Mother-of-pearl
//ˌmʌðəɹ əv ˈpɜː(ɹ)l//
Translations of "mother-of-pearl" (72 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | амыркылд(pearly layer) | amərkʼəld | |
| Albanian | sedef(pearly layer) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | πινάριον(pearly layer) | pinárion | |
| Arabic | أُمّ اللَّآلِئ(pearly layer), زَلَف(pearly layer), زِلْف(pearly layer), صَدَف(pearly layer), عِرْق اللُّؤْلُؤ(pearly layer) | ʔumm al-laʔāliʔ, zalaf, zilf, ṣadaf, ʕirq al-luʔluʔ | |
| Armenian | սադափ(pearly layer) | sadapʻ | |
| Azerbaijani | sədəf(pearly layer) | — | |
| Bashkir | мәрүәт(pearly layer) | mərwət | |
| Belarusian | перламу́тр(pearly layer), пэрляму́тар(pearly layer) | pjerlamútr, perljamútar | |
| Bengali | মৌক্তিক(pearly layer) | mōuktik | |
| Bulgarian | седе́ф(pearly layer) | sedéf | |
| Burmese | ကနုကမာ(pearly layer), မုတ်ခွံ(pearly layer) | ka.nu.ka.ma, muthkwam | |
| Buryat | тана(pearly layer), эржэн(pearly layer) | tana, eržen | |
| Catalan | mareperla(pearly layer) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 珍珠母(pearly layer), 珧(pearly layer) | zhēnzhūmǔ, yáo | |
| Czech | perleť(pearly layer) | — | |
| Danish | perlemor(pearly layer) | — | |
| Dutch | parelmoer(pearly layer) | — | |
| Estonian | pärlmutter(pearly layer) | — | |
| Finnish | helmiäinen(pearly layer), satraappi(butterfly) | — | |
| French | nacre(pearly layer) | — | |
| Friulian | mariperle(pearly layer) | — | |
| Georgian | პერლამუტრი(pearly layer), სადაფი(pearly layer) | ṗerlamuṭri, sadapi | |
| German | Perlmutt(pearly layer), Perlmutter(pearly layer) | — | |
| Greek | φίλντισι(pearly layer) | fílntisi | |
| Hebrew | דַּר(pearly layer) | dar | |
| Hindi | सदफ(pearly layer), सदफ़(pearly layer) | sadaph, sadaf | |
| Hungarian | gyöngyház(pearly layer) | — | |
| Icelandic | perlumóðir(pearly layer) | — | |
| Indonesian | giwang(pearly layer), indung mutiara(pearly layer) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | صَدَف(pearly layer) | sadaf | |
| Irish | néamhann(pearly layer) | — | |
| Italian | madreperla(pearly layer) | — | |
| Japanese | 真珠層(pearly layer), 真珠母(pearly layer) | shinjusō, shinjubo | |
| Kalmyk | тан(pearly layer) | tan | |
| Kazakh | седеп(pearly layer), тана(pearly layer) | sedep, tana | |
| Korean | 진주모(pearly layer), 진주층(pearly layer) | jinjumo, jinjucheung | |
| Kyrgyz | седеп(pearly layer) | sedep | |
| Latvian | perlamutrs(pearly layer) | — | |
| Lithuanian | perlamutras(pearly layer) | — | |
| Macedonian | седеф(pearly layer) | sedef | |
| Maranao | lageng(pearly layer) | — | |
| Mongolian | тана(pearly layer) | tana | |
| Navajo | diichiłí(pearly layer) | — | |
| Northern Kurdish | sedef(pearly layer) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | kjerne(pearly layer), perlemor(pearly layer) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | perlemor(pearly layer) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | صدف(pearly layer) | sedef | |
| Pashto | صدف(pearly layer) | sadáf | |
| Polish | macica perłowa(pearly layer), masa perłowa(pearly layer) | — | |
| Portuguese | madrepérola(pearly layer), nácar(pearly layer) | — | |
| Romanian | sidef(pearly layer) | — | |
| Russian | перламу́тр(pearly layer) | perlamútr | |
| Serbo-Croatian | sèdef(pearly layer), сѐдеф(pearly layer) | — | |
| Slovak | perleť(pearly layer) | — | |
| Slovene | sedef(pearly layer) | — | |
| Southern Altai | тана(pearly layer) | tana | |
| Spanish | madreperla(pearly layer), nácar(pearly layer) | — | |
| Swedish | pärlemor(pearly layer) | — | |
| Tagalog | binga(pearly layer), inamperlas(pearly layer), nakar(pearly layer) | — | |
| Tajik | садаф(pearly layer) | sadaf | |
| Tatar | перламутр(pearly layer), сәдәф(pearly layer) | perlamutr, sädäf | |
| Telugu | ముత్యపుచిప్ప(pearly layer) | mutyapucippa | |
| Turkish | sedef(pearly layer) | — | |
| Turkmen | sadap(pearly layer) | — | |
| Ukrainian | перламу́тр(pearly layer) | perlamútr | |
| Urdu | صَدَف(pearly layer) | sadaf | |
| Uyghur | سەدەپ(pearly layer) | sedep | |
| Uzbek | sadaf(pearly layer) | — | |
| Vietnamese | xà cừ(pearly layer) | — | |
| Welsh | cregynwisg(pearly layer), nacr(pearly layer) | — | |
| Yakan | tipey(pearly layer) | — | |
| Yiddish | פּערל־מוטער(pearly layer) | perl-muter |
sedef
أُمّ اللَّآلِئ, زَلَف, زِلْف, صَدَف, عِرْق اللُّؤْلُؤ
ʔumm al-laʔāliʔ, zalaf, zilf, ṣadaf, ʕirq al-luʔluʔ
sədəf
mareperla
perleť
perlemor
parelmoer
pärlmutter
helmiäinen, satraappi
nacre
mariperle
Perlmutt, Perlmutter
gyöngyház
perlumóðir
giwang, indung mutiara
néamhann
madreperla
perlamutrs
perlamutras
lageng
diichiłí
sedef
kjerne, perlemor
perlemor
macica perłowa, masa perłowa
madrepérola, nácar
sidef
sèdef, сѐдеф
perleť
sedef
madreperla, nácar
pärlemor
binga, inamperlas, nakar
sedef
sadap
sadaf
xà cừ
cregynwisg, nacr
tipey
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