Afrikaans binne | ||
Albanian brenda | ||
Amharic ውስጥ | ||
Arabic في غضون | ||
Armenian ներսում | ||
Assamese ভিতৰত | ||
Aymara manqhana | ||
Azerbaijani daxilində | ||
Bambara cɛma | ||
Basque barruan | ||
Belarusian унутры | ||
Bengali মধ্যে | ||
Bhojpuri के भीतर | ||
Bosnian unutar | ||
Bulgarian в рамките на | ||
Catalan dins | ||
Cebuano sa sulud | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 内 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 內 | ||
Corsican indrentu | ||
Croatian unutar | ||
Czech v rámci | ||
Danish inden for | ||
Dhivehi ތެރެއިން | ||
Dogri अंदर | ||
Dutch binnen | ||
English within | ||
Esperanto ene | ||
Estonian jooksul | ||
Ewe wo dome | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sa loob ng | ||
Finnish sisällä | ||
French dans | ||
Frisian binnen | ||
Galician dentro | ||
Georgian ფარგლებში | ||
German innerhalb | ||
Greek στα πλαίσια | ||
Guarani hyepy | ||
Gujarati અંદર | ||
Haitian Creole nan | ||
Hausa a ciki | ||
Hawaiian loko | ||
Hebrew בְּתוֹך | ||
Hindi अंदर | ||
Hmong hauv | ||
Hungarian belül | ||
Icelandic innan | ||
Igbo n'ime | ||
Ilocano iti uneg ti | ||
Indonesian dalam | ||
Irish laistigh | ||
Italian entro | ||
Japanese 以内に | ||
Javanese ing njero | ||
Kannada ಒಳಗೆ | ||
Kazakh ішінде | ||
Khmer នៅខាងក្នុង | ||
Kinyarwanda imbere | ||
Konkani अंतर्गत | ||
Korean 이내에 | ||
Krio insay | ||
Kurdish di nav | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) لەناو | ||
Kyrgyz ичинде | ||
Lao ພາຍໃນ | ||
Latin in | ||
Latvian ietvaros | ||
Lingala na kati | ||
Lithuanian per | ||
Luganda mu masekati ga | ||
Luxembourgish bannen | ||
Macedonian во рамките | ||
Maithili भीतर मे | ||
Malagasy ao anatin'ny | ||
Malay dalam | ||
Malayalam ഉള്ളിൽ | ||
Maltese ġewwa | ||
Maori roto | ||
Marathi आत | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯔꯒꯨꯝꯕꯒꯤ ꯃꯅꯨꯡꯗ | ||
Mizo chhunglam atangin | ||
Mongolian дотор | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) အတွင်း | ||
Nepali भित्र | ||
Norwegian innenfor | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) mkati | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଭିତରେ | ||
Oromo wajjin | ||
Pashto دننه | ||
Persian در داخل | ||
Polish w ciągu | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) dentro | ||
Punjabi ਦੇ ਅੰਦਰ | ||
Quechua ukhupi | ||
Romanian în | ||
Russian в пределах | ||
Samoan totonu | ||
Sanskrit अन्तरा | ||
Scots Gaelic a-staigh | ||
Sepedi ka gare | ||
Serbian у склопу | ||
Sesotho ka hare | ||
Shona mukati | ||
Sindhi اندر | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) තුළ | ||
Slovak v rámci | ||
Slovenian znotraj | ||
Somali gudahood | ||
Spanish dentro | ||
Sundanese dina jero | ||
Swahili ndani | ||
Swedish inom | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sa loob ng | ||
Tajik дар дохили | ||
Tamil உள்ளே | ||
Tatar эчендә | ||
Telugu లోపల | ||
Thai ภายใน | ||
Tigrinya አብ ውሽጢ | ||
Tsonga endzeni | ||
Turkish içinde | ||
Turkmen içinde | ||
Twi (Akan) wɔ mu | ||
Ukrainian всередині | ||
Urdu کے اندر | ||
Uyghur ئىچىدە | ||
Uzbek ichida | ||
Vietnamese trong | ||
Welsh o fewn | ||
Xhosa ngaphakathi | ||
Yiddish ין | ||
Yoruba laarin | ||
Zulu ngaphakathi |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Binne is also an archaic Afrikaans word for 'in', and may still be encountered in official place names, e.g., Binneland ('inland'). |
| Albanian | Brenda is derived from the Proto-Albanian *br̥nd-eh₁ and is cognate with the Latin infra "below". |
| Amharic | The word "ውስጥ" can also mean "inside" or "in". |
| Azerbaijani | Daxilində can also mean "into" or "among" |
| Basque | The word "barruan" also means "in the midst of" and "among" in Basque. |
| Belarusian | The word "унутры" is cognate with the Latin word "intra" and the English word "enter". |
| Bengali | In some cases, "মধ্যে" also means "between". For example, "ঘরের মধ্যে" not only means "within the house" but also "between the houses." |
| Bosnian | The word "unutar" can also mean "interior" or "inner part". |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "в рамките на" can also be used to mean "during" or "within the framework of". |
| Catalan | The term "dins" evolved from Latin "de intus," meaning "from within or inside," and can also mean "in, into, among, during, during the day." |
| Cebuano | The term "sa sulud" can also refer to the "interior" or "core" of something. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "内" is a component in Chinese characters that refers to anything related to the inside and can also be used as a noun, meaning the inside or interior, and as a preposition, meaning within or inside. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 字形由「內」部包圍「口」,意指包容、收藏在內。 |
