Win in Different Languages
Discover 'Win' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Win
Afrikaans wen | ||
Albanian të fitojë | ||
Amharic ማሸነፍ | ||
Arabic يفوز | ||
Armenian հաղթել | ||
Assamese জয় | ||
Aymara atipaña | ||
Azerbaijani qazanmaq | ||
Bambara ka sɔ̀rɔ | ||
Basque irabazi | ||
Belarusian выйграць | ||
Bengali জিত | ||
Bhojpuri जीत | ||
Bosnian pobijediti | ||
Bulgarian печеля | ||
Catalan guanyar | ||
Cebuano modaog | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 赢得 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 贏得 | ||
Corsican vince | ||
Croatian pobijediti | ||
Czech vyhrát | ||
Danish vinde | ||
Dhivehi މޮޅުވުން | ||
Dogri जित्त | ||
Dutch winnen | ||
English win | ||
Esperanto gajni | ||
Estonian võita | ||
Ewe ɖu dzi | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) manalo | ||
Finnish voittaa | ||
French gagner | ||
Frisian winne | ||
Galician gañar | ||
Georgian მოგება | ||
German sieg | ||
Greek νίκη | ||
Guarani ñerumonga | ||
Gujarati જીત | ||
Haitian Creole genyen | ||
Hausa lashe | ||
Hawaiian lanakila | ||
Hebrew לנצח | ||
Hindi जीत | ||
Hmong yeej | ||
Hungarian győzelem | ||
Icelandic vinna | ||
Igbo merie | ||
Ilocano mangabak | ||
Indonesian menang | ||
Irish bua | ||
Italian vincere | ||
Japanese 勝つ | ||
Javanese menang | ||
Kannada ಗೆಲುವು | ||
Kazakh жеңу | ||
Khmer ឈ្នះ | ||
Kinyarwanda gutsinda | ||
Konkani जैत | ||
Korean 승리 | ||
Krio win | ||
Kurdish serkeftin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بردنەوە | ||
Kyrgyz жеңиш | ||
Lao ຊະນະ | ||
Latin win | ||
Latvian uzvarēt | ||
Lingala kolonga | ||
Lithuanian laimėti | ||
Luganda okusinga | ||
Luxembourgish gewannen | ||
Macedonian победи | ||
Maithili जीतनाइ | ||
Malagasy win | ||
Malay menang | ||
Malayalam ജയിക്കുക | ||
Maltese irbaħ | ||
Maori wini | ||
Marathi जिंकणे | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯥꯕ | ||
Mizo chak | ||
Mongolian ялах | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အနိုင်ရ | ||
Nepali जीत | ||
Norwegian vinne | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) kupambana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଜିତନ୍ତୁ | | ||
Oromo mo'uu | ||
Pashto ګټل | ||
Persian پیروزی | ||
Polish zdobyć | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) ganhar | ||
Punjabi ਜਿੱਤ | ||
Quechua llalliy | ||
Romanian victorie | ||
Russian выиграть | ||
Samoan malo | ||
Sanskrit जय | ||
Scots Gaelic buannachadh | ||
Sepedi thopa | ||
Serbian победити | ||
Sesotho hlōla | ||
Shona kukunda | ||
Sindhi کٽڻ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) දිනන්න | ||
Slovak vyhrať | ||
Slovenian zmaga | ||
Somali guuleysto | ||
Spanish ganar | ||
Sundanese meunang | ||
Swahili kushinda | ||
Swedish vinna | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) manalo | ||
Tajik ғолиб | ||
Tamil வெற்றி | ||
Tatar җиңү | ||
Telugu గెలుపు | ||
Thai ชนะ | ||
Tigrinya ዓወት | ||
Tsonga hlula | ||
Turkish kazanmak | ||
Turkmen ýeňiş | ||
Twi (Akan) di nkunim | ||
Ukrainian виграти | ||
Urdu جیت | ||
Uyghur win | ||
Uzbek g'alaba qozonish | ||
Vietnamese thắng lợi | ||
Welsh ennill | ||
Xhosa phumelela | ||
Yiddish געווינען | ||
Yoruba win | ||
Zulu ukunqoba |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "wen" in Afrikaans is derived from the Dutch word "winnen", meaning to gain or obtain something. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "të fitojë" is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*bʰey- ", meaning "to strike, to seize, or to grasp"} |
| Amharic | "ማሸነፍ" can also be used to refer to the process of 'making someone feel ashamed' |
| Arabic | The verb "يفوز" (ya-fu-zu) originates from an Arabic root related to 'success or prosperity,' and also refers to 'being granted victory'. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "qazanmaq" is also used to refer to "earning" or "gaining" something. |
| Basque | The word "irabazi" comes from the Basque word "irabazi-i" meaning "that which is obtained". |
| Belarusian | The word |
| Bengali | The word "জিত" is derived from the Sanskrit root "ji", meaning "to conquer" or "to overcome". |
| Bosnian | The word 'pobijediti' is of Proto-Slavic origin, meaning 'to fight off', 'to defeat', and 'to overcome'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "печеля" is also used with the meaning "to earn or gain". |
| Catalan | The Catalan word |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The verb 赢得 in Chinese can be used to denote winning an opponent or winning out in a contest, but can also refer to winning the affection or approval of someone. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 赢得 (winning) derives from a concept of capturing prey in ancient China, where hunting was an important activity. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "vince" can also refer to a twig used to bind the branches of vines together. |
| Croatian | The word |
| Czech | "Vyhrát" in Czech also means "to perform a magic trick" or "to cast a spell". |
