What

//wɒt//

Translations of "what" (248 languages)

Language	Translation	Romanization
Acehnese	peuë(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Adyghe	сыд(what? (interrogative pronoun))	səd
Afrikaans	wat(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Aklanon	ano(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Albanian	qysh (gheg)(in what way), si(in what way), sa(interrogative), sa(beginning an exclamation), ç'(interrogative), ç'a(beginning an exclamation), çfarë(interrogative), çfarë(indirect interrogative), icili(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), si(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ç'(what? (interrogative pronoun)), çfarë(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Ancient Greek	οἷος(beginning an exclamation), ἡλίκος(beginning an exclamation), τί δὲ(expression of surprise), τί(what? (interrogative pronoun))	hoîos, hēlíkos, tí dè, tí
Ao	kechi (Chungli)(what? (interrogative pronoun)), kechi (Chungli)(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Arabic	آش(what? (interrogative pronoun)), أش(what? (interrogative pronoun)), أشنو(what? (interrogative pronoun)), إيش(what? (interrogative pronoun)), إِيش(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ايه(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ش(what? (interrogative pronoun)), شنو(what? (interrogative pronoun)), شنو(what? (interrogative pronoun)), شني(what? (interrogative pronoun)), شني(what? (interrogative pronoun)), شُو(what? (interrogative pronoun)), مَا(what? (interrogative pronoun)), مَا(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), مَاذَا(what? (interrogative pronoun)), وش(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ʔāš, ʔaš, ʔašnu, ʔēš, ʔēš, ēh, š-, šinu, šnu, šni, šanni, šū, mā, mā, māḏā, weš
Armenian	ինչպիսի(beginning an exclamation), ինչ(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ինչ(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	inčʻpisi, inčʻ, inčʻ
Aromanian	tsi(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Assamese	কি(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ki
Asturian	qué(beginning an exclamation), qué(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Azerbaijani	nə(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Bakhtiari	چه(what? (interrogative pronoun)), چی(what? (interrogative pronoun))	čē, čē
Balinese	apa(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Bashkir	ниндәй(beginning an exclamation), ҡайһылай(beginning an exclamation), ҡалай(beginning an exclamation), ни(what? (interrogative pronoun)), нимә(what? (interrogative pronoun))	nindəy, qayhılay, qalay, ni, nimə
Basque	n(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), zer(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Belarusian	што(what? (interrogative pronoun))	što
Bengali	কী(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ki
Bhojpuri	का(what? (interrogative pronoun))	kā
Bikol Central	ano(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Brahui	anth(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Breton	petra(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Buginese	aga(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Bulgarian	каква́(beginning an exclamation), какво́(beginning an exclamation), какъ́в(beginning an exclamation), какво!(expression of surprise), какво́(what? (interrogative pronoun)), какво́(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), що(what? (interrogative pronoun))	kakvá, kakvó, kakǎ́v, kakvo!, kakvó, kakvó, što
Burmese	ဘာ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	bha
Butuanon	ngan(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Carpathian Rusyn	што(what? (interrogative pronoun))	što
Catalan	que(beginning an exclamation), quin(emphasis), quin(beginning an exclamation), quina(emphasis), quina(beginning an exclamation), com(expression of surprise), i ara(expression of surprise), què(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Cebuano	unsa(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Central Atlas Tamazight	ⵎⴰⵢ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	may
Central Kurdish	چی(what? (interrogative pronoun))	çî
Chadian Arabic	شنو(what? (interrogative pronoun))	šunu
Chechen	хӏун(what? (interrogative pronoun))	hun
Chichewa	chiyani(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Chickasaw	nanta(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Chinese	什麼 /什么(interrogative), 啥(interrogative), са(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 啥(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 啥物(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 啥貨 /啥货(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 物代(what? (interrogative pronoun))	sa, siáⁿ, sáⁿ, siahⁿ, sahⁿ, siáⁿ-mih, siáⁿ-mi̍h, siáⁿ-mí, siáⁿ-hòe, siáⁿ-hè, sáⁿ-hòe, sáⁿ-hè, sáⁿ-hèr, mih-tāi, bìn-tāi
Chinese Cantonese	乜(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 乜嘢(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 咩(what? (interrogative pronoun))	mat¹, me¹
