Yours in Different Languages
Discover 'Yours' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Yours
Afrikaans joune | ||
Albanian tuajat | ||
Amharic ያንተ | ||
Arabic خاصة بك | ||
Armenian քոնը | ||
Assamese আপোনাৰ | ||
Aymara jumanakankiwa | ||
Azerbaijani sizin | ||
Bambara aw ta ye | ||
Basque zurea | ||
Belarusian ваша | ||
Bengali তোমার | ||
Bhojpuri राउर हऽ | ||
Bosnian tvoj | ||
Bulgarian твоя | ||
Catalan vostre | ||
Cebuano imoha | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 你的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 你的 | ||
Corsican toiu | ||
Croatian tvoja | ||
Czech vaše | ||
Danish din | ||
Dhivehi ތިބާގެއެވެ | ||
Dogri तेरा | ||
Dutch de jouwe | ||
English yours | ||
Esperanto via | ||
Estonian sinu oma | ||
Ewe tɔwò | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) inyo | ||
Finnish sinun | ||
French le tiens | ||
Frisian dines | ||
Galician teu | ||
Georgian შენია | ||
German deine | ||
Greek δικος σου | ||
Guarani nde mba’éva | ||
Gujarati તમારું | ||
Haitian Creole ou | ||
Hausa naku | ||
Hawaiian kāu | ||
Hebrew שלך | ||
Hindi आपका अपना | ||
Hmong koj tuaj mis kas | ||
Hungarian a tiéd | ||
Icelandic þitt | ||
Igbo nke gi | ||
Ilocano ti kukuam | ||
Indonesian milikmu | ||
Irish mise | ||
Italian il tuo | ||
Japanese あなたのもの | ||
Javanese duwekmu | ||
Kannada ನಿಮ್ಮದು | ||
Kazakh сенікі | ||
Khmer របស់អ្នក | ||
Kinyarwanda ibyawe | ||
Konkani तुमचें | ||
Korean 당신 것 | ||
Krio yu yon | ||
Kurdish ya te | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هی تۆ | ||
Kyrgyz сеники | ||
Lao ຂອງທ່ານ | ||
Latin tua | ||
Latvian tavs | ||
Lingala ya yo | ||
Lithuanian tavo | ||
Luganda ebibyo | ||
Luxembourgish ären | ||
Macedonian твое | ||
Maithili अहाँक | ||
Malagasy anao | ||
Malay milik anda | ||
Malayalam താങ്കളുടെ | ||
Maltese tiegħek | ||
Maori nau | ||
Marathi आपले | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯈꯣꯌꯒꯤ꯫ | ||
Mizo i ta a ni | ||
Mongolian чинийх | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) မင်း | ||
Nepali तिम्रो | ||
Norwegian din | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zanu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ତୁମର | ||
Oromo kan keessan | ||
Pashto ستاسو | ||
Persian مال شما | ||
Polish twój | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) sua | ||
Punjabi ਤੁਹਾਡਾ | ||
Quechua qanpa | ||
Romanian a ta | ||
Russian твой | ||
Samoan a oe | ||
Sanskrit तव | ||
Scots Gaelic leatsa | ||
Sepedi ya gago | ||
Serbian твоја | ||
Sesotho ea hau | ||
Shona zvako | ||
Sindhi توهان جو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඔබේ | ||
Slovak tvoj | ||
Slovenian tvoja | ||
Somali taada | ||
Spanish tuyo | ||
Sundanese milik anjeun | ||
Swahili wako | ||
Swedish din | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) inyo | ||
Tajik азони шумо | ||
Tamil உங்களுடையது | ||
Tatar синеке | ||
Telugu మీదే | ||
Thai ของคุณ | ||
Tigrinya ናትካ | ||
Tsonga ya wena | ||
Turkish seninki | ||
Turkmen seniňki | ||
Twi (Akan) wo deɛ | ||
Ukrainian ваш | ||
Urdu تمہارا | ||
Uyghur سىزنىڭ | ||
Uzbek seniki | ||
Vietnamese của bạn | ||
Welsh eich un chi | ||
Xhosa eyakho | ||
Yiddish דייַן | ||
Yoruba tirẹ | ||
Zulu eyakho |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Albanian | The word "tuajat" in Albanian is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root "*tewe" meaning "thou," and is cognate with the English word "thou". |
| Amharic | The word "ያንተ" also derives from the Geez word "እኔ" which means "I", but is only used to address superiors, and can be compared to the informal use of "tu" in French or Spanish. |
| Arabic | The word "خاصة بك" in Arabic can also mean "custom-made" or "tailor-made". |
| Armenian | The word "քոնը" can also mean "your own" or "belonging to you". |
| Azerbaijani | The root word of "sizin" is likely from Turkish."Senin", Turkish for “belonging to you”, derives from “sen.” "Sen," in its earliest forms meant “person." |
| Basque | The word "zurea" in Basque can also mean "belonging to you" or "related to you". |
| Belarusian | "Ваша" can also be used as an adjective meaning "your" in the sense of belonging to a group, such as "ваша честь" ("Your Honor"). |
| Bengali | The word 'তোমার' also has the meaning of 'as you wish' or 'as you feel like'. |
| Bosnian | The word 'tvoj' is derived from the Proto-Slavic word 'tvojь' which also meant 'your' in Proto-Indo-European. |
| Bulgarian | The word "твоя" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*tъvojь", which also means "your" |
| Catalan | "Vostre" in Catalan can also mean "Your Honor" or "Your Worship", and is often used to address judges or other officials. |
| Cebuano | The word 'imoha' is often used to refer to the recipient's family or belongings and has a deeper meaning than simply 'yours'. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 你的(nǐ de) means “you” (the second person personal pronoun) in Mandarin, whereas 你地(néi dei) is used in Cantonese. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 您的 (nin de), your in a formal context, is used to show respect. It is the character 您的 simplified and is usually used with the subject to denote reverence. |