| Corsican | "Indrentu" is derived from the Latin "de intus", meaning "from within". |
| Croatian | The word "unutar" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*vъnutъ" which also means "outside". |
| Czech | The word "v rámci" in Czech can also mean "in the context of" or "according to". |
| Danish | The word "inden for" is used to express both physical location and emotional states in Danish. |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "binnen" can refer to any enclosed area, including rooms or buildings, and its etymological roots suggest it once meant "inside" or "in between." |
| Esperanto | "Ene" also means "internally" and derives from the Ancient Greek word "endon". |
| Estonian | The Estonian word "jooksul" can also refer to a period or space of time. |
| Finnish | Sisällä ('within') may also mean 'inside' or 'in the presence of someone' |
| French | "Dans" in French can also mean "to" or "toward". |
| Frisian | Although it means "within", "binnen" in Frisian can also mean "interior", "central", or "from the inside". |
| Galician | The Galician word "dentro" also means "from within" or "inside out". |
| German | Within can mean 'innerhalb' in German which itself is derived from the words 'inner' ('inside') and 'halb' ('half'). Can you think of a context which reflects this? |
| Greek | The Greek phrase "στα πλαίσια" is also used figuratively to mean "in the context of" or "in relation to". |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word 'અંદર' ('within') is of Sanskrit origin, derived from the word 'अन्त' ('inside' or 'end'). |
| Haitian Creole | The word "nan" in Haitian Creole can also mean "in", "on", "at", or "inside". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "a ciki" can also mean "in between" or "among" or "inside the midst of." |
| Hawaiian | It can mean 'to be together,' 'to be enclosed,' or 'joined together' |
| Hebrew | The word "בְּתוֹך" can also mean "in the midst of" or "among". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "अंदर" (within) is often used to describe "inner-ness" of someone or something to a place (physical or imaginary) in various texts such as the Mahabharata and the Atharva Veda. |
| Hmong | While hau is used in compounds to mean “within,” it is also used as a verb meaning “to hold.” |
| Hungarian | In Hungarian, "belül" not only means "within", but also "inside", "inward", "internally", and less commonly "intrinsically". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "innan" can also refer to "inside" or "internally", and is cognate with the English word "in". |
| Igbo | Igbo "n'ime" also means "the womb" and is related to the word "ime" meaning "stomach" and "belly" |
| Indonesian | "Dalam" also means "deep" and is related to the Javanese word "dalem" meaning "palace". |
| Irish | Laistigh (within) derives from the Old Irish word 'laist' meaning 'middle' or 'centre' |
| Italian | The Italian word 'entro' derives from the Latin 'intra' and can also mean 'not later than' or 'by'. |
| Japanese | 以内に can also mean "not more than" or "no later than". |
| Javanese | The word "ing njero" also means "in the womb" or "in the belly" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | "ಒಳಗೆ" (within) can also mean "inside" or "in the presence of" in Kannada. |
| Kazakh | The word “ішінде” can also mean "in the heart" or "in the soul" in Kazakh. |
| Korean | 내 (inside)에 있다 (to be in)에서 파생되어 내 안의 (within me), 그 안의 (within it)로부터 비롯된 말임. |
| Kurdish | While the word "di nav" primarily means "within, inside" in Kurdish, it also carries additional meanings such as "within the limits of, within the scope of, during, while, in the middle of," and "by, through, during," in the context of time. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ичинде" can also mean "inside" or "in the midst of" in Kyrgyz. |
| Latin | In Latin, 'in' can also mean 'into' or 'towards', or it can be used as a prefix to negate a verb. |
| Latvian | In old Livonian language, "ietvaros" also meant "place". |
| Lithuanian | In Lithuanian, "per" also means "by", "on", and "at". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "bannen" also means "amongst" and is related to the German word "innen" meaning "inside". |
| Macedonian | The word "во рамките" can also mean "among" or "during". |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "ao anatin'ny" can also mean "surrounded by" or "between". |