Chinese Mandarin	什麼 /什么(expression of surprise), 啥？(expression of surprise), 什麼 /什么(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 何(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 啥(what? (interrogative pronoun))	shénme, shá?, shénme, hé, shá
Chinook Jargon	ikta(what? (interrogative pronoun)), iktah(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Church Slavic	чьто(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ⱍⱐⱅⱁ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	čĭto, čĭto
Chuvash	мӗн(what? (interrogative pronoun))	mĕn
Classical Nahuatl	tleh(what? (interrogative pronoun)), tleihqueh(what? (interrogative pronoun)), tlein(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Coptic	ⲁϣ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	aš
Czech	jaký(beginning an exclamation), cože?(expression of surprise), co(what? (interrogative pronoun)), co(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Dalmatian	co(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Danish	hvilke(beginning an exclamation), hvilken(beginning an exclamation), hvilket(beginning an exclamation), sikke(beginning an exclamation), hvad(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Dargwa	се(what? (interrogative pronoun))	se
Dutch	wat(beginning an exclamation), welk(beginning an exclamation), wat!(expression of surprise), dat(nonstandard relative pronoun), hetgeen(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), wat(what? (interrogative pronoun)), wat(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), wat(nonstandard relative pronoun)	—
Dzongkha	ཅི(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	ci
Eastern Mari	мо(what? (interrogative pronoun))	mo
Eastern Min Chinese	什乇(what? (interrogative pronoun))	sié-nó̤h, siéh-nó̤h
Esperanto	ke(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), kio(what? (interrogative pronoun)), kiu(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Estonian	kuidas?(expression of surprise), mida?(expression of surprise), mis?(expression of surprise), misasja?(expression of surprise), mida(what? (interrogative pronoun)), mida(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), mis(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Even	як(what? (interrogative pronoun))	jak
Evenki	экун(what? (interrogative pronoun))	əkun
Faroese	hvat(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Finnish	miten(in what way), mitä(in what way), kuinka(beginning an exclamation), mikä(interrogative), mikä(indirect interrogative), mikä(relative), mikä(emphasis), mikä(beginning an exclamation), millainen(emphasis), millainen(beginning an exclamation), mitä(interrogative), mitä(emphasis), mitä (e.g. mitä roskaa!)(beginning an exclamation), mitä nyt?(enquiry to what a person desires), mitä!(expression of surprise), mikä(what? (interrogative pronoun)), mikä(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), mikä(nonstandard relative pronoun), mitä(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
French	quel(beginning an exclamation), quelle(beginning an exclamation), quoi(interrogative), comment !(expression of surprise), quoi !(expression of surprise), ce que(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), ce qui(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), qu'est-ce que(what? (interrogative pronoun)), qu'est-ce qui(what? (interrogative pronoun)), que(what? (interrogative pronoun)), que(nonstandard relative pronoun), quel(what? (interrogative pronoun)), qui(nonstandard relative pronoun), quoi(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Friulian	ce(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Gagauz	ne(beginning an exclamation), nicä(beginning an exclamation), ne(expression of surprise), nicä(expression of surprise), angı(nonstandard relative pronoun), ani(nonstandard relative pronoun), ne(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Galician	cal(interrogative), o que(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), que(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Gamilaraay	minya(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Gan Chinese	什哩(what? (interrogative pronoun))	siit⁶ 'li⁴, xit⁶ 'li⁴, siit⁶ li, xit⁶ li
Georgian	რა(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ra
German	inwiefern(in what way), wie(in what way), so(beginning an exclamation), was(interrogative), was für(emphasis), was für(beginning an exclamation), welch(emphasis), was!(expression of surprise), was?(come again), wie bitte(come again), das(nonstandard relative pronoun), der(nonstandard relative pronoun), die(nonstandard relative pronoun), waas(what? (interrogative pronoun)), was(what? (interrogative pronoun)), was(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), was(nonstandard relative pronoun)	—
Gothic	𐍈𐌰(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ƕa