| Corsican | "Toiu" can also refer to "your family" or "your relative". |
| Croatian | The word "tvoja" also has the possessive meaning of "your" in Croatian, referring to a feminine noun. |
| Czech | The term 'vaše' is also used as a formal polite term of address, often translated as 'you' or 'Your Excellency'. |
| Danish | In Old Norse, "dinn" meant "mighty, grand, strong, or brave." |
| Dutch | "De jouwe" can also refer to a person's love interest or significant other. |
| Esperanto | In Polish, "via" or "viać" means "to blow (the wind) or to hang (meat)." |
| Estonian | The word "sinu" can also mean "thy" or "your" in a more formal or archaic sense. |
| Finnish | The word "sinun" in Finnish can also refer to the possessive form of the second-person singular pronoun "sinä" (you). |
| Frisian | The word 'dines' is also used in West Frisian, where it means 'your'. |
| Galician | In Galician, "teu" is the possessive form of the second person pronoun "ti," meaning "you" in the singular. |
| Georgian | The word 'შენია' can also mean 'yours truly' or 'obediently yours' when used as a closing in a formal letter. |
| German | The word "deine" can also refer to a female's genitive case of the personal pronoun "du" (you). |
| Greek | "Δικος σου" is derived from the Greek word "δικη", meaning "justice" or "right", and originally referred to something that was "rightfully yours" or "belonging to you". |
| Gujarati | The word "તમારું" can also refer to "belonging to you" or "under your control" in Gujarati. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "ou" in Haitian Creole is the same as in French, meaning "where". |
| Hausa | In Hausa, "naku" is sometimes used colloquially to refer to someone's favorite activity or possession. |
| Hawaiian | The word "kāu" also means "belonging to you" or "your loved ones" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | "שלך" can be both masculine and feminine as well as being a noun or pronoun in modern Hebrew. |
| Hindi | "आपका अपना" translates as "yours" but can also refer to an object that is exclusively personal to the speaker." |
| Hmong | The phrase "koj tuaj mis kas" is a term of endearment meaning "my precious one" or "my darling." |
| Hungarian | "A tiéd" is the short form of the phrase "Ez a te tulajdonod", which means "this is your property". |
| Icelandic | In Old Norse, "þitt" could also refer to a legal claim or right to something. |
| Igbo | The phrase "nke gi" can also be used as a term of endearment for a loved one. |
| Indonesian | "Milikmu" literally means "in your possession" in Indonesian, derived from the Javanese word "milik" (possession) and the first-person possessive suffix "-mu" |
| Irish | The word "mise" (yours) in Irish is an example of a lenited form of the genitive case of the Irish first-person singular pronoun "mé" (I). |
| Italian | In Italian, "il tuo" can also mean "your life" or "your destiny". |
| Japanese | While "あなたのもの" does indeed mean "yours", it can also be translated as "something that belongs to you". |
| Javanese | The word "duwekmu" can be broken down into "duwe" (to own) and "mu" (possessive pronoun), meaning "the one you own" or "your possession." |
| Kannada | The term "ನಿಮ್ಮದು" also signifies "your concern". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "сенікі" (yours) shares the same root with the word "сен" (you), suggesting a sense of possession or belonging. |
| Korean | The Korean word "당신 것" has a more specific meaning in the singular, meaning one object, whereas the plural refers to more than one object. |
| Kurdish | The etymology of "ya te" is unclear, but it may be related to the Persian word "tū", meaning "you". |
| Kyrgyz | The word |
| Lao | ຂອງທ່ານ is a Lao phrase that can also mean "it is yours" or "it belongs to you". |
| Latin | "Tua" originated from the Proto-Indo-European root "*tewe" meaning "you". |
| Latvian | In Latvian, the word “tavs” has an additional meaning, referring to an object that belongs to an unspecified person or thing. |
| Lithuanian | In addition to the standard meaning of "yours," "tavo" can also be used to refer to someone's significant other or spouse. |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "ären" derives from the Old High German word "euer" and is related to the English word "your". |
| Macedonian | The word "твое" also has the alternate meaning of "your" in Macedonian. |
| Malagasy | The word "anao" in Malagasy shares its root with the Indonesian and Malay word "engkau" and the Polynesian word "koe", all of which mean "you" in their respective languages. |
| Malay | "Milik anda" literally means "your property" in Malay. |
| Malayalam | "താങ്കളുടെ" is a polite second person pronoun in Malayalam, typically used to refer to someone who is older, of higher status, or unfamiliar. |
