Top in Different Languages
Discover 'Top' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Top
Afrikaans top | ||
Albanian majë | ||
Amharic ከላይ | ||
Arabic أعلى | ||
Armenian գագաթ | ||
Assamese শীৰ্ষ | ||
Aymara alaya | ||
Azerbaijani üst | ||
Bambara san fɛ | ||
Basque goian | ||
Belarusian зверху | ||
Bengali শীর্ষ | ||
Bhojpuri ऊपर | ||
Bosnian vrh | ||
Bulgarian горна част | ||
Catalan superior | ||
Cebuano ibabaw | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 最佳 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 最佳 | ||
Corsican cima | ||
Croatian vrh | ||
Czech horní | ||
Danish top | ||
Dhivehi މަތި | ||
Dogri उप्पर | ||
Dutch top | ||
English top | ||
Esperanto supro | ||
Estonian üles | ||
Ewe dzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) itaas | ||
Finnish alkuun | ||
French haut | ||
Frisian top | ||
Galician arriba | ||
Georgian ზედა | ||
German oben | ||
Greek μπλουζα | ||
Guarani yvate | ||
Gujarati ટોચ | ||
Haitian Creole tèt | ||
Hausa saman | ||
Hawaiian luna | ||
Hebrew חלק עליון | ||
Hindi ऊपर | ||
Hmong sab saum toj | ||
Hungarian tetejére | ||
Icelandic toppur | ||
Igbo n'elu | ||
Ilocano ngato | ||
Indonesian puncak | ||
Irish barr | ||
Italian superiore | ||
Japanese 上 | ||
Javanese ndhuwur | ||
Kannada ಟಾಪ್ | ||
Kazakh жоғарғы | ||
Khmer ខាងលើ | ||
Kinyarwanda hejuru | ||
Konkani वयर | ||
Korean 상단 | ||
Krio ɔp | ||
Kurdish lûtik | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) سەروو | ||
Kyrgyz жогорку | ||
Lao ດ້ານເທິງ | ||
Latin summitatem | ||
Latvian tops | ||
Lingala likolo | ||
Lithuanian viršuje | ||
Luganda waggulu | ||
Luxembourgish top | ||
Macedonian врв | ||
Maithili शिखर | ||
Malagasy ambony | ||
Malay bahagian atas | ||
Malayalam മുകളിൽ | ||
Maltese quċċata | ||
Maori runga | ||
Marathi वर | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯊꯛ | ||
Mizo chung | ||
Mongolian дээд | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ထိပ်ဆုံး | ||
Nepali माथि | ||
Norwegian topp | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) pamwamba | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଶୀର୍ଷ | ||
Oromo gubbaa | ||
Pashto سر | ||
Persian بالا | ||
Polish top | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) topo | ||
Punjabi ਸਿਖਰ | ||
Quechua hanaq | ||
Romanian top | ||
Russian топ | ||
Samoan tumutumu | ||
Sanskrit उपरितन | ||
Scots Gaelic mullach | ||
Sepedi godimo | ||
Serbian врх | ||
Sesotho holimo | ||
Shona pamusoro | ||
Sindhi مٿي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඉහල | ||
Slovak hore | ||
Slovenian vrh | ||
Somali sare | ||
Spanish parte superior | ||
Sundanese luhur | ||
Swahili juu | ||
Swedish topp | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) tuktok | ||
Tajik боло | ||
Tamil மேல் | ||
Tatar өстә | ||
Telugu టాప్ | ||
Thai ด้านบน | ||
Tigrinya ላዕለዋይ | ||
Tsonga henhla | ||
Turkish üst | ||
Turkmen ýokarky | ||
Twi (Akan) soro | ||
Ukrainian зверху | ||
Urdu سب سے اوپر | ||
Uyghur ئۈستى | ||
Uzbek yuqori | ||
Vietnamese hàng đầu | ||
Welsh brig | ||
Xhosa ngaphezulu | ||
Yiddish אויבן | ||
Yoruba oke | ||
Zulu phezulu |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "top" is derived from Dutch "top" and can refer to the highest point, summit, lid, surface, or a woman's blouse. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "majë" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*magh-," meaning "height" or "elevation." |
| Amharic | "ከላይ" (top) in Amharic also means "over" and "above". |
| Arabic | The word "أعلى" can also mean "higher" or "upper" in terms of position or rank. |
| Armenian | The Armenian word "գագաթ" (gagat) ultimately derives from the Indo-European root *kak- "peak, top" and is related to the Greek word "κορυφή" (koryphē) with the same meaning. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "üst" also means "to get over something," "to go over it," and "to cross"} |
| Basque | In Basque, the word "goian" also means "highest" or "above". |
| Belarusian | The word "зверху" also means "from above" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | "শীর্ষ" can also mean "the best" or "the highest point". |
| Bosnian | The word "vrh" can also mean "peak", "summit", or "apex". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "Горна част" (top), like the English word "top," can also refer to a garment that covers the upper body. |
| Catalan | Catalan 'superior' derives from Latin 'superiōrem', meaning 'higher', and can refer to physical elevation as well as social superiority or excellence. |
| Cebuano | The word "ibabaw" can also mean "above" or "on top of" in Cebuano. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "最佳" (zui jia) is also used in Chinese martial arts to refer to a "secret technique" |
| Chinese (Traditional) | “最佳”一词最早见于《礼记·经解》，意为“最美”或“最善”。 |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "cima" also means "ridge" and comes from the Latin word "cippus" meaning "boundary stone". |
| Croatian | In Croatian, the word "vrh" can also refer to a summit, peak, or apex, as well as the head or tip of something. |
