Proverb
//ˈpɹɑvɝb//
Translations of "proverb" (102 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | proverb(phrase expressing a basic truth), thënie(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | παροιμία(phrase expressing a basic truth) | paroimía | |
| Arabic | حِكْمَة(phrase expressing a basic truth), ضَرْب مَثَل(phrase expressing a basic truth), ضَرْبُ الْمَثَل(phrase expressing a basic truth), مَثَل(phrase expressing a basic truth), مَقَال(phrase expressing a basic truth) | ḥikma, ḍarb maṯal, ḍarbu l-maṯal, maṯal, maqāl | |
| Armenian | առած(phrase expressing a basic truth), ասացվածք(phrase expressing a basic truth) | aṙac, asacʻvackʻ | |
| Asturian | proverbiu(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | atalar sözü(phrase expressing a basic truth), atasözü(phrase expressing a basic truth), məsəl(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Bashkir | мәҡәл(phrase expressing a basic truth), әйтем(phrase expressing a basic truth) | məqəl, əytem | |
| Basque | atsotitz(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Belarusian | пры́казка(phrase expressing a basic truth), прысло́ўе(phrase expressing a basic truth) | prýkazka, pryslówje | |
| Bengali | প্রবাদ(phrase expressing a basic truth) | probad | |
| Breton | krennlavar(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Bulgarian | погово́рка(phrase expressing a basic truth), посло́вица(phrase expressing a basic truth) | pogovórka, poslóvica | |
| Burmese | စကားပုံ(phrase expressing a basic truth), ဆိုထုံး(phrase expressing a basic truth) | ca.ka:pum, hcuihtum: | |
| Catalan | dita(phrase expressing a basic truth), parèmia(phrase expressing a basic truth), proverbi(phrase expressing a basic truth), refrany(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Chakma | 𑄓𑄊𑄧𑄇𑄧𑄙(phrase expressing a basic truth) | ḍāghakadhā | |
| Chechen | кица(phrase expressing a basic truth) | kica | |
| Chichewa | mwambi(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 箴言(phrase expressing a basic truth), 諺語 /谚语(phrase expressing a basic truth) | zam¹ jin⁴, jin⁶ jyu⁵ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 箴言(phrase expressing a basic truth), 諺語 /谚语(phrase expressing a basic truth) | zhēnyán, yànyǔ | |
| Czech | přísloví(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Danish | ordsprog(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Dari | ضَرْبُ الْمَثَل(phrase expressing a basic truth), مَثَل(phrase expressing a basic truth), مَقَال(phrase expressing a basic truth) | zarbu l-masal, masal, maqāl | |
| Dutch | gezegde(phrase expressing a basic truth), spreekwoord(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Esperanto | proverbo(phrase expressing a basic truth), sentenco(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Estonian | vanasõna(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Faroese | orðatak(phrase expressing a basic truth), orðtak(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Finnish | sananlasku(phrase expressing a basic truth), sanonta(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| French | proverbe(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Galician | proverbio(phrase expressing a basic truth), refrán(phrase expressing a basic truth), verbo(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Georgian | ანდაზა(phrase expressing a basic truth) | andaza | |
| German | Denkspruch(phrase expressing a basic truth), Proverb(phrase expressing a basic truth), Redensart(phrase expressing a basic truth), Sprichwort(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌲𐌰𐌾𐌿𐌺𐍉(phrase expressing a basic truth) | gajukō | |
| Greek | παροιμία(phrase expressing a basic truth) | paroimía | |
| Greenlandic | ussat(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Gujarati | કહેવત(phrase expressing a basic truth) | kahevat | |
| Haitian Creole | provèb(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Hebrew | פִּתְגָּם(phrase expressing a basic truth) | pitgám | |
| Hindi | कहावत(phrase expressing a basic truth), ज़र्ब-उल-मसल(phrase expressing a basic truth), मसल(phrase expressing a basic truth), लोकोक्ति(phrase expressing a basic truth) | kahāvat, zarb-ul-masal, masal, lokokti | |
| Hungarian | közmondás(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Icelandic | málsháttur(phrase expressing a basic truth), orðskviður(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Ido | proverbo(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Indonesian | peribahasa(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Ingrian | sananverto(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Iranian Persian | ضَرْبُ الْمَثَل(phrase expressing a basic truth), مَثَل(phrase expressing a basic truth), مَقال(phrase expressing a basic truth) | zarbo l-masal, masal, maġâl | |
| Irish | seanfhocal(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Italian | proverbio(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Ivatan | pananahan(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Japanese | 格言(phrase expressing a basic truth), 諺(phrase expressing a basic truth) | kakugen, kotowaza | |
| Kazakh | мақал(phrase expressing a basic truth) | maqal | |
| Khmer | សុភាសិត(phrase expressing a basic truth) | sophiəsət | |
| Korean | 격언(phrase expressing a basic truth), 속담(phrase expressing a basic truth) | gyeogeon, sokdam | |
| Kyrgyz | макал(phrase expressing a basic truth) | makal | |
| Lao | ພາສິດ(phrase expressing a basic truth), ສຸພາສິດ(phrase expressing a basic truth) | phā sit, su phā sit | |
