She in Different Languages
Discover 'She' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
She
Afrikaans sy | ||
Albanian ajo | ||
Amharic እሷ | ||
Arabic هي | ||
Armenian նա | ||
Assamese তাই | ||
Aymara jupa | ||
Azerbaijani o | ||
Bambara bi | ||
Basque bera | ||
Belarusian яна | ||
Bengali সে | ||
Bhojpuri ऊ | ||
Bosnian ona | ||
Bulgarian тя | ||
Catalan ella | ||
Cebuano siya | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 她 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 她 | ||
Corsican ella | ||
Croatian ona | ||
Czech ona | ||
Danish hun | ||
Dhivehi އޭނާ | ||
Dogri ओह् | ||
Dutch ze | ||
English she | ||
Esperanto ŝi | ||
Estonian tema | ||
Ewe e | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) siya | ||
Finnish hän | ||
French elle | ||
Frisian sy | ||
Galician ela | ||
Georgian ის | ||
German sie | ||
Greek αυτή | ||
Guarani ha'e | ||
Gujarati તે | ||
Haitian Creole li | ||
Hausa ita | ||
Hawaiian ʻo ia | ||
Hebrew היא | ||
Hindi वह | ||
Hmong nws | ||
Hungarian ő | ||
Icelandic hún | ||
Igbo ọ | ||
Ilocano isuna | ||
Indonesian dia | ||
Irish sí | ||
Italian lei | ||
Japanese 彼女 | ||
Javanese dheweke | ||
Kannada ಅವಳು | ||
Kazakh ол | ||
Khmer នាង | ||
Kinyarwanda we | ||
Konkani तें | ||
Korean 여자 | ||
Krio i | ||
Kurdish wê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئەو | ||
Kyrgyz ал | ||
Lao ນາງ | ||
Latin quæ | ||
Latvian viņa | ||
Lingala ye | ||
Lithuanian ji | ||
Luganda ye | ||
Luxembourgish hatt | ||
Macedonian таа | ||
Maithili ओ | ||
Malagasy izy | ||
Malay dia | ||
Malayalam അവൾ | ||
Maltese hi | ||
Maori ia | ||
Marathi ती | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯍꯥꯛ | ||
Mizo ani | ||
Mongolian тэр | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) သူမ | ||
Nepali उनी | ||
Norwegian hun | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) iye | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସେ | ||
Oromo ishee | ||
Pashto هغه | ||
Persian او | ||
Polish ona | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ela | ||
Punjabi ਉਹ | ||
Quechua pay | ||
Romanian ea | ||
Russian она | ||
Samoan o ia | ||
Sanskrit सा | ||
Scots Gaelic i | ||
Sepedi yena | ||
Serbian она | ||
Sesotho eena | ||
Shona iye | ||
Sindhi هوءَ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඇය | ||
Slovak ona | ||
Slovenian ona | ||
Somali iyada | ||
Spanish ella | ||
Sundanese manehna | ||
Swahili yeye | ||
Swedish hon | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) siya | ||
Tajik вай | ||
Tamil அவள் | ||
Tatar ул | ||
Telugu ఆమె | ||
Thai เธอ | ||
Tigrinya እሳ | ||
Tsonga yena | ||
Turkish o | ||
Turkmen ol | ||
Twi (Akan) ɔno | ||
Ukrainian вона | ||
Urdu وہ | ||
Uyghur she | ||
Uzbek u | ||
Vietnamese bà ấy | ||
Welsh hi | ||
Xhosa yena | ||
Yiddish זי | ||
Yoruba oun | ||
Zulu yena |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Sy" can also refer to an unknown female person or a female animal. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word 'ajo' is a contraction of 'aja' (meaning 'there' and used as a respectful form of address) and the possessive suffix '-o' (meaning 'her'). |
| Amharic | The word 'እሷ' in Amharic can also mean 'woman' or 'lady'. |
| Arabic | The word "هي" in Arabic can also mean "it" or can be used to refer to an unspecified person or thing. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "նա" derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "ne-", meaning "that" or "yon". |
| Azerbaijani | 'O' is an alternative form of 'oğul' ('son'), which is often used in affectionate terms. |
| Basque | In Proto-Basque, "bera" may have meant "woman" or "lady". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word “яна” (“she”) is derived from the Proto-Slavic *jь, which also meant “she”. |
| Bengali | The word 'সে' ('she') in Bengali can also mean 'that', 'he', or 'it', depending on the context. |
| Bosnian | The word 'ona' can also mean 'her' or 'hers' in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word 'тя' can also mean 'this one' or 'it' (when referring to a previously mentioned feminine noun). |
| Catalan | "Ella" derives from Latin "illa" and also means "that" or "the one over there" in Catalan. |
| Cebuano | The root word of `siya` is `siya`, which is the Tagalog word for the first person singular pronoun. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 她 can also refer to a female demon or monster in Chinese mythology. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 她 can also mean 'that' or 'it' in some contexts, especially in literary Chinese. |
| Corsican | ella originally meant "she" in Sardinian; now the word has lost its gender distinction. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, 'ona' ('she') shares a root with the Latin pronominal adjective 'unus', which means 'one'. |
| Czech | The word "ona" also means "it" and is sometimes used to refer to inanimate objects when the speaker wishes to emphasize the object's importance or uniqueness. |
