Hunger
//ˈhʌŋɡə//
Translations of "hunger" (174 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | амла(need for food) | amla | |
| Afar | luwa(need for food) | — | |
| Aghwan | 𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕚(need for food) | bus | |
| Akan | ɔkɔm(need for food) | — | |
| Albanian | uri(need for food) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | λιμός(need for food), πεῖνα(need for food), σιτοδεία(need for food), πεινάω(need food), πεινάω(desire) | limós, peîna, sitodeía, peináō, peináō | |
| Andi | моко(need for food) | moko | |
| Arabic | تَعَطُّش(strong desire), جوع(need for food), جُوع(need for food), رَغْبَة(strong desire), يوع(need for food), جَاعَ(need food) | taʕaṭṭuš, ḡūʕ, jūʕ, raḡba, yūʕ, jāʕa | |
| Aragonese | fambre(need for food) | — | |
| Armenian | սով(need for food), քաղց(need for food) | sov, kʻaġcʻ | |
| Aromanian | foami(need for food) | — | |
| Assamese | ভোক(need for food) | bhük | |
| Asturian | fame(need for food), tar esfamiáu(need food), tener fame(need food) | — | |
| Avar | ракъи(need for food) | raqxʼi | |
| Azerbaijani | aclıq(need for food) | — | |
| Bangi | nzala(need for food) | — | |
| Bashkir | аслыҡ(need for food) | aslıq | |
| Basque | gose(need for food) | — | |
| Belarusian | го́лад(need for food) | hólad | |
| Bengali | ক্ষুধা(need for food), খিদা(need for food), ভুক(need for food), ভুখ(need for food) | khudha, khida, bhuk, bhukh | |
| Breton | naon(need for food) | — | |
| Bulgarian | глад(need for food), жа́жда(strong desire), гладувам(need food), жадувам(desire) | glad, žážda, gladuvam, žaduvam | |
| Burmese | အငတ်(need for food), အဆာ(need for food) | a.ngat, a.hca | |
| Carpathian Rusyn | го́лод(need for food) | hólod | |
| Catalan | fam(need for food), gana(need for food), set(strong desire) | — | |
| Cebuano | gutom(need for food) | — | |
| Central Atlas Tamazight | ⵍⴰⵥ(need for food) | laẓ | |
| Central Kurdish | برس(need for food), برسێتی(need for food), برسی(need food) | birs, birsêtî, birsî | |
| Chechen | мацалла(need for food) | macalla | |
| Cherokee | ᎤᏲᏏᎭ(need food) | uyosiha | |
| Chichewa | njala(need for food) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 渴望(strong desire), 飢餓 /饥饿(need for food) | kěwàng, jī'è | |
| Chukchi | гытъатгыргын(need for food) | gytʺatgyrgyn | |
| Church Slavic | гладъ(need for food) | gladŭ | |
| Chuvash | выҫлӑх(need for food), выҫӑ(need for food) | vyślăh, vyś̬ă | |
| Coptic | ϩⲕⲟ(need for food), ϩⲕⲟ(need food) | hko, hko | |
| Cornish | nown(need for food) | — | |
| Czech | hlad(need for food), hladovět(need food) | — | |
| Dalmatian | fum(need for food) | — | |
| Danish | sult(need for food) | — | |
| Dutch | honger(need for food), trek(need for food), honger hebben(need food), hongeren(need food), verlangen(desire) | — | |
| Egyptian | H-q:r-A2(need for food) | ḥqr | |
| Esperanto | malsato(need for food), malsati(need food) | — | |
| Estonian | nälg(need for food) | — | |
| Even | дьэмкэн(need for food) | ʒəmkən | |
| Evenki | дему(need for food) | ʒemu | |
| Faroese | hungur(need for food), svongd(need for food), svultur(need for food) | — | |
| Finnish | himo(strong desire), nälkä(need for food), nälkä(strong desire), himoita(desire), isota(desire), nähdä nälkää(need food) | — | |