| Latin | adagium(phrase expressing a basic truth), adagiō(phrase expressing a basic truth), paroemia(phrase expressing a basic truth), proverbium(phrase expressing a basic truth), sententia(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Latvian | paruna(phrase expressing a basic truth), sakāmvārds(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Lithuanian | patarlė(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Low German | Snacks(phrase expressing a basic truth), Spriekel(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Sprachwuert(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Macedonian | изрека(phrase expressing a basic truth), поговорка(phrase expressing a basic truth), пословица(phrase expressing a basic truth) | izreka, pogovorka, poslovica | |
| Malay | peribahasa(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Malayalam | പഴഞ്ചൊല്ല്(phrase expressing a basic truth), പഴമൊഴി(phrase expressing a basic truth) | paḻañcollŭ, paḻamoḻi | |
| Maltese | qawl(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Māori | rārangi whakataukī(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Marwari | कैवत(phrase expressing a basic truth) | kaivat | |
| Mongolian | зүйр цэцэн үг(phrase expressing a basic truth), зүйр үг(phrase expressing a basic truth) | züjr cecen üg, züjr üg | |
| Northern Kurdish | gotina mezinan(phrase expressing a basic truth), gotinên pêşiyan(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | ordtak(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | ordtak(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Old English | biword(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Oromo | mammaaksa(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Ossetian | ӕмбисонд(phrase expressing a basic truth) | æmbisond | |
| Pannonian Rusyn | присловка(phrase expressing a basic truth) | prislovka | |
| Pashto | ضرب المثل(phrase expressing a basic truth), متل(phrase expressing a basic truth), مثل(phrase expressing a basic truth) | zarbo l-masal, matál, masál | |
| Polish | przysłowie(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Portuguese | provérbio(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Romanian | proverb(phrase expressing a basic truth), proverbe(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Russian | погово́рка(phrase expressing a basic truth), посло́вица(phrase expressing a basic truth), при́сказка(phrase expressing a basic truth) | pogovórka, poslóvica, prískazka | |
| Scottish Gaelic | gnàth-fhacal(phrase expressing a basic truth), seanfhacal(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | pòslovica(phrase expressing a basic truth), по̀словица(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Sikkimese | ཁ་དཔེ(phrase expressing a basic truth) | kha dpe | |
| Slovak | príslovie(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Slovene | pregovor(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Spanish | paremia(phrase expressing a basic truth), proverbio(phrase expressing a basic truth), refrán(phrase expressing a basic truth), retraher(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Swahili | methali(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Swedish | ordspråk(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Tagalog | salawikain(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Tajik | зарбулмасал(phrase expressing a basic truth), масал(phrase expressing a basic truth), мақол(phrase expressing a basic truth) | zarbulmasal, masal, maqol | |
| Tamil | பழமொழி(phrase expressing a basic truth) | paḻamoḻi | |
| Tatar | мәкаль(phrase expressing a basic truth) | mäqäl | |
| Telugu | నానుడి(phrase expressing a basic truth), లోకోక్తి(phrase expressing a basic truth), సామెత(phrase expressing a basic truth) | nānuḍi, lōkōkti, sāmeta | |
| Thai | ภาษิต(phrase expressing a basic truth), สุภาษิต(phrase expressing a basic truth) | paa-sìt, sù-paa-sìt | |
| Tibetan | གཏམ་དཔེ།(phrase expressing a basic truth) | gtam dpe | |
| Turkish | atasözü(phrase expressing a basic truth), darbımesel(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Turkmen | atalar sözi(phrase expressing a basic truth), nakyl(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Ukrainian | при́казка(phrase expressing a basic truth), прислі́в'я(phrase expressing a basic truth) | prýkazka, pryslívʺja | |
| Urdu | ضَرْبُ الْمَثَل(phrase expressing a basic truth), مَثَل(phrase expressing a basic truth), کَہاوَت(phrase expressing a basic truth) | zarbu l-masal, masal, kahāvat | |
| Uyghur | ماقال(phrase expressing a basic truth), ھېكمەت(phrase expressing a basic truth) | maqal, hëkmet | |
| Uzbek | maqol(phrase expressing a basic truth), masal(phrase expressing a basic truth), zarbulmasal(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Vietnamese | tục ngữ(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Volapük | pükedavöd(phrase expressing a basic truth), spiket(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Welsh | dihareb(phrase expressing a basic truth) | — | |
| Yiddish | וועלטסווערטל(phrase expressing a basic truth), פֿאָלקסווערטל(phrase expressing a basic truth), שפּריכוואָרט(phrase expressing a basic truth) | veltsvertl, folksvertl, shprikhvort |
proverb, thënie
حِكْمَة, ضَرْب مَثَل, ضَرْبُ الْمَثَل, مَثَل, مَقَال
ḥikma, ḍarb maṯal, ḍarbu l-maṯal, maṯal, maqāl
proverbiu
atalar sözü, atasözü, məsəl
atsotitz
krennlavar
dita, parèmia, proverbi, refrany
mwambi
přísloví
ordsprog
gezegde, spreekwoord
proverbo, sentenco
vanasõna
orðatak, orðtak
sananlasku, sanonta
proverbe
proverbio, refrán, verbo
Denkspruch, Proverb, Redensart, Sprichwort
ussat
provèb
közmondás
málsháttur, orðskviður
proverbo
peribahasa
sananverto
seanfhocal
proverbio
pananahan
adagium, adagiō, paroemia, proverbium, sententia
paruna, sakāmvārds
patarlė
Snacks, Spriekel
Sprachwuert
peribahasa
qawl
rārangi whakataukī
gotina mezinan, gotinên pêşiyan
ordtak
ordtak
biword
mammaaksa
przysłowie
provérbio
proverb, proverbe
gnàth-fhacal, seanfhacal
pòslovica, по̀словица
príslovie
pregovor
paremia, proverbio, refrán, retraher
methali
ordspråk
salawikain
atasözü, darbımesel
atalar sözi, nakyl
maqol, masal, zarbulmasal
tục ngữ
pükedavöd, spiket
dihareb
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