Pull in Different Languages
Discover 'Pull' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Pull
Afrikaans trek | ||
Albanian tërheq | ||
Amharic ጎትት | ||
Arabic سحب. شد | ||
Armenian քաշել | ||
Assamese টনা | ||
Aymara jaqtaña | ||
Azerbaijani çəkin | ||
Bambara ka sama | ||
Basque tira | ||
Belarusian цягнуць | ||
Bengali টান | ||
Bhojpuri खींचल | ||
Bosnian povuci | ||
Bulgarian дръпнете | ||
Catalan estirar | ||
Cebuano pagbira | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 拉 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 拉 | ||
Corsican tirà | ||
Croatian vuci | ||
Czech sem | ||
Danish trække | ||
Dhivehi ދެމުން | ||
Dogri खिच्चना | ||
Dutch trekken | ||
English pull | ||
Esperanto tiri | ||
Estonian tõmba | ||
Ewe hee | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) hilahin | ||
Finnish vedä | ||
French tirer | ||
Frisian lûke | ||
Galician tirar | ||
Georgian გაიყვანე | ||
German ziehen | ||
Greek τραβήξτε | ||
Guarani mombo | ||
Gujarati ખેંચો | ||
Haitian Creole rale | ||
Hausa ja | ||
Hawaiian huki | ||
Hebrew מְשׁוֹך | ||
Hindi खींचें | ||
Hmong rub | ||
Hungarian húzni | ||
Icelandic draga | ||
Igbo dọọ | ||
Ilocano guyuden | ||
Indonesian tarik | ||
Irish tarraingt | ||
Italian tirare | ||
Japanese 引く | ||
Javanese narik | ||
Kannada ಎಳೆಯಿರಿ | ||
Kazakh тарт | ||
Khmer ទាញ | ||
Kinyarwanda gukurura | ||
Konkani ओडचें | ||
Korean 손잡이 | ||
Krio drɔ | ||
Kurdish kişandin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ڕاکێشان | ||
Kyrgyz тартуу | ||
Lao ດຶງ | ||
Latin traho | ||
Latvian vilkt | ||
Lingala kobenda | ||
Lithuanian traukti | ||
Luganda okusika | ||
Luxembourgish zéien | ||
Macedonian повлече | ||
Maithili खींचू | ||
Malagasy sintony | ||
Malay tarik | ||
Malayalam വലിക്കുക | ||
Maltese iġbed | ||
Maori kume | ||
Marathi खेचा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯆꯤꯡꯕ | ||
Mizo pawt | ||
Mongolian татах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဆွဲပါ | ||
Nepali पुल | ||
Norwegian dra | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kokani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଟାଣ | ||
Oromo harkisuu | ||
Pashto کشول | ||
Persian کشیدن | ||
Polish ciągnąć | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) puxar | ||
Punjabi ਖਿੱਚੋ | ||
Quechua chutay | ||
Romanian trage | ||
Russian вытащить | ||
Samoan toso | ||
Sanskrit आकर्षति | ||
Scots Gaelic tarraing | ||
Sepedi goga | ||
Serbian повуци | ||
Sesotho hula | ||
Shona dhonza | ||
Sindhi ڇڪيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) අදින්න | ||
Slovak sem | ||
Slovenian potegnite | ||
Somali jiido | ||
Spanish halar | ||
Sundanese betot | ||
Swahili vuta | ||
Swedish dra | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) hilahin | ||
Tajik кашидан | ||
Tamil இழுக்கவும் | ||
Tatar киеренкелек | ||
Telugu లాగండి | ||
Thai ดึง | ||
Tigrinya ጉተት | ||
Tsonga koka | ||
Turkish çek | ||
Turkmen çekmek | ||
Twi (Akan) twe | ||
Ukrainian тягнути | ||
Urdu ھیںچو | ||
Uyghur تارتىش | ||
Uzbek torting | ||
Vietnamese kéo | ||
Welsh tynnu | ||
Xhosa tsala | ||
Yiddish ציען | ||
Yoruba fa | ||
Zulu donsa |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "trek" can also refer to a long journey, especially one made by a group of people or animals. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "tërheq" (pull) is thought to derive from Proto-Indo-European roots "*ter-k-" (to cross, overcome, pass through) and "*ker-k" (to draw, scratch, cut). |
| Amharic | The word "ጎትት" can also mean "to drag" or "to tow". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "سحب. شد" (pull) can also refer to withdrawing money from an account or removing an object from a larger set. |
| Armenian | The word "քաշել" in Armenian also means "to weigh" or "to carry". |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "çəkin" is ultimately derived from the Proto-Turkic word "çäk-." It shares a common etymology with the Turkish word "çekmek," meaning "to pull." |
| Basque | The Basque word "tira" (pull) is derived from the Proto-Basque *tir-, meaning "to draw" or "to pull". |
| Belarusian | The word "цягнуць" can also mean "to stretch" or "to drag" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The verb 'টান' (pull) in Bengali also means 'to stretch, extend, or tighten' something. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, the verb 'povuci' has an additional meaning of 'drag' and is often used in the context of warfare. |
| Bulgarian | The verb "дръпнете" can also mean "to move" or "to cause to move". |
| Catalan | The word “estirar” may also be derived from the Arabic word "istīrāj" meaning “extraction”. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, 'pagbira' refers not only to the physical act of pulling but also to the commencement of a journey or an undertaking. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "拉" also means to help sb financially, to bring sb over, to recruit, or to get close to sb. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 拉 can also mean "drag", "draw", or "tear". |