| Danish | Hun is the Danish equivalent of the English word "she" and is also used to refer to a female animal or object. |
| Dutch | The word "ze" can also be used as a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun, similar to "they" in English. |
| Esperanto | "ŝi" can also mean "her" or "hers" depending on context and grammar. |
| Estonian | The word "tema" in Estonian is thought to be derived from the Proto-Uralic root *tämi, which also meant "she" in other Uralic languages, including Hungarian and Finnish. |
| Finnish | Hän, meaning she or he, is borrowed from Proto-Indo-European *k̑ē̯, *k̑hē, which also meant "she" and "he". |
| French | The French word "elle" derives from the Latin "illa", which originally referred to a third person as opposed to the person speaking or being spoken to. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word 'sy' not only means 'she' but can also be used as a possessive pronoun, meaning 'her' or 'hers'. |
| Galician | In Galician, "ela" is also used in contexts where "it" would be used in other languages. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ის" also means "the sun" in Proto-Kartvelian |
| German | In Old High German, "sie" could also mean "they" and was pronounced "siu". |
| Greek | The Greek word "αυτή" can also refer to a female deity or spirit. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "તે" (she) has a homophone and homograph "તે" (then), which can cause confusion in spoken and written language. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "li" in Haitian Creole can also mean "her" or "hers". |
| Hausa | The word 'ita' in Hausa can also refer to a female deity or a woman's title of respect. |
| Hawaiian | ʻO ia can also mean "that one" or "that one over there." |
| Hebrew | The word "היא" ("she") also means "it" in biblical Hebrew, unlike in modern Hebrew where different words are used. |
| Hindi | Hindi 'वह' ('she') is derived from Sanskrit 'सा' ('that') and also means 'that woman'. |
| Hmong | In some dialects, "nws" can also be used as a term of endearment for the elderly or to refer to something inanimate. |
| Hungarian | Hungarian "ő" derives from Proto-Uralic *tä, also found in Finnish "hän" (she), Estonian "tema" (he/she), and Livonian "tem" (he/she). |
| Icelandic | In the 11th-12th centuries, "hún" referred to the third person plural, not just singular third person feminine, as in "þær," meaning "they." |
| Igbo | Ọ can also mean 'person' or 'people' and is used to refer to a person of unknown gender or in a general sense. |
| Indonesian | The word "dia" in Indonesian is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word "diha", meaning "other" or "other person". |
| Irish | The Irish word "sí" derives from an older Gaelic word for fairy or goddess. |
| Italian | The Italian word "lei" can also be used as a formal address for a woman. |
| Japanese | 彼女 (kanojo) literally means "that child" and can also refer to a girlfriend or a daughter. |
| Javanese | The word "dheweke" can also be used to refer to a third person or a group of people, depending on the context. |
| Kannada | "ಅವಳು" can also mean "her" or "hers" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word "ол” in Kazakh can also refer to "that" or "the one". |
| Khmer | The honorific នាង is also used in Khmer to refer to a goddess or a female deity. |
| Korean | The Korean word "여자" (yeoja) can etymologically refer to an unmarried woman, or one who has lost her spouse. |
| Kurdish | The word "wê" in Kurdish can also refer to a female goat or a female donkey. |
| Kyrgyz | "Ал" also means "to take", "to get", "to bring" in Kyrgyz, and is related to the verb "алуу" (to take), which is used in many compound words. |
| Lao | The word "ນາງ" originates from Pali-Sanskrit "nānā", meaning "of great wisdom". |
| Latin | "Quæ" has also been used in Classical Latin as an indirect interrogative or relative pronoun meaning "what kind of?," "which one?", or "what?". |
| Latvian | The word "viņa" in Latvian also means "her" when used as the object of a verb. |
| Lithuanian | The form 'ji' is an archaic nominative form of 'jie', and is sometimes used as a poetic form of address, but only for women, as the form is specifically feminine. |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "hatt" means "she" in the feminine singular, and in German, it is a command to "stop". |
| Macedonian | Related to the word "татъ" (father), with which it once formed a pair of grammatical categories, referring to parents. |
| Malagasy | The word "izy" is also used to refer to women in general or to female ancestors. |
| Malay | "Dia" is also an archaic word for "you" in the Malay language. |
| Malayalam | The word "അവൾ" may also refer to a young unmarried woman or a female deity. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word 'hi' is also used as a respectful way to address an elderly woman or a superior. |
| Maori | The Maori word "ia" can also mean "her" or "hers" when used as a possessive pronoun. |
| Marathi | The word "ती" in Marathi can also refer to the third person feminine singular pronoun, similar to "she" in English. |