| Czech | The Czech word "horní" can also refer to someone or something that is proud, haughty, or high-class. |
| Danish | The Danish word "top" can also mean "cap" or "hat". |
| Dutch | The word "top" in Dutch can also refer to a type of hat or a spinning toy. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "supro" is derived from the Latin prefix "super-" meaning "above" or "on top of". It also has the alternate meaning of "excellent" or "outstanding". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "üles" also means "upwards" and is derived from the Proto-Finnic "*yle" (upwards). |
| Finnish | In Estonian, "kõrge" (top) is cognate with "alkuun" and originally meant "beginning" or "source". |
| French | The word "haut" in French is derived from the Latin word "altus", meaning "high" or "deep". |
| Frisian | Frisian "top" is not related to the English "top", but to Dutch "toppen", the plural of "top", meaning "crest of waves", or "highest point". |
| Galician | The Galician word "arriba" not only means "top", but it also means "north" as the North is the upper part of the Iberian Peninsula. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word "ზედა" not only means "top," but can also refer to a "plateau" or a "mountain slope." |
| German | The German word "oben" derives from the Proto-Germanic *ubana, meaning "on, above, up". |
| Greek | Μπλουζα derives from the French noun 'blouse', which in turn comes from the Latin verb 'blusare', meaning 'to blush'. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word “ટોચ”, meaning “top,” comes from the Sanskrit “tuccha,” meaning “crest.” |
| Haitian Creole | The word "tèt" in Haitian Creole can also mean "first" or "head". |
| Hausa | "Saman" can also refer to the top of the head or a leader. |
| Hawaiian | "Luna" in Hawaiian can also mean "heavenly body" or "sky deity". |
| Hebrew | Historically, the word 'חלק עליון' ('top') derives from the root word 'חלק' ('part'), referring to the uppermost part of something. |
| Hindi | The word "ऊपर" in Hindi shares its root with the Sanskrit word "उपरि" meaning "above" or "on". |
| Hmong | Sab saum toj is also an expression that means 'very good. |
| Hungarian | Tetejére's root "tet" means "roof" in Hungarian, reflecting its original meaning as "the highest point of a roof." |
| Icelandic | The word "toppur" in Icelandic also refers to a "tuft of hair on an animal's head" and to a "forelock, or small curl of hair on the forehead of a horse or other animal." |
| Igbo | 'N'elu' also means "heaven" in the context of the cosmological world view of the Igbo people |
| Indonesian | "Puncak" also refers to a kind of mountain, a mountain summit, or a high point. |
| Irish | In Irish folklore, the 'barr an tsleibhe' or 'the top of the mountain' was used to describe the summit cairn or 'top' of an ancient burial mound. |
| Italian | "Superiore" derives from the Latin word "super" (above), and can also mean "better" or "more important". |
| Japanese | 上 (うえ) can also mean "earlier" or "previous" (as in time or order). |
| Javanese | "Ndhuwur" also means "up" and is the opposite of "ngisor" ("bottom"). |
| Kannada | The word "ಟಾಪ್" comes from the Sanskrit word "तप्" which means "to heat, warm, or burn," and can also mean "to be superior or at the top" |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word жоғарғы derives from the Mongolian ᠵᠣᠭᠠᠷ (jogaar) meaning "above" or "upper". The same word also means "top" in Kyrgyz. |
| Khmer | "ខាងលើ" in Khmer can also mean "upstairs", "upstream", or "in power" |
| Korean | In Korean, 상단 (pronounced "sang-dan") also refers to the top or most important part of a hierarchy. |
| Kurdish | In Kurdish, "lûtik" also refers to a small, rounded object, like a marble or a ball. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "жогорку" may also refer to the upper part of a river's course or to the north side of a mountain. |
| Latin | The word "summitatem" can also refer to the highest degree or point of excellence, or to the uppermost or highest part of something. |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word "tops" can also refer to a type of traditional Latvian pancakes. |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "viršuje" can also mean "higher up" or "above". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "top" can also mean "pot". However, it is not to be confused with the German word "Topf", which also means "pot" in German. |
| Macedonian | "Врв" (top) derives from the Indo-European root "*werg-", meaning "to turn, twist, bend", and is related to the word "врт" (garden), where vegetables are twisted and turned in the soil. |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "ambony" can also refer to an ancestor who has been deified and who is venerated by a particular group of people. |
| Malay | "Bahagian atas" can also mean "upstairs" or "the top floor" |
| Malayalam | "മുകളിൽ" is also a Malayalam word that means "above" or "on top of". |
