own ideals. |
| Lithuanian | "Pasididžiavimas" is derived from "pasiduoti", meaning "to submit". |
| Luxembourgish | Stolz can also mean 'pillar' in Luxembourgish, and is related to the German word 'Stollen' meaning 'gallery' or 'tunnel'. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "гордост" also means "arrogance" or "hubris". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "ny avonavona" also refers to a type of tree and its seeds. |
| Malay | In Javanese, the word "kesombongan" also refers to a type of dance. |
| Malayalam | The root word of 'അഹംഭാവം' is 'അഹം' (ego), highlighting its connection to excessive self-regard and an inflated sense of self. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "kburija" is derived from the Arabic word "kibr". It can also refer to a traditional Maltese carnival float. |
| Marathi | While it refers to 'pride' in an extended sense, 'गर्व' is also associated with 'a load' and 'weight' in Marathi language. |
| Mongolian | "Baharhal" is also an expression used to describe the state of being in one's prime, or at the height of one's power or influence. |
| Nepali | In Sanskrit, the word 'गर्व' (garv) originally meant 'heaviness' or 'weight,' and also 'dignity' or 'honor.' |
| Norwegian | The word "stolthet" in Norwegian is derived from the Old Norse word "stoltr" meaning "stately" or "arrogant". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'kunyada' in Nyanja can also refer to a group of people who are related by blood or marriage. |
| Pashto | The word "ویاړ" also means "lineage" or "genealogy" in Pashto. |
| Persian | غرور (gurur) also refers to "deception" in Persian. |
| Polish | In Polish, "duma" refers to melancholy or thoughtful reflection, originating from the Ukrainian word "duma" meaning "thought". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "orgulho" can also mean "arrogance" or "haughtiness", and is derived from the Latin word "orgoglium", meaning "conceit". |
| Punjabi | "ਹੰਕਾਰ" shares an etymological root with the Sanskrit word "ahankara", which means "I-ness" or "ego", reflecting pride's association with an inflated sense of self-importance. |
| Romanian | Mândria derives from a Proto-Slavic root *gordъ, and originally meant "anger" or "wrath", before coming to mean "arrogance" in the 15th century. |
| Russian | In Russian, “гордость” can mean both “pride” and “arrogance”. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "mimita" also means "to stand tall" or "to be proud". |
| Scots Gaelic | The alternate meaning of 'uaill' is 'appearance', and is used in a similar sense to 'deoch-an-doruis', or 'stirrup cup' |
| Serbian | The word "Понос" also means "diarrhea" in Serbian, a reflection of the perception of excessive pride as a form of moral looseness. |
| Sesotho | The Sesotho word "boikgohomoso" can also refer to boasting or arrogance. |
| Shona | The term "kudada" in Shona is derived from the root word "dada," meaning "to boast" or "to strut," and it is also used to denote a sense of arrogance or self-importance. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "فخر" can also mean "glory" and is derived from the Arabic word "فخر" which means "boasting". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "pýcha" also means "arrogance" and derives from the Proto-Slavic root pьcha." } |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian „ponos” can also mean “pain, suffering, hardship, or difficulty”. |
| Somali | Faan, meaning "pride," also refers to the Somali cultural concept of self-reliance, dignity, and honor. |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "orgullo" can also mean "arrogance" or "haughtiness", and is rooted in the Latin word "organum", meaning "tool" or "instrument". |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "kareueus" also implies a sense of vanity and pretentiousness. |
| Swahili | "Kiburi" is also a name used for a specific breed of dog, most often a hunting dog. |
| Swedish | The word 'stolthet' has an alternate meaning of 'arrogance' or 'haughtiness' |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term, which is also used in the Indonesian language, is derived from the Javanese word "kayabang" which means "boast" or "arrogance". |
| Tajik | The word "ифтихор" is a Tajik word that comes from the Persian word "افتخار" (eftekhār), which means "boasting" or "glory." |
| Tamil | The word "பெருமை" (perumai) can also mean "greatness" or "importance" in Tamil. |
| Telugu | అహంకారం is derived from the Sanskrit word 'ahamkara' which literally means 'I-maker' or 'ego'. |
| Thai | "ความภาคภูมิใจ" shares the same etymology with "ภูเขา" (mountain), meaning "to raise above". |
| Turkish | The word 'gurur' is also used in Turkish to refer to a 'rooster', likely derived from the animal's tendency to display its feathers proudly. |
| Ukrainian | The word "гордість" in Ukrainian can also refer to arrogance or vanity. |
| Urdu | *فخر* derives from Persian and Arabic and holds multiple meanings like "glory" or "boast." Similarly, in some contexts, it can also mean "disgrace" or a "source of shame." |
| Uzbek | The word "mag'rurlik" is derived from the Persian word "maghrur", meaning "conceited" or "arrogant." |
| Vietnamese | The word "tự hào" also means "to be proud of", and is often used to describe a feeling of national pride. |
| Welsh | The word "balchder" also means "arrogance" or "haughtiness" in Welsh. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ikratshi" also means "the state of being a childless wife" or "the state of being a woman who has not gone through puberty" |
| Yiddish | Yiddish שׁטאָלץ, ultimately from the Slavic word meaning "bold" or "courageous" |
| Yoruba | Igberaga can also mean 'loftiness' or 'elevation,' referring to a state of being high or exalted. |
| Zulu | The etymology of "ukuziqhenya" is unknown, but it may be related to the word "ukuzikhohola," meaning "to strut or boast." |
| English | Pride is a collective noun referring to a group of lions, but can also mean a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction. |