| Danish | In Swedish 'vinde' means to whisk, and in Norwegian it means to become or be. |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "winnen" can also mean "to conquer" or "to gain something". |
| Esperanto | The word "gajni" is derived from the Old Norse word "gegna", meaning "to go against; to strive". |
| Estonian | The word "võita" in Estonian, meaning "win", originates from the Proto-Uralic verb *wojte "to beat", also meaning "to win" in the sense of a fight or a sports competition. |
| Finnish | "Voittaa" also means "to grease" in Finnish. |
| French | The French verb "gagner" comes from the Old Germanic word "*wakanan" meaning "to move, to shake, to swing". |
| Frisian | The word 'winne' is also used as a slang term for 'money' or 'earnings' in Frisian. |
| Galician | The Galician word "gañar" derives from the Latin word "lucrum," which means "profit" or "gain". |
| Georgian | The Georgian word |
| German | The word "Sieg" also refers to a historical German victory monument, the Siegessaule, which means "Victory Column" in English. |
| Greek | The verb "νικώ" (win) is connected with the noun "νική" (female victor) and they both derive from the verb "νέω" (swim). |
| Gujarati | The word 'જીત' comes from the Sanskrit word 'जित' which means 'to conquer'. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "genyen" comes from the French word "gagner" and can also mean "to earn" or "to obtain". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "lashe" also denotes a type of traditional wrestling with the goal of pinning down the opponent three times. |
| Hawaiian | Lanakila, meaning 'to win' in Hawaiian, also refers to the name of a Hawaiian Airlines passenger jet. |
| Hebrew | The verb stems from a root connoting stability, permanence, and conquest. |
| Hindi | The word "जीत" has other meanings like "success" and "victory" and is also used in the context of "winning a battle or competition". |
| Hmong | The Hmong word "yeej" also means "to receive", and is used in contexts such as receiving a gift or a compliment. |
| Hungarian | The word "győzelem" can also mean "victory" or "triumph", and derives from the root word "győz", meaning "to conquer" or "to overcome". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "vinna" also means "to strive" or "to earn". |
| Igbo | The Igbo word |
| Indonesian | While the word "menang" typically means "to win" in current Indonesian usage, it originally derived from a Minahasan language (possibly Tonsea) word meaning "above" or "upper". |
| Irish | Bua is a homophone of the Irish word bua, which means 'cow' or 'ox'. |
| Italian | "To conquer" or "to obtain", especially by effort or force. |
| Japanese | The Japanese word "勝つ" (katsu) is also used as a noun meaning "a win" or "a victory." |
| Javanese | In Javanese, 'menang' can refer to winning a competition, succeeding in an endeavor, or being superior to others. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word ಗೆಲುವು comes from the Sanskrit word 'जय' and can mean both 'victory' and 'gain'. |
| Kazakh | The word 'жеңу' in Kazakh is derived from the Persian word 'jang' meaning 'war,' and also denotes 'conquering' or 'triumphing'. |
| Khmer | In Khmer, the word "ឈ្នះ" (win) is also a traditional greeting used by monks, and can be roughly translated as "Peace be with you". |
| Korean | The word "승리" (win) shares the same root with "승부" (勝負), meaning "victory or defeat" |
| Kurdish | The word 'serkeftin' can also refer to a 'successful result' or 'triumph' in Kurdish. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "жеңиш" can also refer to a "prize" or "reward". |
| Lao | " ชนะ " derives from the Pali word "jina", meaning "great" or "mighty". |
| Latin | The Latin verb "vincere" (to conquer) also meant to gain in a trial, thus the evolution into the English word "win" |
| Latvian | Uzvarēt derives from the word "varēt," meaning "to be able to," which is also the root of the word "vara," meaning "power." |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "laimėti" (to win) stems from the Proto-Baltic word *laim- meaning "luck", and is cognate with the Latvian word "laime" (happiness), and the Old Prussian word "loyme" (fortune). |
| Luxembourgish | In the context of the Moselle wine region, "gewannen" refers to vineyard plots with similar soil compositions and microclimates. |
| Macedonian | The word "победи" in Macedonian also means "to defeat" or "to overcome". |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, the word "mandresy" (pronounced "mahn-dre-see") is used for both "winning" and "winning a dispute." |
| Malay | The term 'menang' also denotes a kind of traditional Malay wrestling game. |
| Malayalam | The word "ജയിക്കുക" in Malayalam also has alternate meanings, including "to succeed" and "to be victorious". |
| Maltese | The Maltese word "irbaħ" comes from the Arabic word "ربح" (rabha), meaning "profit" or "gain". |
| Maori | In the Maori lexicon, "wini" encompasses a wider semantic field, extending beyond "to win" or "to be victorious" to embrace concepts of "to excel," "to succeed," or "to outdo." |
