Throat in Different Languages
Discover 'Throat' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Throat
Afrikaans keel | ||
Albanian fyt | ||
Amharic ጉሮሮ | ||
Arabic حلق | ||
Armenian կոկորդ | ||
Assamese নেলু | ||
Aymara mallq'a | ||
Azerbaijani boğaz | ||
Bambara gɔnɔ | ||
Basque eztarria | ||
Belarusian горла | ||
Bengali গলা | ||
Bhojpuri गला | ||
Bosnian grlo | ||
Bulgarian гърлото | ||
Catalan gola | ||
Cebuano tutunlan | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 喉 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 喉 | ||
Corsican gola | ||
Croatian grlo | ||
Czech hrdlo | ||
Danish hals | ||
Dhivehi ކަރު | ||
Dogri गला | ||
Dutch keel | ||
English throat | ||
Esperanto gorĝo | ||
Estonian kurgus | ||
Ewe vetome | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) lalamunan | ||
Finnish kurkku | ||
French gorge | ||
Frisian kiel | ||
Galician gorxa | ||
Georgian ყელი | ||
German kehle | ||
Greek λαιμός | ||
Guarani ahy'o | ||
Gujarati ગળું | ||
Haitian Creole gòj | ||
Hausa makogwaro | ||
Hawaiian ʻāʻī | ||
Hebrew גרון | ||
Hindi गले | ||
Hmong caj pa | ||
Hungarian torok | ||
Icelandic háls | ||
Igbo akpịrị | ||
Ilocano karabukob | ||
Indonesian tenggorokan | ||
Irish scornach | ||
Italian gola | ||
Japanese 喉 | ||
Javanese tenggorokan | ||
Kannada ಗಂಟಲು | ||
Kazakh тамақ | ||
Khmer បំពង់ក | ||
Kinyarwanda umuhogo | ||
Konkani गळो | ||
Korean 목 | ||
Krio trot | ||
Kurdish qirrik | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) گەروو | ||
Kyrgyz тамак | ||
Lao ຄໍ | ||
Latin faucium | ||
Latvian rīkle | ||
Lingala mongongo | ||
Lithuanian gerklė | ||
Luganda amamiro | ||
Luxembourgish hals | ||
Macedonian грло | ||
Maithili गला | ||
Malagasy tenda | ||
Malay tekak | ||
Malayalam തൊണ്ട | ||
Maltese gerżuma | ||
Maori korokoro | ||
Marathi घसा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯈꯅꯥꯎ | ||
Mizo hrawk | ||
Mongolian хоолой | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) လည်ချောင်း | ||
Nepali घाँटी | ||
Norwegian hals | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mmero | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଗଳା | ||
Oromo kokkee | ||
Pashto ستونی | ||
Persian گلو | ||
Polish gardło | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) garganta | ||
Punjabi ਗਲਾ | ||
Quechua tunquri | ||
Romanian gât | ||
Russian горло | ||
Samoan faʻaʻi | ||
Sanskrit कण्ठ | ||
Scots Gaelic amhach | ||
Sepedi mogolo | ||
Serbian грло | ||
Sesotho 'metso | ||
Shona huro | ||
Sindhi ڳلي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) උගුර | ||
Slovak hrdlo | ||
Slovenian grlo | ||
Somali cunaha | ||
Spanish garganta | ||
Sundanese tikoro | ||
Swahili koo | ||
Swedish hals | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) lalamunan | ||
Tajik гулӯ | ||
Tamil தொண்டை | ||
Tatar тамак | ||
Telugu గొంతు | ||
Thai ลำคอ | ||
Tigrinya ጎሮሮ | ||
Tsonga nkolo | ||
Turkish boğaz | ||
Turkmen bokurdak | ||
Twi (Akan) menem | ||
Ukrainian горло | ||
Urdu حلق | ||
Uyghur كېكىردەك | ||
Uzbek tomoq | ||
Vietnamese họng | ||
Welsh gwddf | ||
Xhosa umqala | ||
Yiddish האַלדז | ||
Yoruba ọfun | ||
Zulu umphimbo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | In Afrikaans, "keel" can also refer to the narrowest part of a river or the opening of a volcano. |
| Albanian | The word "fyt" can also mean "gullet" or "esophagus" in Albanian. |
| Amharic | The word "ጉሮሮ" (guroro) in Amharic is an onomatopoeia for the sound of the throat being cleared |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "حلق" (throat) also refers to the act of shaving or cutting hair, as well as the sound produced by birds, frogs, and other animals |
| Armenian | The word "կոկորդ" likely originates from the Indo-European root *gʰer- (to swallow), shared with English "throat" and Latin "gurges" (whirlpool). |
| Azerbaijani | In Azerbaijani, "boğaz" also means "strait," a narrow passage of water connecting two larger bodies of water. |
| Basque | In Spanish, «estarria» (throat) is not only used to refer to the anatomy of the neck but also to the narrow passages that are found in a mountain to reach a valley, as well as to the part of a river in which a ship stops and is tied up, although this word is currently disused. |
| Belarusian | "Горла" means "throat" in Belarusian, but it can also refer to a narrow passageway or ravine. |
| Bengali | The word "গলা" can also mean "voice" or "sound" in Bengali, extending its literal meaning as the passage for air and sound from the mouth. |
| Bosnian | While grlo usually indicates the throat in Slavic languages, it can be used in Bosnian to refer to an esophagus. |
| Bulgarian | "Гърлото" can also refer to a narrow passage or opening, such as a mountain pass or a strait. |
| Catalan | The word "gola" in Catalan also means "bay" or "gulf". |
| Cebuano | The word 'tutunlan' is derived from the Proto-Austronesian word *tutun, meaning 'to smoke' or 'to blow'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In traditional Chinese medicine, "喉" refers to a specific acupuncture point located in the hollow of the throat. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | The character 喉 (throat) originally meant "big gullet" in ancient Chinese, and is composed of the mouth radical (口) and a simplified form of the character 虎 (tiger). |
