Who in Different Languages
Discover 'Who' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Who
Afrikaans wie | ||
Albanian kush | ||
Amharic የአለም ጤና ድርጅት | ||
Arabic منظمة الصحة العالمية | ||
Armenian ահկ | ||
Assamese কোন | ||
Aymara khiti | ||
Azerbaijani üst | ||
Bambara jon | ||
Basque moe | ||
Belarusian сусветная арганізацыя па ахове здароўя | ||
Bengali who | ||
Bhojpuri कऊन | ||
Bosnian szo | ||
Bulgarian сзо | ||
Catalan oms | ||
Cebuano who | ||
Chinese (Simplified) who | ||
Chinese (Traditional) who | ||
Corsican who | ||
Croatian who | ||
Czech szo | ||
Danish who | ||
Dhivehi ކާކު | ||
Dogri कु'न | ||
Dutch wie | ||
English who | ||
Esperanto monda organizaĵo pri sano | ||
Estonian who | ||
Ewe ame ka | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) who | ||
Finnish who | ||
French oms | ||
Frisian wso | ||
Galician oms | ||
Georgian ჯანმო | ||
German wer | ||
Greek που | ||
Guarani mávapa | ||
Gujarati who | ||
Haitian Creole oms | ||
Hausa hukumar lafiya ta duniya | ||
Hawaiian ʻo wai | ||
Hebrew who | ||
Hindi who | ||
Hmong who | ||
Hungarian ki | ||
Icelandic who | ||
Igbo who | ||
Ilocano asinno | ||
Indonesian who | ||
Irish eds | ||
Italian chi | ||
Japanese who | ||
Javanese who | ||
Kannada who | ||
Kazakh ддсұ | ||
Khmer who | ||
Kinyarwanda ninde | ||
Konkani कोण | ||
Korean who | ||
Krio udat | ||
Kurdish who | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) کێ | ||
Kyrgyz бүткүл дүйнөлүк саламаттык сактоо уюму | ||
Lao who | ||
Latin oms | ||
Latvian pvo | ||
Lingala nani | ||
Lithuanian pso | ||
Luganda ani | ||
Luxembourgish who | ||
Macedonian сзо | ||
Maithili के | ||
Malagasy oms | ||
Malay who | ||
Malayalam who | ||
Maltese min | ||
Maori ko wai | ||
Marathi who | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯅꯥꯅꯣ | ||
Mizo tunge | ||
Mongolian дэмб | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကမ္ဘာ့ကျန်းမာရေးအဖွဲ့ | ||
Nepali who | ||
Norwegian who | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) who | ||
Odia (Oriya) କିଏ | ||
Oromo eenyu | ||
Pashto who | ||
Persian سازمان بهداشت جهانی | ||
Polish who | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) quem | ||
Punjabi who | ||
Quechua pi | ||
Romanian care | ||
Russian воз | ||
Samoan who | ||
Sanskrit कः | ||
Scots Gaelic who | ||
Sepedi mang | ||
Serbian сзо | ||
Sesotho who | ||
Shona who | ||
Sindhi who | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) who | ||
Slovak szo | ||
Slovenian who | ||
Somali hay'ada caafimaadka aduunka | ||
Spanish oms | ||
Sundanese who | ||
Swahili who | ||
Swedish who | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sino | ||
Tajik ташкили тандурустии ҷаҳон | ||
Tamil who | ||
Tatar кем | ||
Telugu who | ||
Thai who | ||
Tigrinya መን | ||
Tsonga mani | ||
Turkish dsö | ||
Turkmen kim | ||
Twi (Akan) hwan | ||
Ukrainian вооз | ||
Urdu ڈبلیو ایچ او | ||
Uyghur كىم | ||
Uzbek jssv | ||
Vietnamese who | ||
Welsh sefydliad iechyd y byd | ||
Xhosa i-who | ||
Yiddish וועלט געזונטהייט ארגאניזאציע | ||
Yoruba àjọ who | ||
Zulu i-who |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word “wie” also means “how” and “like” in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | "Kush" in Albanian shares its root with the Sanskrit word "ka" meaning "who," and the Proto-Indo-European word "kʷos" meaning "who? which?" |
| Arabic | WHO stands for World Health Organization in both Arabic and English. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "üst" also means "self" or "top" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The word "Moe" can also be used as an interjection meaning "what?" or "really?" |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian acronym "СААЗ" (which translates to "World Health Organization") does not have an independent meaning in the Belarusian language. |
| Bengali | WHO is an acronym for the World Health Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. |
| Bosnian | The Bosnian word "SZO" can also mean "that" or "which", depending on the context. |
| Bulgarian | The word "СЗО" can also refer to a question about identity, meaning "what is your name?" |