Greek	τι(beginning an exclamation), τι(expression of surprise), ίντα(what? (interrogative pronoun)), αυτό που(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), ο οποίος(nonstandard relative pronoun), που(nonstandard relative pronoun), τί(what? (interrogative pronoun)), τι(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	ti, ti, ínta, aftó pou, o opoíos, pou, tí, ti
Gujarati	શું(what? (interrogative pronoun))	śũ
Haitian Creole	sa(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Hakka Chinese	麼個 /么个(what? (interrogative pronoun))	má-ke, mak-ke
Hawaiian	aha(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Hebrew	איזה(beginning an exclamation), מָה?(expression of surprise), מה(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ש(nonstandard relative pronoun)	éize, ma?, ma, she
Hiligaynon	ano(beginning an exclamation), ano(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ano(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Hindi	क्या(interrogative), क्या(beginning an exclamation), का(what? (interrogative pronoun)), क्या(what? (interrogative pronoun))	kyā, kyā, kā, kyā
Hungarian	de(beginning an exclamation), mekkora(beginning an exclamation), melyik(interrogative), melyik(emphasis), micsoda(beginning an exclamation), milyen(interrogative), milyen(emphasis), milyen(beginning an exclamation), mi?(expression of surprise), micsoda?(expression of surprise), (hogy) mi(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), (hogy) mit(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), ami(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), ami(nonstandard relative pronoun), amit(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), amit(nonstandard relative pronoun), mi(what? (interrogative pronoun)), mi(nonstandard relative pronoun), mit(what? (interrogative pronoun)), mit(nonstandard relative pronoun)	—
Hunsrik	was(what? (interrogative pronoun)), was(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Ibanag	anni(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Icelandic	ha?(expression of surprise), hvað(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Ido	quo(what? (interrogative pronoun)), quon(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Igala	ẹ́ñwu(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Igbo	gịnị̄(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Ilocano	ania(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Indonesian	apa(expression of surprise), apa(what? (interrogative pronoun)), mana(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Ingrian	kumpa(nonstandard relative pronoun), mikä(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Ingush	фу(what? (interrogative pronoun))	fu
Interlingua	qual(beginning an exclamation), qual(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Iranian Persian	آنْچِه(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), چِه(what? (interrogative pronoun)), چی(what? (interrogative pronoun)), کِه(nonstandard relative pronoun)	ânče, če, či, ke
Iraqi Arabic	شنو(what? (interrogative pronoun))	šinu
Irish	cad(what? (interrogative pronoun)), céard(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Isan	อิหยัง(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ì-yǎng
Isnag	naxan(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Italian	che(beginning an exclamation), quanto(beginning an exclamation), cosa(expression of surprise), che(what? (interrogative pronoun)), che cosa(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ciò che(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), cosa(what? (interrogative pronoun)), cosa(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), quel che(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), quello che(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Japanese	何と(beginning an exclamation), 何(expression of surprise), こと(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), の(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), 何(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 物(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	nanto, nani, koto, no, nani, mono
Javanese	apa(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Jeju	무신거(what? (interrogative pronoun))	musin'geo
Jin Chinese	甚(what? (interrogative pronoun))	seng³
Jingpho	hpa(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
K'iche'	jas(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Kabardian	сыт(what? (interrogative pronoun))	sət
Kaitag	ци(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ci
Kalmyk	ю(what? (interrogative pronoun))	yu
Kannada	ಏನು(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ēnu
Kapampangan	nano nanu na(expression of surprise), nanu(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Karakhanid	نا(what? (interrogative pronoun))	nē
Karelian	mis(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Kashubian	co(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Kazakh	не(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ne