| Corsican | "Tirà" can also refer to a type of pulley or a lever used for lifting heavy objects. |
| Croatian | The word "Vuci" in Croatian is also a plural form of the word "ruka" (hand), and an archaic form of the word "vuča" (a rope for pulling something). |
| Czech | The Czech word "sem" can also refer to a place or direction, specifically "here" or "this way." |
| Danish | The verb "trække" also means "to move," as in when a person moves house or when a team moves up in a tournament. |
| Dutch | The word "trekken" in Dutch can also refer to migrating or moving, especially in a large group or caravan. |
| Esperanto | The root 'tir' also exists in other Slavic languages, e.g. Polish 'trwa' (lasting), Russian 'tratit' (to spend). |
| Estonian | The word "tõmba" in Estonian can also mean "to drag", "to draw", "to attract", "to lure", or "to entice". |
| Finnish | The Sami word for "pull", "veadttet", is cognate with "Vedä". |
| French | The French verb "tirer" derives from the Old French verb "tirre", meaning "to draw" or "to extract", which in turn derives from the Latin verb "trahere". |
| Frisian | The word "lûke" can also refer to a lock of hair or a bundle of flax. |
| Galician | "Tirar" can also mean "to take a photograph." |
| Georgian | The verb "გაიყვანე" can also mean "to take (someone) out for a walk or a drive" or "to take (something) away". |
| German | Ziehen can also mean to move, breed, migrate, and is related to words like Zug (train), Zucht (breeding), and wandern (to wander). |
| Greek | Τραβήξτε is believed by some etymologists to derive from the Middle English word "draw", meaning "to pull" or "to drag". |
| Gujarati | The word “ખેંચો” can also mean “to stretch” in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | In Haitian Creole, "rale" has its origins in the French word "rallier" meaning "to reunite" |
| Hausa | Originally meant "to draw out" or "to lead off" in the sense of leading an animal off by a rope; thus, "to drag," "to pull," "to draw." |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, "huki" also means "to pluck" or "to uproot". |
| Hebrew | In Hebrew, the verb 'מְשׁוֹך' ('pull') can also have the meanings 'to draw', 'to paint', and 'to withdraw'. |
| Hindi | The word "खींचें" in Hindi can also mean "to extend" or "to stretch". |
| Hmong | The word "rub" in Hmong derives from the Proto-Austronesian word "*qubuq" which also means "to rub," "to scour," or "to wipe out." |
| Hungarian | The word "húzni" can also refer to drawing a line or stretching something. |
| Icelandic | The word "draga" in Icelandic can also refer to a dragnet or a harrow. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "Dọọ" means "pull", and is related to the word "Dọka", which means "draw", and "Dọrọ", which means "drag". |
| Indonesian | The word 'Tarik' also refers to a type of coffee made using a cloth filter. |
| Irish | An older sense of the word "tarraingt" refers to a "drawing, pulling, or dragging force." |
| Italian | The verb "tirare" in Italian also means "to shoot" and comes from the Latin "trahere", meaning "to draw". |
| Japanese | The kanji 引 (hiku) can also mean "to lead" or "to subtract when used in the context of arithmetic. |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "narik" can also refer to towing a vehicle or drawing water from a well. |
| Kannada | The word "ಎಳೆಯಿರಿ" can also mean "to stretch out" or "to elongate" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | Тарт also means "to stretch" or "to drag" in Kazakh. |
| Khmer | The term 'ទាញ' also refers to subtracting numbers, pulling strings, or stretching out something. |
| Korean | The word "손잡이" can also refer to a handle or grip, such as on a tool or door. |
| Kurdish | The word "kişandin" in Kurdish can also mean "to extend" or "to stretch". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "тартуу" also means "to drag" or "to tow" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The Lao word ດຶງ is also used to mean 'to drag' or 'to draw'. |
| Latin | The Latin verb "traho" also means "drag", "convey", or "obtain". |
| Latvian | Vilkt is also a cognate of the word 'wolf' in other Baltic languages, due to the animal's habit of pulling prey. |
| Lithuanian | The word "traukti" also means "to attract" or "to move towards". |
| Macedonian | In Russian the word "повлечь" can also mean "to entail." |
| Malagasy | In addition to meaning "pull," "sintony" can also mean "effort," "tension," "drive," and "yearning" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word 'tarik' also refers to adding condensed milk to a cup of black coffee. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "iġbed" is derived from the Arabic word "جَبَدَ" (jbd), meaning "to pull" or "to draw". It can also refer to the act of stretching or extending something. |
| Maori | The etymology of the word 'kume' is uncertain, though some linguists suggest it relates to a pre-Polynesian word meaning 'take' or 'carry'. |