| Catalan | OMS, which stands for Organització Mundial de la Salut (World Health Organization) in Catalan, can also refer to the letter 'W' in the Catalan alphabet. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "WHO" can also mean "which," "that," or "which person," depending on the context. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | In Chinese, the word 'WHO' can also refer to a type of animal or a question word. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | In Chinese,WHO can also be a colloquial shortening of “who knows”. |
| Corsican | In Corsican, "chì" (pronounced "kee") can also refer to "what" or "which". |
| Croatian | The Croatian word "tko" originates from the Proto-Indo-European root "*kʷo_", meaning "who, which". |
| Czech | The Czech word "SZO" can also refer to a "who" question used as an indirect object or after prepositions. |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "hvem" (who) can also refer to an unknown person or object. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "wie" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷei-, meaning "who" or "what". |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "WHO" can also refer to the number "five," or to an exclamation used to express disbelief or dismay. |
| Finnish | Finnish "kuka" derives from Proto-Uralic *kuka, *koga meaning "who" or "which". |
| French | In French, OMS is an acronym for the World Health Organization (Organisation mondiale de la santé) |
| Frisian | In Frisian, the word "WSO" can also refer to a "who's who" list or a "person of importance." |
| Galician | The word "OMS" in Galician can also mean "world" or "universe". |
| German | The word "Wer" can also refer to a person or individual in German, similar to the English word "whoever". |
| Greek | The word "που" can also mean "where" or "whither," and is cognate with the Latin word "quo". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word for 'who', 'કોણ', can also mean 'what' or 'which' depending on the context. |
| Haitian Creole | OMS, meaning "who" in Haitian Creole, originated from the French word "homme" (human being). |
| Hawaiian | ʻO wai can also be used as an expression of surprise or dismay. |
| Hebrew | The word "mi" (pronounced "mee") in Hebrew functions as both the interrogative pronoun "who" and the relative pronoun "that". |
| Hindi | In Hindi, "who" can also mean "which", "whose", or "what". |
| Hmong | The Hmong term "le" can also mean "to whom" or "of whom" in addition to "who." |
| Hungarian | The Hungarian word "ki" can refer to both a person and "out", as in the phrase "ki a házból" (out of the house). |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "hvar" means "who" while "hver" means "each". |
| Igbo | Igbo words like 'onye' and 'ndi' can also translate to 'who' or 'whom' depending on context. |
| Indonesian | In Indonesian, |
| Irish | The Irish "EDS" is a homonym, which can also mean "that" or "which" in addition to its use as an interrogative pronoun. |
| Italian | The Italian word 'chi' can also mean 'that which', 'what', 'whoever', or 'whomever'. |
| Japanese | The word "who" also can mean "a person or persons not specified or known." |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "sinten" can also mean "you" as a polite form. |
| Kannada | The word 'who' in Kannada can also refer to a type of bird or a particular caste. |
| Kazakh | ДДСҰ (Kim?) is used to address or refer to a specific person or group of people. |
| Khmer | In Khmer, "who" translates to "ណាក់ណា" (nak na), which can also mean "whom" or "which one". |
| Korean | The Korean word '누구' (nugu) also means 'someone', as in 'nugu-ya' (someone-ah), which is a term of endearment used to address a friend or family member. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "ku", meaning "who", is also a common abbreviation of the word "kîjan", which means "which". |
| Lao | The Lao word “ໃຜ” (pronounced WHO) is primarily used as an interrogative pronoun meaning “who” but it can also be used as a relative pronoun like the English word “that.” |
| Latin | In legal Latin, "oms" could also refer to "everyone" or "all men." |
| Latvian | The PVO form is used for the first, third, and fourth person singular, as well as third person plural. |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "PSO" is a reflexive pronoun and can also mean "himself" or "herself" depending on context. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "wie" also means "how" and "which" in English. |