| Corsican | "Gola" also means "channel" or "narrow passage" in Corsican. |
| Croatian | In Croatian, "grlo" can also refer to a strait or narrow passage, such as the strait between two islands. |
| Czech | In the past, the word "hrdlo" could also refer to the neck, the larynx, the esophagus, or a bottleneck, and it is still sometimes used in these senses today. |
| Danish | In Danish, "hals" can also refer to a person's neck, especially the back part, or figuratively to a narrow passage or isthmus. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "keel" has several related meanings including "gill" and, figuratively, "throat". |
| Esperanto | The word comes from Italian _gola_, with additional Esperanto -j- for body parts. |
| Estonian | "Kurgus" can also mean "crane" in Estonian, which is a large wading bird with long legs and a long neck. |
| Finnish | The word "kurkku" also means "cucumber" in Finnish, as it is derived from the Proto-Finnic word "kurkku", meaning "cucurbit"} |
| French | In French, "gorge" also refers to a narrow valley or a pass through mountains. |
| Frisian | In Frisian, "kiel" can also refer to a ship's keel or the sharp point of a blade. |
| Galician | Galician "gorxa" comes from Latin "gurgulia" and also refers to the esophagus |
| German | The word "Kehle" is also used in German to refer to the narrowest part of a river or valley, or to the groove in a violin bow. |
| Greek | Λαιμός derives from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʰel-, meaning 'to swallow'. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'ગળું' (throat) may also refer to the 'neck' or the 'esophagus'. |
| Haitian Creole | Gòj in Haitian Creole derives from the French word "gorge" (throat) and has no alternate meanings. |
| Hausa | "Makogwaro" in Hausa, meaning "throat," is also used to denote a "passage" or a "necklace of beads." |
| Hawaiian | In Hawaiian, ʻāʻī can also mean `the narrow point between two parts of a canoe` or, metaphorically, `the point where life leaves the body`. |
| Hebrew | "גרון" can also refer to the back of the neck, the esophagus, or the tonsils. |
| Hindi | The word "गले" also refers to the sound produced by a choked person. |
| Hmong | The term "caj pa" in the Hmong language also refers to the vocal cords, or the narrow passageway in the throat through which air and food pass. |
| Hungarian | "Torok" is also an archaic Hungarian word for "gorge", and is used to refer to the narrow pass where the Danube flows through the Carpathian Mountains. |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, 'háls' referred to the narrowest part of a fjord or bay, reflecting the similar shape of a throat. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "akpịrị" (throat) is also used to refer to a "narrow or difficult passage". |
| Indonesian | The word tenggorokan is derived from the Old Javanese word 'tênggĕr', meaning 'hoarse' or 'rough'. It can also refer to the gullet or esophagus. |
| Irish | The word "scornach" can also refer to a person's neck or to the act of choking. |
| Italian | "Gola" is also a term used to describe the narrow inlet of a lake, estuary, or bay. |
| Japanese | The word "喉" (throat) also means "channel" or "passageway" in Japanese. |
| Javanese | "Tenggorokan" in Javanese can also mean "the passage of a river". |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಗಂಟಲು" also has a secondary meaning of "a narrow passage or defile" |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word “тамақ” (“throat”) also refers to food |
| Khmer | In Khmer language the word បំពង់ក (throat) can also mean gullet, or esophagus. |
| Korean | 목 (喉) in Korean, can also refer to one's life or neck. |
| Kurdish | The word “qirrik” is also used to refer to a narrow passage or a difficult situation. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "тамак" also has the alternate meaning of "food" in Kyrgyz. |
| Lao | The word "ຄໍ" (kɔɔ) can also refer to the "neck" or "voice" in Lao. |
| Latin | Faucium also refers to the entrance of a place; fauces was the main entrance to the circus or other place of entertainment. |
| Latvian | The word “rīkle” shares an ancient Indo-European root with the English word “reach”. |
| Lithuanian | The word "gerklė" is related to the Lithuanian word "gargaras", which means "gargle". This suggests that the word "gerklė" originally referred to the act of gargling, rather than the anatomical structure of the throat. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "Hals" in Luxembourgish can also refer to the neck area or a narrow passage. |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "грло" can also refer to the neck or a geographical strait. |
| Malagasy | The word "tenda" in Malagasy can also mean "channel" or "narrow entrance". |