Khmer	ស្អី(what? (interrogative pronoun)), អី(what? (interrogative pronoun)), អ្វី(what? (interrogative pronoun))	sʼəy, ʼəy, ʼvəy
Kikuyu	atĩa(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Korean	어때?(expression of surprise), 무엇(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 뭐(what? (interrogative pronoun))	eottae?, mueot, mwo
Krio	wetin(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Kriol	wani(what? (interrogative pronoun)), wanim(what? (interrogative pronoun)), wot(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Kyrgyz	не(what? (interrogative pronoun)), эмне(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ne, emne
Laboya	aha(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Lao	ຫຍັງ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	nyang
Latin	quid(what? (interrogative pronoun)), quod(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), quod(nonstandard relative pronoun)	—
Latvian	kas(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Levantine Arabic	أيش(what? (interrogative pronoun)), شُو(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ʔēš, šū
Lezgi	вуч(what? (interrogative pronoun))	vuč
Limburgish	wat(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Lingala	níni(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Lithuanian	koks(interrogative), kas(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Livonian	mis(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Lombard	che(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Low German	wat(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Lower Sorbian	co(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Macedonian	какво(what? (interrogative pronoun)), тоа што(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), што(what? (interrogative pronoun)), што(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	kakvo, toa što, što, što
Makasar	apa(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Malay	apa(expression of surprise), apa(what? (interrogative pronoun)), benda(nonstandard relative pronoun), perkara(nonstandard relative pronoun), اڤ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Malayalam	എന്തൊരു(what? (interrogative pronoun)), എന്ത്(what? (interrogative pronoun))	entoru, entŭ
Maltese	xiex(what? (interrogative pronoun)), x’(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Manchu	ᠠᡳ(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ᠶᠠ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ai, ya
Mansi	ма̄ныр(what? (interrogative pronoun))	mānyr
Manx	yagh?(expression of surprise), cre(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Maore Comorian	trini(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Māori	are(expression of surprise), hā(expression of surprise), aha(what? (interrogative pronoun)), aha(what? (interrogative pronoun)), hea(what? (interrogative pronoun)), wai(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Maranao	ngin(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Marathi	काय(what? (interrogative pronoun))	kāy
Middle Korean	므스〮(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 므슴〮(what? (interrogative pronoun))	mùsú, mùsúm
Mizo	eng(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Moksha	мезе(what? (interrogative pronoun))	meze
Mongolian	уу(what? (interrogative pronoun)), юу(what? (interrogative pronoun))	uu, juu
Mwani	kinani(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Najdi Arabic	إِيش(what? (interrogative pronoun)), وش(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ʔēš, weš
Nanai	хай(what? (interrogative pronoun))	haj
Navajo	daa(what? (interrogative pronoun)), haʼátʼíísh(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Neapolitan	che cosa(what? (interrogative pronoun)), chello ca(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), quale(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Nepali	के(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ke
Ngarrindjeri	minye(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Ngazidja Comorian	hindri(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Nigerian Pidgin	wetin(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Northern Kurdish	çi(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Northern Ohlone	hinṭo(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Norwegian Bokmål	hva(interrogative), hva for(emphasis), hva for en(interrogative), hva for en(emphasis), hva for et(interrogative), hva for et(emphasis), hvilken(interrogative), hvilken(indirect interrogative), hvilken(emphasis), hvilket(interrogative), hvilket(indirect interrogative), hvilket(emphasis), hva(what? (interrogative pronoun)), hva(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Norwegian Nynorsk	kva(what? (interrogative pronoun)), kva(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Occitan	qué(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Odia	କଅଁଣ(interrogative), କଅଁଣ(expression of surprise), କଣ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	Kaañṇa, Kaañṇa, kaṇa