| French | faim(need for food), soif(strong desire), avoir faim(need food), avoir soif(desire) | — | |
| Friulian | fan(need for food) | — | |
| Galician | anguria(strong desire), arela(strong desire), carpulla(need for food), debezo(strong desire), degoro(strong desire), degoxo(strong desire), engolemia(strong desire), enrónica(strong desire), fame(need for food), fame negra(need for food), farca(need for food), garita(need for food), garula(need for food), gatuza(need for food), gorromela(strong desire), larica(need for food), larota(need for food), prango(strong desire), puxo(strong desire), sede(strong desire) | — | |
| Georgian | შიმშილი(need for food) | šimšili | |
| German | Hunger(need for food), Hunger haben(need food), hungern(need food), hungrig sein(need food) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌷𐌿𐌷𐍂𐌿𐍃(need for food), 𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍂𐌾𐌰𐌽(need food) | hūhrus, huggrjan | |
| Greek | ασιτία(need for food), λαχτάρα(strong desire), λιγούρα(need for food), λιμός(need for food), πείνα(need for food), πείνα(strong desire), πόθος(strong desire), λαχταρώ(desire), πεινώ(need food), ποθώ(desire) | asitía, lachtára, ligoúra, limós, peína, peína, póthos, lachtaró, peinó, pothó | |
| Hadza | házze(need for food) | — | |
| Haitian Creole | grangou(need for food) | — | |
| Hebrew | רָעָב(need for food) | ra'áv | |
| Hindi | भूख(need for food) | bhūkh | |
| Hungarian | éhség(need for food) | — | |
| Icelandic | hungur(need for food), sultur(need for food) | — | |
| Ido | hungro(need for food), hungrar(need food) | — | |
| Indonesian | lapar(need for food) | — | |
| Ingrian | nälkä(need for food) | — | |
| Ingush | мецавалар(need for food) | mecavalar | |
| Interlingua | fame(need for food) | — | |
| Irish | anrachán(strong desire), ocras(need for food), ocras(strong desire), ocras(need food) | — | |
| Istriot | fan(need for food) | — | |
| Istro-Romanian | fome(need for food) | — | |
| Italian | fame(need for food), avere fame(need food) | — | |
| Japanese | 空腹(need for food), 飢え(need for food), 飢餓(need for food), 飢える(need food), 飢える(desire) | kūfuku, ue, kiga, ueru, ueru | |
| Kabuverdianu | fómi(need for food) | — | |
| Kapampangan | danup(need for food), keranupan(need for food) | — | |
| Karakhanid | ااجْماقْ(need food) | āčmaq | |
| Kazakh | аштық(need for food) | aştyq | |
| Khakas | ас(need for food) | as | |
| Khalaj | âç(need for food) | — | |
| Kikuyu | ng'aragu(need for food) | — | |
| Kongo | nzala(need for food) | — | |
| Korean | 굶주림(need for food), 배고픔(need for food) | gumjurim, baegopeum | |
| Kyrgyz | ачтык(need for food) | actık | |
| Latgalian | bods(need for food), olkonums(need for food) | — | |
| Latin | famēs(need for food), ēsuriō(need food) | — | |
| Latvian | bads(need for food) | — | |
| Lingala | nzala(need for food) | — | |
| Lithuanian | alkis(need for food) | — | |
| Lombard | famm(need for food) | — | |
| Louisiana Creole | fim(need for food), gran-gou(need for food), fim(need food) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | głod(need for food) | — | |
| Luba-Kasai | nzala(need for food) | — | |
| Luba-Katanga | nzala(need for food) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Honger(need for food) | — | |
| Macedonian | глад(need for food) | glad | |
| Malay | lapar(need for food) | — | |