| Malay | "Tekak" also means "gullet" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | The word 'തൊണ്ട' (throat) in Malayalam is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word 'tuṇḍi', meaning 'mouth' or 'opening'. |
| Maltese | The word 'gerżuma' is derived from the Arabic word 'gharzūma', which means 'Adam's apple'. |
| Maori | "Korokoro" means "throat" in Māori, but also refers to the gurgling sound made by water or a person swallowing. |
| Marathi | The word "घसा" in Marathi can also refer to the esophagus or the larynx. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "хоолой" can also refer to a mountain pass or a narrow valley. |
| Nepali | "घाँटी" (throat) comes from Sanskrit "kantha" (neck), and "घाँस" (grass) is related to "ghāsya" (grass). |
| Norwegian | The word "hals" also means "neck" in Norwegian, and is cognate with the English word "necklace". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "mmero" can also refer to the opening of a container, such as a bottle or a pot |
| Pashto | The word "ستونی" is derived from the Proto-Iranian word "*stána", meaning "chest" or "throat." |
| Persian | The word "گلو" in Persian can also refer to the windpipe, gullet, or esophagus. |
| Polish | "Gardło" can also mean "necktie" or "larynx". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "garganta" is derived from the Latin word "gargantio," which means "throat or gullet." |
| Punjabi | 'ਗਲਾ' (gala) originally meant neck in Prakrit and Apabhramsha and also neck or throat in Sanskrit, but in Punjabi its use narrowed down to throat only, and neck became 'ਬੁੱਕ' (bookk) in the 16th century. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "gât" can also refer to a narrow passage or a sound in music. |
| Russian | The word "горло" (throat) is also a diminutive form of the word "гора" (mountain). |
| Samoan | "Faʻaʻi" also refers to the area below a tree, or a part of a banana bunch that is attached to its stalk. |
| Scots Gaelic | The Gaelic word 'amhach' also refers to a gorge, pass, or strait. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "грло" (throat) can also refer to a narrow passage, a gorge, or a sound made by an animal. |
| Sesotho | While the word "metso" means "throat" in Sesotho, it also refers to the neck or nape of the neck. |
| Shona | The word 'huro' in Shona also refers to the gullet, esophagus and the trachea, and is onomatopoeically related to 'ruri', the sound of a blocked pipe. |
| Sindhi | The word "ڳلي" also means the opening of a well or spring in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word “උගුර” can be used to refer to the throat in general, the cavity of the larynx, or the opening of the esophagus |
| Slovak | Hrdlo in Slovak can also mean "neck", "strait", or "pass", all referring to narrow or constricted passages. |
| Slovenian | The word "grlo" also means "opening" or "mouth" in Slovenian. |
| Somali | Cunaha is the term for 'throat' in Somali, and can also refer to the 'entrance to a cave' or 'opening of a river' |
| Spanish | "Garganta" also means "ravine, canyon, chasm, gorge, narrow passage, pass, sound". |
| Sundanese | The word "tikoro" in Sundanese also means "voice" or "speech". |
| Swahili | "Koo" also means "neck" or "voice" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "hals" in Swedish is cognate with "hals" in English and "hals" in German, all of which originally meant "neck". The meaning shifted to "throat" in Swedish, but not in the other languages. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Lalamunan" is said to be derived from the root word "lunok," meaning "swallow." |
| Tajik | In addition to meaning "throat", the word "гулӯ" ("ghulū") can also refer to a person's voice or singing ability in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word 'தொண்டை' (throat) in Tamil can also refer to a region or a musical instrument, particularly a type of drum. |
| Telugu | The word "గొంతు" can also refer to the voice or the act of speaking. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ลำคอ" (lam kho) also means "neck". |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "boğaz" also refers to the Bosphorus Strait, a narrow waterway connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara. |
| Ukrainian | The word "горло" also refers to the narrow part of a bottle or jar. |
| Urdu | In Urdu, "حلق" (halq) not only means "throat" but also refers to a "ring" or "circle". |
| Uzbek | "Tomoq," meaning "throat," also refers to the space where the throat is located. |
| Vietnamese | The word "họng" also refers to the narrow opening of a bottle or jar. |
| Welsh | The word "gwddf" can also refer to a neck, a passageway, or an entrance. |
| Xhosa | 'Umqala' also means 'a difficult obstacle' |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "האַלדז" "haldz" meaning "throat" may originate from the Middle Low German "hals" or the Old High German "hals". |
| Yoruba | 'Ọfun' is the Yoruba word for 'throat' and 'the act of swallowing' |
| Zulu | Umphimbo, meaning throat, originates from the Nguni click sound /q/. |
| English | The word "throat" comes from the Old English word "þrote", which originally meant "neck" or "gullet". |