Old Dutch	wat(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Old East Slavic	чьто(what? (interrogative pronoun))	čĭto
Old English	hwæt(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Old Frisian	hwet(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Old Irish	cid(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Old Saxon	hwat(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Old Turkic	𐰤𐰀(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Oromo	maal(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Ossetian	цы(what? (interrogative pronoun))	cy
Ottoman Turkish	نه(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ne
Pangasinan	anto(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Pannonian Rusyn	што(what? (interrogative pronoun))	što
Papiamentu	ki(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Pashto	څه(what? (interrogative pronoun))	cə
Pela	pɛ̠⁵⁵(what? (interrogative pronoun)), pɛ̠⁵⁵ tʃuŋ⁵¹(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Persian	چه(beginning an exclamation)	če
Pipil	tay(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Polabian	cü(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Polish	co za(beginning an exclamation), co!(expression of surprise), czego?!(enquiry to what a person desires), co(what? (interrogative pronoun)), co(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), co(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), to(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Portuguese	quanto(beginning an exclamation), que(beginning an exclamation), o quê?(expression of surprise), o que(what? (interrogative pronoun)), o que(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), que(nonstandard relative pronoun)	—
Punic	𐤌(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Punjabi	ਕੀ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	kī
Rapa Nui	aha(what? (interrogative pronoun)), aha(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Romanian	ce!(expression of surprise), cum!(expression of surprise), poftim!(expression of surprise), care(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), ce(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Russian	кака́я(beginning an exclamation), како́е(beginning an exclamation), како́й(beginning an exclamation), что за(beginning an exclamation), как!(expression of surprise), что!(expression of surprise), кото́рый(nonstandard relative pronoun), то(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), что(what? (interrogative pronoun)), что(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), что(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), что(nonstandard relative pronoun)	kakája, kakóje, kakój, što za, kak!, što!, kotóryj, što, što, to, što, što
Sanskrit	किम्(what? (interrogative pronoun))	kim
Scots	whit(what? (interrogative pronoun)), whit(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Scottish Gaelic	diorta(come again), duda(come again), dè(come again), dè rud(come again), dè(what? (interrogative pronoun)), na(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Serbo-Croatian	kakav(beginning an exclamation), kakva(beginning an exclamation), kakvo(beginning an exclamation), (Štokavian) štȍ(what? (interrogative pronoun)), kaj(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ča(what? (interrogative pronoun)), šta(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), što(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), štȁ(what? (interrogative pronoun)), кај(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ча(what? (interrogative pronoun)), шта̏(what? (interrogative pronoun)), што̏(what? (interrogative pronoun))	Štokavian
Shor	ноо(what? (interrogative pronoun))	noo
Sicilian	chi(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Sidamo	ma(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Sindhi	ڇا(what? (interrogative pronoun))	chā
Sinhalese	මොකක්ද(what? (interrogative pronoun))	mokakda
Slovak	aký(beginning an exclamation), čo(expression of surprise), ktorý(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), čo(what? (interrogative pronoun)), čo(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Slovene	kakó(beginning an exclamation), kákšen(beginning an exclamation), a rés!(expression of surprise), káj!(expression of surprise), kàj(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), kàj(nonstandard relative pronoun), kàr(nonstandard relative pronoun), káj(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Somali	maxa(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Southern Altai	не(what? (interrogative pronoun)), неме(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ne, neme
Southern Thai	พรือ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Spanish	menudo(beginning an exclamation), qué(interrogative), qué(emphasis), qué(beginning an exclamation), qué... más(emphasis), qué... para más(emphasis), vaya(beginning an exclamation), ¡qué!(expression of surprise), ¿cómo?(expression of surprise), ¿no?(expression of surprise), ¿qué?(enquiry to what a person desires), cuál(what? (interrogative pronoun)), lo que(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that), que(nonstandard relative pronoun), qué(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Sudanese Arabic	شنو(what? (interrogative pronoun))	šinu