| Maltese | The word "quċċata" is derived from the Italian word "civetta", meaning "owl". |
| Maori | 'Runga' can also refer to the upper body, chest, or abdomen in Maori. |
| Marathi | "वर" also means "husband" in Marathi, sharing its etymology with "vara" in Sanskrit, meaning "to choose". |
| Mongolian | "Дээд" in Mongolian has other meanings, such as "heaven" or "upper world." |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The term "ထိပ်ဆုံး" can also refer to the highest point or pinnacle of something, or to the most important or significant part of something. |
| Nepali | माथि (mathi) is also used in Nepali to refer to the roof of a house or building. |
| Norwegian | The word "topp" also means "mountain peak" and is used in the name of the Norwegian mountain range "Toppfjellet". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | "Pamwamba" is also a slang word for "boss" or "manager". |
| Pashto | In Pashto, "سر" not only means "top" but also "head, mind, brain, and beginning." |
| Persian | The Persian word بالا "top" also means "upper" or "higher" in a more general sense and can refer to something being "superior" or "of higher quality". |
| Polish | The Polish word "top" comes from the Old Church Slavonic "tupъ", meaning "to pound" or "to hit". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "topo" in Portuguese can also mean "summit" or "peak". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਿਖਰ" is a borrowing from Sanskrit, where it means "sharp point" or "peak", and is related to the English word "sickle". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "top" also means "gun barrel". |
| Russian | In Russian, "Топ" can also refer to a "group of leading figures" or the "best or most popular item" in a category. |
| Samoan | Tumutumu means 'head' (especially of a chiefly person) as well as 'top' ('of a hill') in the Samoan language. |
| Scots Gaelic | "Mullach" is also used in a figurative sense to refer to a person's head or mind, such as in the phrase "air mullach an t-saoghail", meaning "on top of the world". |
| Serbian | The word “врх” is also used figuratively, in meanings such as “peak of (something),” “head,” or “best part”. |
| Sesotho | Holimo also refers to the top part of the maize ear removed during dehulling. |
| Shona | The term "pamusoro" in Shona also connotes "the head" or "the chief". |
| Sindhi | The word "مٿي" also means "head" or "upper part" in Sindhi. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word ඉහල (ihalla) is derived from the Proto-Dravidian word *īcal, which also gave rise to the Tamil word உச்சி (ucci) and the Kannada word ಮೇಲೆ (mēle), all meaning "top". |
| Slovak | The word "hore" can also mean "up" or "high" in Slovak. |
| Slovenian | The word "vrh" can also mean "summit", "peak", or "apex". |
| Somali | The word "sare" in Somali can also mean "the highest point of something" or "the best of something." |
| Spanish | Although "upper part" is the primary meaning of "parte superior," it can also mean "upper class" or "higher education." |
| Sundanese | The Sundanese word "luhur" also has meanings of "high", "noble", "superior" or "exalted" |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "juu" can also refer to an upper-level or superior authority. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, "topp" can also mean "mountain peak" or "best one." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Tuktok" also means "knock" in Tagalog, onomatopoeic of the sound of knocking. |
| Tajik | The word "боло" can also refer to a plateau or a pass in the mountains. |
| Tamil | மேல் also means 'above', 'over', 'upon' and 'on' |
| Telugu | In addition to the primary meaning "top," the word "టాప్" also means "a spinning toy." |
| Thai | In the context of an umbrella, "ด้านบน" can also refer to the inside |
| Turkish | The Turkish word "üst" (top), also meaning "upper" in several contexts, derives its form from an old root meaning "to cover, to conceal". |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian word "зверху" is derived from the proto-Slavic word "*verхъ", also meaning "up". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "yuqori" is also used to refer to something that is excellent or superior. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "hàng đầu" can also mean "first line" or "first row" |
| Welsh | The word "brig" is thought to be derived from the Proto-Indo-European *bhregh-, meaning "high" or "peak". |
| Xhosa | The word "Ngaphezulu" in Xhosa can also mean "above" or "higher up". |
| Yiddish | "Oybn", a Yiddish word for "top", shares its etymology with "oven", reflecting the shared function of both objects as upper enclosures. |
| Yoruba | "Oke" also means "above" or "upper" or "elevated" in Yoruba. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "phezulu" also refers to the sky as a place above the world. |
| English | The Middle English term top originally meant “head,” and is related to the Old English and High German word for head (kopf) |