| Malay | Malay "dalam" also means "deep" and is cognate with Old Javanese "dhalam" and Acehnese "dalom". |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word ഉള്ളിൽ can also refer to the human chest cavity or the interior of a fruit. |
| Maltese | The word "ġewwa" is derived from the Arabic word "jaww", meaning "inside" or "within". |
| Maori | The word "roto" in Maori not only means "within" but also denotes the inside surface of a thing, such as the inside of a cave or the inside of a house. |
| Marathi | "आत" or "आंत" can also mean intestine in Marathi, derived from Sanskrit "ānta". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "дотор" (within) may also refer to the innermost part of something or to the body. |
| Nepali | भित्र is also used to mean 'secret' or 'in hiding' when used in the context of an individual's mind or thoughts. |
| Norwegian | In Norwegian, "innenfor" can mean "on the inside" or "within certain limits". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The verb 'mkati' can also mean to trap someone; for instance, an animal within a fence. |
| Persian | The word "درون" (inside) also has the ancient connotation of "stomach". |
| Polish | The word "w ciągu" can also mean "during" or "along". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "în" can also mean "in" (a location), "on" (a surface), or "into" (a container). |
| Russian | The Russian word "в пределах" (within) can also mean "within limits" or "within acceptable parameters." |
| Samoan | The word "totonu" in Samoan has a broader meaning, implying "interior" or "inner". |
| Scots Gaelic | A-staigh comes from the Proto-Indo-European root "steigh-" meaning "to step". |
| Serbian | The word 'у склопу' (within) can also refer to a group or organization. |
| Sesotho | The word "ka hare" in Sesotho also means "in the presence of" or "in the company of" someone. |
| Shona | The word "mukati" in Shona is also a common prefix or infix that means "interior" or "inner part". |
| Sindhi | The word "اندر" ("within") in Sindhi is derived from the Sanskrit word "अंदर" ("inside") and can also mean "secretly" or "in the mind." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | තුළ is derived from the Sanskrit word "tulā", meaning "scales", and is also used to refer to the inner part of something. |
| Slovak | V rámci can also mean 'within the scope of', 'in terms of', or 'as part of'. |
| Slovenian | The word "znotraj" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *vъnǫtrъ, which also means "inside" or "within". |
| Somali | The Somali word "gudahood" means "within" and is related to the word "gudaha" which means "inside" or "in the interior." |
| Spanish | The word "dentro" also has the alternate meanings "under" and "beneath" in Spanish. |
| Sundanese | Dina jero is also used in the context of clothing, with the meaning of "to wear something inside" (e.g. a t-shirt) |
| Swahili | Ndan is used together with some place names in order to specify what side a certain place is on |
| Swedish | Inom can mean 'within' or 'within a certain area or group' |
| Tajik | The word "дар дохили" in Tajik can also mean "inside" or "within the limits of something". |
| Telugu | The Telugu word "లోపల" (within) derives from the Proto-Dravidian root word ""lo," meaning "inner"} |
| Thai | The word "ภายใน" can also mean "interior" or "inside". |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "içinde" also means "in it" or "in him/her/it". |
| Ukrainian | In Ukrainian, "всередині" can also mean "in the middle" or "in the center". |
| Urdu | The word "کے اندر" can also mean "in the presence of" or "in the company of". |
| Uzbek | Ichida is also the Uzbek word for a kind of cotton sack. |
| Vietnamese | The word "trong" can also mean "in" or "during" when referring to time or location. |
| Welsh | O fewn is the Welsh word equivalent to the Latin 'intro', 'in' and the Greek 'entos' and has the same etymology. |
| Xhosa | The word "ngaphakathi" can also refer to the interior of a thing, or the inner part of something. |
| Yiddish | The word "ין" can also mean "internal" or "inner" in Yiddish. |
| Yoruba | Laarin is also used to refer to the interior of a building or object. |
| Zulu | The word "ngaphakathi" can also refer to the interior of something, such as a house or a container. |
| English | Within is also used figuratively to suggest that something is included, surrounded, or restricted. |