Sundanese	naon(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Swahili	nini(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Swedish	den(relative), sicken(beginning an exclamation), så(beginning an exclamation), sådan(beginning an exclamation), vad(beginning an exclamation), vad för(interrogative), vad för(indirect interrogative), vad för sorts(interrogative), vad för sorts(indirect interrogative), vilken(interrogative), vilken(indirect interrogative), vilken(emphasis), vilken(beginning an exclamation), ha(come again), hur sa(come again), va(come again), va!(expression of surprise), vad är det?(enquiry to what a person desires), vad?(enquiry to what a person desires), som(nonstandard relative pronoun), vad(what? (interrogative pronoun)), vad(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Sylheti	ꠇꠤꠔꠣ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	kita
Tagalog	alin(indirect interrogative), ano(interrogative), ano(indirect interrogative), ano(beginning an exclamation), ano(expression of surprise), ha(expression of surprise), ano(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ano(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Tajik	чӣ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	či
Talysh	çiç(what? (interrogative pronoun)), چه(what? (interrogative pronoun)), چی(what? (interrogative pronoun)), چیچی(what? (interrogative pronoun))	cə, ci, cici
Tamil	எது(what? (interrogative pronoun)), என்ன(what? (interrogative pronoun))	etu, eṉṉa
Taos	híli(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Tat	çü(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Tatar	ни(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ni
Tausug	unu(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Tedim Chin	bang(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Telugu	ఏమిటి(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ēmiṭi
Tetum	sá(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Thai	ยังไง(what? (interrogative pronoun)), อะไร(what? (interrogative pronoun))	yang-ngai, à-rai
Tibetan	ག་རེ(what? (interrogative pronoun))	ga re
Tumbuka	njani(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Turkish	ne(beginning an exclamation), ne kadar(beginning an exclamation), ne(expression of surprise), ne(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Turkmen	näme(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Tuvan	чүү(what? (interrogative pronoun))	çüü
Ugaritic	𐎎𐎅(what? (interrogative pronoun))	mh
Ukrainian	що(what? (interrogative pronoun)), що(nonstandard relative pronoun), яки́й(nonstandard relative pronoun)	ščo, ščo, jakýj
Unami	kwèch(interrogative)	—
Upper Sorbian	što(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Urdu	کْیا(what? (interrogative pronoun))	kyā
Uyghur	نېمە(what? (interrogative pronoun)), نە(what? (interrogative pronoun))	nëme, ne
Uzbek	nima(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Veps	mi(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Vietnamese	gì(expression of surprise), gì(what? (interrogative pronoun)), 之(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Volapük	kis(what? (interrogative pronoun)), kisi(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Võro	miä(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Waray-Waray	ano(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Welsh	beth(expression of surprise), beth(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
West-Frisian	dy't(nonstandard relative pronoun)	—
White Hmong	dab tsi(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Woiwurrung	ining-jak(what? (interrogative pronoun)), winha(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Wu Chinese	啥(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Xiang Chinese	麼子 /么子(what? (interrogative pronoun))	mo³ zr
Yaghnobi	чо(what? (interrogative pronoun))	čo
Yiddish	וואָס(what? (interrogative pronoun))	vos
Yola	fade(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Yoruba	kí ni(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Zazaki	çı (diq)(beginning an exclamation), se (diq)(what? (interrogative pronoun)), se (diq)(nonstandard relative pronoun), çıçi(what? (interrogative pronoun)), çıçi(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Zealandic	wat(what? (interrogative pronoun)), wat-a(fused relative pronoun: that which; those that; the thing(s) that)	—
Zhuang	caemjdoh(what? (interrogative pronoun)), gaiqmaz(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Zou	bengnge(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
Zulu	ni(what? (interrogative pronoun)), ni(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—
ǃKung	tsa-de(what? (interrogative pronoun))	—