| Maltese | The word "tiegħek" is derived from the Semitic root word "DYK", meaning "property" or "belonging to". |
| Maori | The Maori word "nau" can also mean "now" or "today". |
| Marathi | The word "आपले" (aapale) in Marathi can also refer to a formal or respectful way of addressing someone, similar to the English "you" or "your". |
| Mongolian | The word "чинийх" also means "your (plural)" in Mongolian. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | The word “မင်း” can also be used to refer to a person of lower status. |
| Nepali | The etymology of "तिम्रो" traces back to the Proto-Indo-European root "tewe" meaning "you", also related to the English "thou". |
| Norwegian | The Old Norse form "ðinn" is cognate with the English "thine" and the German "dein". |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Nyanja 'zanu' has also been used to refer to 'a gift' by Ngoni speakers, which is thought to have originated from 'zanu' meaning 'to receive.' |
| Pashto | The Pashto word ستاسو (yours) is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tewos-, meaning 'your'. It is cognate with the Sanskrit word तव (tava), the Greek word τεός (teos), and the Latin word tuus. |
| Polish | The word "Twój" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*tъvojь", which also means "your", and is related to the Latin word "tuus". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | Sua comes from the Latin pronoun "sua", meaning "his, hers, its" or "their". |
| Punjabi | The word 'ਤੁਹਾਡਾ' can also be used to address someone respectfully, similar to the English 'Your Honor' or 'Your Majesty'. |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "a ta" also means "of yours" or "belonging to you". |
| Russian | The word "твой" can also be used in a figurative sense to indicate possession or belonging, e.g. "мой любимый цветок" (my favorite flower). |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "a oe" means "yours" and is a contraction of the phrase "a e oe", meaning "for you". |
| Scots Gaelic | The word 'leatsa' is a polite form of 'your' that is used when speaking to someone who is older or more respected than you. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "твоја" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*tvoja", which also means "your" in other Slavic languages. |
| Sesotho | In Setswana, "hau" can mean either me or yours when used in "me he" or "hau he" respectfully. |
| Shona | The word "zvako" in the Shona language has its origins in the Proto-Bantu word "*wa-ko," meaning "related to you". |
| Sindhi | The word "توهان جو" in Sindhi also means "belonging to God" or "sacred". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The Sinhala word ඔබේ (obe) originates from the Sanskrit word 'tava', meaning 'your', and it refers to something that belongs to or is associated with the second person. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "tvoj" is also used to refer to a spouse or lover. |
| Slovenian | The word "tvoja" in Slovenian originates from the Proto-Slavic word "*tuja" meaning "that" or "strange". |
| Somali | Somali "taada" also means "you are". |
| Spanish | The word "tuyo" comes from the Latin word "tuus", meaning "your", and is related to the Spanish words "tu" (you) and "tú" (your). |
| Swahili | The Swahili word "wako" can also mean "belonging to you" or "your responsibility." |
| Swedish | The word "din" also means "noise" or "commotion" in Swedish, related to the English word "din". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | Inyo is also used as an alternate form of "ninyo" which means "doll" or "toy". |
| Tajik | The Tajik word |
| Thai | The Thai word |
| Turkish | The word 'seninki' comes from the possessive pronoun 'senin' with the suffix '-ki', which can also mean 'the one belonging to you'. |
| Ukrainian | Ukrainian word "ваш" is a masculine form of the possessive adjective meaning "your". It can also be used as a formal way of addressing someone. |
| Urdu | The word "تمہارا" comes from the Sanskrit word "tava", meaning "your" or "belonging to you". |
| Uzbek | The word "seniki" can also mean "self" or "yourself" when used in a possessive sense. |
| Vietnamese | The Vietnamese word "của bạn" can also mean "your" in the sense of belonging to you or being yours. |
| Welsh | "Eich un chi" has a secondary meaning of "a certain" |
| Xhosa | The word "eyakho" in Xhosa can also refer to a possessive pronoun indicating ownership or belonging to someone. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'דייַן' ('dayn') can also mean 'judge' and is derived from the Hebrew word 'דין' ('din'), meaning 'law' or 'judgment'. |
| Yoruba | "Tirẹ" also conveys ownership by the speaker and a lack of it (by the speaker) for a 3rd party. |
| Zulu | In Zulu, "eyakho" not only means "yours," but can also mean "your place" or "your home." |
| English | "Yours" derives etymologically from a combination of the Old English words |