| Macedonian | The word "СЗО" in Macedonian can also mean "what" or "which". |
| Malagasy | "OMS" is also the Malagasy word for "yes" |
| Malay | The Malay word "siapa" can alternately mean "who" or "whom", depending on the context. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "yār" translates to "who" in English, but it can also mean "which" or "whose" in certain contexts. |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "min" (meaning "who") likely derives from the Arabic word "min" meaning "from" or "of." |
| Maori | This word, now meaning 'who,' originally meant 'this one' or 'that one,' and was only later applied to persons. |
| Marathi | In Marathi, "कोण" (Kon) can also refer to a title of respect for a deity or an elder. |
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| Nepali | "को" is often confused with "का" but it means "who" not "whose". |
| Norwegian | The word "hvem" can also mean "whom" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Nyanja, "aku" can also mean "you" or "they", depending on the context. |
| Pashto | Alternately, in Pashto, "who" can also refer to the "interrogative pronoun". |
| Polish | In Polish, the word "who" (który) can also mean "which" or "what," based on grammatical context. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "quem" originated from the Latin word "quomodo", meaning "how" or "in what manner". |
| Punjabi | In Punjabi, "who" can also refer to a place or object |
| Romanian | In Romanian, the word "care" can also mean "what" or "which", depending on the context in which it is used. |
| Russian | "ВОЗ" can mean "who" or serve as an abbreviation for the World Health Organization (Всемирная организация здравоохранения). |
| Samoan | In Samoan, "who" can also mean "what" |
| Scots Gaelic | In Gaelic the word "who" is used to address someone as a sign of respect or when their name is unknown. |
| Serbian | In some Serbian dialects, "СЗО" can also mean "what" or "which". |
| Sesotho | "WHO" can also mean "what" or "which" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The Shona word 'ani' can also mean 'which' or 'what' depending on the context of the sentence. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | In Sinhala, the word 'WHO' can also be used as an expression of surprise or disbelief. |
| Slovak | SZO was borrowed from an Old Hungarian personal pronoun "SZÓ". Its older forms: SZU, ZUV, SW. |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "kdo" comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "*kʷi", |
| Spanish | "OMS" additionally refers to the World Health Organization (Organización Mundial de la Salud). |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "who" also means "what" when combined with a question word like "naon" (what). |
| Swahili | In Swahili, the word 'nani' is also used to mean 'who'. |
| Swedish | In Swedish, the word "vem" can also mean "whom". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word sino has roots in the Proto-Malayo-Polynesian word *si-nu, meaning “who” in many languages, but also “what” in some languages. |
| Tamil | In Tamil, 'who' can also refer to a person's name or a relative pronoun indicating the subject of a sentence. |
| Telugu | Telugu word 'వెవరు (vevaru)' also means 'what type of person'. |
| Thai | The Thai word "ใคร" (krai) also means "which". |
| Turkish | DSÖ has alternate meanings like "who" and "which" in Turkish. |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, the word "ВООЗ" can also mean "World Health Organization" (WHO). |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, the word "JSSV" is also used as a subject pronoun for people in the plural form. |
| Vietnamese | The word "WHO" in Vietnamese can also refer to the World Health Organization (WHO). |
| Xhosa | The word "i-WHO" in Xhosa derives from the Bantu root "-wo", meaning "to ask". |
| Yoruba | The word Àjọ WHO can also refer to a group or assembly of people |
| Zulu | I-WHO in Zulu is also used to ask for someone's identity or to inquire about their well-being |
| English | The word "who" evolved from the Old English word "hwa," meaning "interrogative or relative pronoun used to refer to a person." |