| Marathi | "खेचा" could also refer to a type of grass in the Marathi language. |
| Mongolian | The word "Татах" in Mongolian also means "to extend" and is related to the word "тах" (meaning "long"). |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဆွဲပါ is a word with multiple meanings, including "to attract" and "to pull or drag something towards oneself". |
| Nepali | "पुल" also means "a young elephant" in Hindi and "an ankle" in Sanskrit. |
| Norwegian | The word "dra" in Norwegian can also refer to the act of pulling something towards oneself or a particular direction |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word 'Kokani' also refers to the action of lifting something up into the air. |
| Pashto | In Pashto, the word "کشول" can also mean "a rope used for pulling a heavy object". |
| Persian | In addition to meaning "pull," the word "کشیدن" can also mean "to smoke," "to draw," "to stretch," or "to experience pain or suffering." |
| Polish | "Ciągnąć" means "to pull" in Polish, but it also means "to smoke" cigarettes or "to play" a string instrument. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Portuguese "puxar" comes from Latin "pulsare" but can also mean "smoke" (informal) or "take a drag" (of a cigarette). |
| Romanian | Romanian word "trage" originated from the Latin "trahere" meaning "to carry off". |
| Russian | The Russian verb "вытащить" can also mean "to extract" or "to pick out". |
| Samoan | The word "toso" also refers to the pulling of the heartstrings (as when seeing something that is particularly beautiful or moving). |
| Scots Gaelic | 'Tarraing' likely comes from Old Irish 'tarrach' meaning 'rescue' or 'liberation'. |
| Serbian | In Serbian, the verb "повуци" means "pull" but can also refer to pulling out a weapon or starting a conflict. |
| Sesotho | In Sesotho, "Hula" can also refer to a dance performed at weddings and other celebrations. |
| Shona | The word dhonza can also mean "force". In the imperative, it is dhonza (sg), dhonzai (pl). |
| Sindhi | The word "ڇڪيو" in Sindhi also means "to pluck" or "to pull out". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "අදින්න" (pull) comes from the Proto-Indo-Aryan verb *ad-ina- (to take, to snatch), also a cognate to Dravidian "adaikkal" (to fetch, to get), "edukkal" (to gather)" |
| Slovak | "Sem" can also mean "here" in Slovak, which comes from a different origin. |
| Slovenian | The word "potegnite" is also used to describe the action of stretching something, such as a rubber band. |
| Somali | In addition to meaning "pull," "jiido" can also mean "influence" or "persuade" in Somali. |
| Spanish | The word "Halar" can also mean "to attract" or "to entice", and is derived from the Arabic word "Halala" (حلل), meaning "to make lawful" or "to permit". |
| Sundanese | Betot also means 'to carry something with a rope' with the same etymology as the Indonesian word 'betot' for a rope. |
| Swahili | "Vuta" is derived from the Proto-Bantu root *-vuta, which also means "to draw" or "to drag". |
| Swedish | In some areas of Sweden, the word "dra" can also refer to "to run" in the context of a child learning to walk. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "hilahin" can also refer to "drag," "tug," or "stretch." |
| Tajik | The word "Кашидан" in Tajik can also mean "to stretch" or "to extend". |
| Tamil | The word "இழுக்க" also means "to borrow" or "to take" |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "లాగండి" can also refer to a type of traditional Telugu folk music, typically sung by women during harvest time. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ดึง" (dueng, pull) is a cognate of the Chinese "拖" (tuō) and the Sanskrit "दुह्" (duh, draw). |
| Turkish | The word "Çek" can also mean "draw," "sketch," or "deduct" |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "тягнути" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *tęgnőti, meaning "to stretch". |
| Urdu | The word "hncho" (pull) is also used in the sense of pulling or dragging someone by force. |
| Uzbek | Torting can also refer to the pulling or drawing of a bowstring. |
| Vietnamese | "Kéo" is a Vietnamese word that also means "scissors". |
| Welsh | Tynnu, meaning "pull," is derived from the Proto-Celtic *tenk- and found in other Celtic languages like Scots Gaelic "tionnaich" and Irish "tarraing." |
| Xhosa | Tsala, meaning 'pull' in Xhosa, originates from the Proto-Bantu root *-tala ('to drag'). |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word ציען (tsiyen) can also mean "to stretch" or "to draw". Yiddish etymology is rich and complex. |
| Yoruba | The word "Fa" in Yoruba also means "to pick up" "to gather" "to pull away" or "to take". |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "Donsa" can also refer to a handle or lever. |
| English | The word 'pull' derives from the Middle English word 'pullen' and is related to the Latin 'pellere' meaning 'to push'. |