| Maltese | ġuħ(need for food) | — | |
| Manx | accrys(need for food) | — | |
| Maranao | gotem(need for food) | — | |
| Marathi | भूख(need for food) | bhūkh | |
| Mongolian | өлсгөлөн(need for food) | ölsgölön | |
| Navajo | dichin(need for food) | — | |
| Nepali | भोक(need for food) | bhok | |
| Norman | fôim(need for food) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | birçîtî(need for food) | — | |
| Northern Sami | nealgi(need for food) | — | |
| Norwegian | hungre(desire) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | hunger(need for food), hunger(strong desire), sult(need for food), sulte(need food) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | hunger(need for food), hunger(strong desire), svolt(need for food), svelte(need food) | — | |
| Occitan | fam(need for food) | — | |
| Odia | ଭୋକ(need for food) | bhoka | |
| Old Church Slavonic | алкати(need food), алкати(desire) | alkati, alkati | |
| Old East Slavic | голодъ(need for food) | golodŭ | |
| Old English | hungor(need for food) | — | |
| Old High German | hungar(need for food) | — | |
| Old Norse | hungr(need for food) | — | |
| Old Prussian | alkautwei(need food) | — | |
| Old Turkic | 𐰀𐰲𐰾𐰴(need for food), 𐰀𐰲(need food) | āčsïq, āč- | |
| Ossetian | стонг(need for food) | stong | |
| Ottoman Turkish | آجلق(need for food) | aclık | |
| Papiamentu | hamber(need for food) | — | |
| Pashto | لوږه(need for food) | lwᶕɀa | |
| Persian | گرسنگی(need for food) | gorosnegi | |
| Plautdietsch | Hunga(need for food), hungrich sennen(need food) | — | |
| Polish | głód(need for food), żądza(strong desire), głodować(need food), pożądać(desire), pragnąć(desire), łaknąć(need food), łaknąć(desire) | — | |
| Portuguese | fome(need for food), sede(strong desire), desejar(desire), ter fome(need food) | — | |
| Quechua | yarqay(need for food) | — | |
| Rohingya | búk(need for food) | — | |
| Romagnol | fâm(need for food) | — | |
| Romani | bokh(need for food) | — | |
| Romanian | foame(need for food), fie foame(need food) | — | |
| Romansch | fom(need for food) | — | |
| Russian | го́лод(need for food), жа́жда(strong desire), алкать(desire), голода́ть(need food), жа́ждать(desire), проголода́ться(need food) | gólod, žážda, alkatʹ, golodátʹ, žáždatʹ, progolodátʹsja | |
| Saho | luwa(need for food) | — | |
| Sango | nzala(need for food) | — | |
| Sanskrit | बुभुक्षा(need for food) | bubhukṣā | |
| Sardinian | fàmene(need for food) | — | |
| Scottish Gaelic | acras(need for food) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | glad(need for food), глад(need for food), gladòvati(need food), гладо̀вати(need food) | — | |
| Sicilian | fami(need for food) | — | |
| Sindhi | بک(need for food) | bkh | |
| Slovak | hlad(need for food) | — | |
| Slovene | lakota(need for food) | — | |
| Somali | gaajo(need for food) | — | |
| Southern Altai | ач(need for food) | ač | |
| Spanish | acucia(strong desire), anhelo(strong desire), fambre (desus.)(need for food), fiaca(need for food), gazuza(need for food), gusa(need for food), hambre(need for food), hambrosio(need for food), sed(strong desire), amalayar(desire), ambicionar(desire), anhelar(desire), hambrear(need food), tener hambre(need food), tener sed(desire) | — | |
| Sranan Tongo | angri(need for food) | — | |