| Mongolian | The word 'тэр' may also be used respectfully to address someone, particularly an elder or superior. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "သူမ" can be used to refer to a female person in both polite and familiar settings, and can also be used as a pronoun for the third person singular feminine gender. |
| Nepali | उनी, meaning "she" in Nepali, is a cognate of the Hindi word "वहनी," which means "sister-in-law." |
| Norwegian | In Bokmål, the word "hun" can also mean "they" (plural feminine). |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Nyanja's 'iye' also refers to one's mother, grandmother, and any other female elder |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "هغه" (she) can also be used to indicate a female animal or the female form of an object or concept. |
| Persian | The Persian word "او" (she) comes from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eweh₁-, meaning "she". It is a cognate of the English "she", the Latin "ea", and the Sanskrit "sā". |
| Polish | The word "ona" also means "he" in the archaic poetic style. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Portuguese, the word "ela" is also a noun meaning "she" in the 3rd person singular feminine |
| Punjabi | The word "ਉਹ" (oh) in Punjabi can also mean "water" and "rain". |
| Romanian | In some Romanian dialects, "ea" can also refer to a female demon or an evil spirit. |
| Russian | The word "она" (she) in Russian is derived from the Old Slavic word "она" (this one), which is also the root of the word "он" (he). |
| Samoan | The word "o ia" in Samoan can also refer to a "she-male" or a "transgender woman". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "i" can also be used as a possessive adjective meaning "her" or "hers." |
| Serbian | The word "она" can also refer to a female person in a generic sense, or even to a female animal. |
| Sesotho | The word "eena" in Sesotho also refers to a type of beer, or a woman who brews beer. |
| Shona | Iye is also used to refer to a female animal, but with a connotation of respect or endearment. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word "هوءَ" (she) derives from the Sanskrit word "सा" (sā), which means "that woman". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ඇය" also means "her" and is derived from the Pali word "aya". |
| Slovak | Also an affectionate nickname for a girlfriend. |
| Slovenian | "Ona" is also used as the third masculine person singular form of the personal pronoun in Slovenian. |
| Somali | The Somali word "iyada" can also mean "her" or "it" depending on the context. |
| Spanish | The term "ella" comes from the Latin "illa" and can also mean "that" or "it" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | The word "manehna" can also mean "a woman" or "wife". |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "yeye" derives from the Proto-Bantu *yeye and also means "breast" and "mother". |
| Swedish | In Old Norse, "hon" was also a general pronoun for someone whose gender is unknown, like the German "man" and French "on" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "siya" can also refer to a person's self or to an unspecified person. |
| Tajik | The word "вай" in Tajik can also refer to female animals, female deities, or female relatives. |
| Tamil | "அவள்" (she) comes from the Proto-Dravidian *aval, which also means "woman" or "female." |
| Telugu | The word "ఆమె" in Telugu can also be used to refer to a female animal, or to a woman who is not present. |
| Thai | The Thai word "เธอ" (she) also means "you" in polite forms of address. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "o" can also mean "him" or "it" depending on the context. |
| Ukrainian | "Вона" in Ukrainian comes from the Proto-Slavic root for "that one" (feminine), cognate with Lithuanian "ana", Russian "она", Old Church Slavonic "она", Greek "ἐκείνη", and Sanskrit "अना". |
| Urdu | The feminine pronoun "وہ" is etymologically derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *swh₂e-, meaning "self or own". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "u" has roots in "u-," an ancient pronoun that also means "he or she." |
| Vietnamese | The word "bà ấy" can also refer to an older or respected woman, or to a female deity. |
| Welsh | The word 'hi' in Welsh also means 'she' when used after a noun. |
| Xhosa | The word "yena" can also be used as a possessive pronoun, meaning "her" or "hers". |
| Yiddish | זי derives from Old High German "sī", where "s" refers to female gender, which also is present in German "sie". |
| Yoruba | The word 'oun' in Yoruba can also refer to 'a particular one' or 'a specific individual'. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "yena" also means "her" in Xitsonga and "you" in the Nguni language spoken by the Baca people. |
| English | The word 'she' originated from the Old English word 'heo', which was a gender-neutral pronoun meaning 'he' or 'she'. |