| Marathi | The Marathi word 'जिंकणे' can also mean 'to gain', 'to acquire', or 'to obtain'. |
| Mongolian | "Ялах" is a Mongolian noun meaning 'win', 'victory', or 'triumph'. This word also shares the same stem as "ялгах" meaning 'to select', 'to choose' or 'to pick out' and can be found in the compound word "ялагар" which means 'winner' or 'champion'. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word "အနိုင်ရ" (anainya) primarily means "to win," but it can also mean "to succeed" or "to gain the upper hand in a competition," highlighting its broader connotation of achievement or triumph. |
| Nepali | The word 'जीत' also means 'victory' or 'success' in Nepali. |
| Norwegian | Vinne derives from Old Norse vinna, meaning to work or conquer. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In Chinyanja, 'kupambana' can also refer to engaging in a competition or striving to achieve a goal. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word ګټل is also used to mean "to gain" or "to profit". |
| Persian | The word "پیروزی" derives from the Old Persian "payraozana", meaning "triumph" or "protection". |
| Polish | The Polish word 'zdobyć' also means 'to capture', 'to seize', or 'to get possession of'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | A palavra "ganhar" vem do latim "ganiare", que significa "ganir, latir" - e também "ganhar". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "victorie" shares a common root with the Latin "victoria" (meaning "victory") and the Old French "victorie" (meaning "victory"). |
| Russian | The Russian word "выиграть" originally meant "to take out" or "to pull out" something, such as a sword or a spear. |
| Samoan | Malo means "win" in Samoan, and can also serve as a noun referring to a prize, a reward, or a trophy. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Gaelic mythology Buannachadh was one of the four treasures given by the four gods of Ireland. |
| Serbian | The word |
| Sesotho | The word "hlōla" also means "to be ahead of" or "to surpass" in Sesotho. |
| Shona | Kukunda in Shona not only means 'win' but also 'harvest,' reflecting the deep connection between success and agricultural abundance in Shona culture. |
| Sindhi | کٽڻ"'s other meanings are 'to cut,' 'to deduct,' 'to subtract,' and 'to separate.' |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | දිනන්න (win) is etymologically related to the Sanskrit word "jayati" (to conquer) and has the alternate meaning of "to conquer" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The word "vyhrať" comes from the Proto-Slavic word "*vъ-grati", which meant "to play" or "to gamble." |
| Slovenian | The word "zmaga" is of Slavic origin and is related to the words "moč" (power) and "mož" (man), suggesting a connection between victory and strength. |
| Somali | The term "guuleysto" is related to "guul," meaning "victory" or "success," and the possessive suffix "-sto," indicating that something belongs to someone. |
| Spanish | In the Caribbean, "ganar" can mean not just "to win," but also "to get to." |
| Sundanese | Meunang, the Sundanese word for "win," derives from the Old Javanese term "amenang" and the Sanskrit root *am-*, meaning to seize or take. |
| Swahili | In Swahili, "kushinda" can also mean "to overcome" or "to defeat". |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "vinna" comes from the Old Norse word "vinna", which means "to strive or work". The word is related to the English word "win", but has a more general meaning. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The Tagalog word "manalo" is also used figuratively to mean "to succeed" or "to achieve a goal". |
| Tajik | The word "ғолиб" comes from the Persian word "ghalab", meaning "victory". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "గెలుపు" can also refer to a "victory" or a "triumph". |
| Thai | ชนะ comes from the Sanskrit word 'jita' (to conquer), also meaning 'successful', 'victor', 'superior'. |
| Turkish | Kazanmak is derived from the Old Turkic verb kazan- meaning "to gain, to acquire." |
| Ukrainian | "Виграти" is Ukrainian for "to play" but in Polish "wygrać" is an actual synonym for "to win." |
| Urdu | The Urdu word |
| Uzbek | The word "g'alaba qozonish" can also refer to the "victory of good over evil" in an allegorical sense. |
| Vietnamese | The word "thắng lợi" can also mean "victory" or "success". |
| Welsh | The Welsh "ennill" comes from the Celtic *indli, "to obtain" and relates to a "lot" drawn in the Welsh "awdl" or medieval Welsh poetry contests. |
| Xhosa | The word 'phumelela' in Xhosa is also used to describe a prosperous person, place or thing |
| Yiddish | The name of the city Vienna comes from the Proto-Celtic word *Vedunia, which can mean either |
| Yoruba | In Yoruba, the word "win" can also mean "to get something" or "to achieve something". |
| Zulu | "Ukunqoba" also means "victory" or "conquest". |
| English | The word 'win' is thought to derive from the ancient Greek word 'oinos', meaning 'wine', which may explain its use in games and competitions where the victor was rewarded with wine. |