| Swahili | njaa(need for food), njaa(strong desire), unenge(need for food), unenge(strong desire), kuwa na njaa(need food) | — | |
| Swedish | hunger(need for food), hunger(strong desire), hungra(need food), hungra(desire) | — | |
| Tajik | гуруснагӣ(need for food) | gurusnagi | |
| Tamil | பசி(need for food) | paci | |
| Tatar | ачлык(need for food) | açlıq | |
| Telugu | ఆకలి(need for food) | ākali | |
| Tetum | hamlaha(need for food), laha(need for food) | — | |
| Thai | ความหิว(need for food) | kwaam-hǐu | |
| Tocharian B | kest(need for food) | — | |
| Tumbuka | njala(need for food) | — | |
| Turkish | aç(need for food), açlık(need for food), acıkmak(need food) | — | |
| Turkmen | aaçlyk(need for food), açlyk(need for food) | — | |
| Tuvan | аш(need for food) | aş | |
| Ugaritic | 𐎗𐎙𐎁𐎐(need for food) | rġbn | |
| Ukrainian | го́лод(need for food) | hólod | |
| Upper Sorbian | hłód(need for food) | — | |
| Urdu | بھوک(need for food) | bhūk | |
| Uyghur | ئاچلىق(need for food) | achliq | |
| Uzbek | ochlik(need for food) | — | |
| Venetan | fan(need for food) | — | |
| Vietnamese | đói(need for food), bị đói(need food), thèm(desire) | — | |
| Vili | nzala(need for food) | — | |
| Votic | nältše(need for food) | — | |
| Walloon | fwin(need for food) | — | |
| Welsh | newyn(need for food) | — | |
| West-Frisian | honger(need for food), hûnger(need for food) | — | |
| Yakut | аас(need for food), аас(need food) | aas, aas | |
| Yiddish | הונגער(need for food) | hunger | |
| Zhuang | iek(need for food) | — |
luwa
ɔkɔm
uri
fambre
foami
fame, tar esfamiáu, tener fame
aclıq
nzala
gose
naon
fam, gana, set
gutom
njala
nown
hlad, hladovět
fum
sult
honger, trek, honger hebben, hongeren, verlangen
malsato, malsati
nälg
hungur, svongd, svultur
himo, nälkä, nälkä, himoita, isota, nähdä nälkää
faim, soif, avoir faim, avoir soif
fan
anguria, arela, carpulla, debezo, degoro, degoxo, engolemia, enrónica, fame, fame negra, farca, garita, garula, gatuza, gorromela, larica, larota, prango, puxo, sede
Hunger, Hunger haben, hungern, hungrig sein
ασιτία, λαχτάρα, λιγούρα, λιμός, πείνα, πείνα, πόθος, λαχταρώ, πεινώ, ποθώ
asitía, lachtára, ligoúra, limós, peína, peína, póthos, lachtaró, peinó, pothó
házze
grangou
éhség
hungur, sultur
hungro, hungrar
lapar
nälkä
fame
anrachán, ocras, ocras, ocras
fan
fome
fame, avere fame
fómi
danup, keranupan
âç
ng'aragu
nzala
bods, olkonums
famēs, ēsuriō
bads
nzala
alkis
famm
fim, gran-gou, fim
głod
nzala
nzala
Honger
lapar
ġuħ
accrys
gotem
dichin
fôim
birçîtî
nealgi
hungre
hunger, hunger, sult, sulte
hunger, hunger, svolt, svelte
fam
hungor
hungar
hungr
alkautwei
hamber
Hunga, hungrich sennen
głód, żądza, głodować, pożądać, pragnąć, łaknąć, łaknąć
fome, sede, desejar, ter fome
yarqay
búk
fâm
bokh
foame, fie foame
fom
го́лод, жа́жда, алкать, голода́ть, жа́ждать, проголода́ться
gólod, žážda, alkatʹ, golodátʹ, žáždatʹ, progolodátʹsja
luwa
nzala
fàmene
acras
glad, глад, gladòvati, гладо̀вати
fami
hlad
lakota
gaajo
acucia, anhelo, fambre (desus.), fiaca, gazuza, gusa, hambre, hambrosio, sed, amalayar, ambicionar, anhelar, hambrear, tener hambre, tener sed
angri
njaa, njaa, unenge, unenge, kuwa na njaa
hunger, hunger, hungra, hungra
hamlaha, laha
kest
njala
aç, açlık, acıkmak
aaçlyk, açlyk
hłód
ochlik
fan
đói, bị đói, thèm
nzala
nältše
fwin
newyn
honger, hûnger
iek
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