Acehnese

peuë

Adyghe

сыд

səd

Afrikaans

wat

Aklanon

ano

Albanian

qysh (gheg), si, sa, sa, ç', ç'a, çfarë, çfarë, icili, si, ç', çfarë

Ancient Greek

οἷος, ἡλίκος, τί δὲ, τί

hoîos, hēlíkos, tí dè, tí

kechi (Chungli), kechi (Chungli)

Arabic

آش, أش, أشنو, إيش, إِيش, ايه, ش, شنو, شنو, شني, شني, شُو, مَا, مَا, مَاذَا, وش

ʔāš, ʔaš, ʔašnu, ʔēš, ʔēš, ēh, š-, šinu, šnu, šni, šanni, šū, mā, mā, māḏā, weš

Armenian

ինչպիսի, ինչ, ինչ

inčʻpisi, inčʻ, inčʻ

tsi

কি

qué, qué

nə

چه, چی

čē, čē

Balinese

apa

Bashkir

ниндәй, ҡайһылай, ҡалай, ни, нимә

nindəy, qayhılay, qalay, ni, nimə

Basque

n, zer

Belarusian

што

što

Bengali

কী

Bhojpuri

का

kā

ano

anth

petra

aga

каква́, какво́, какъ́в, какво!, какво́, какво́, що

kakvá, kakvó, kakǎ́v, kakvo!, kakvó, kakvó, što

Burmese

ဘာ

bha

Butuanon

ngan

Carpathian Rusyn

што

što

Catalan

que, quin, quin, quina, quina, com, i ara, què

Cebuano

unsa

Central Atlas Tamazight

ⵎⴰⵢ

may

Central Kurdish

چی

çî

Chadian Arabic

شنو

šunu

Chechen

хӏун

hun

Chichewa

chiyani

Chickasaw

nanta

Chinese

什麼 /什么, 啥, са, 啥, 啥物, 啥貨 /啥货, 物代

sa, siáⁿ, sáⁿ, siahⁿ, sahⁿ, siáⁿ-mih, siáⁿ-mi̍h, siáⁿ-mí, siáⁿ-hòe, siáⁿ-hè, sáⁿ-hòe, sáⁿ-hè, sáⁿ-hèr, mih-tāi, bìn-tāi

Chinese Cantonese

乜, 乜嘢, 咩

mat¹, me¹

Chinese Mandarin

什麼 /什么, 啥？, 什麼 /什么, 何, 啥

shénme, shá?, shénme, hé, shá

Chinook Jargon

ikta, iktah

Church Slavic

чьто, ⱍⱐⱅⱁ

čĭto, čĭto

Chuvash

мӗн

mĕn

Classical Nahuatl

tleh, tleihqueh, tlein

Coptic

ⲁϣ

aš

Czech

jaký, cože?, co, co

Dalmatian

Danish

hvilke, hvilken, hvilket, sikke, hvad

Dargwa

се

Dutch

wat, welk, wat!, dat, hetgeen, wat, wat, wat

Dzongkha

ཅི

Eastern Mari

мо

Eastern Min Chinese

什乇

sié-nó̤h, siéh-nó̤h

Esperanto

ke, kio, kiu

Estonian

kuidas?, mida?, mis?, misasja?, mida, mida, mis

Even

як

jak

Evenki

экун

əkun

Faroese

hvat

Finnish

miten, mitä, kuinka, mikä, mikä, mikä, mikä, mikä, millainen, millainen, mitä, mitä, mitä (e.g. mitä roskaa!), mitä nyt?, mitä!, mikä, mikä, mikä, mitä

French

quel, quelle, quoi, comment !, quoi !, ce que, ce qui, qu'est-ce que, qu'est-ce qui, que, que, quel, qui, quoi

Friulian

Gagauz

ne, nicä, ne, nicä, angı, ani, ne

Galician

cal, o que, que

Gamilaraay

minya

Gan Chinese

什哩

siit⁶ 'li⁴, xit⁶ 'li⁴, siit⁶ li, xit⁶ li

Georgian

რა

German

inwiefern, wie, so, was, was für, was für, welch, was!, was?, wie bitte, das, der, die, waas, was, was, was

Gothic

𐍈𐌰

ƕa

Greek

τι, τι, ίντα, αυτό που, ο οποίος, που, τί, τι

ti, ti, ínta, aftó pou, o opoíos, pou, tí, ti

Gujarati

શું

śũ

Haitian Creole

Hakka Chinese

麼個 /么个

má-ke, mak-ke

Hawaiian

aha

Hebrew

איזה, מָה?, מה, ש

éize, ma?, ma, she

Hiligaynon

ano, ano, ano

Hindi

क्या, क्या, का, क्या

kyā, kyā, kā, kyā

Hungarian

de, mekkora, melyik, melyik, micsoda, milyen, milyen, milyen, mi?, micsoda?, (hogy) mi, (hogy) mit, ami, ami, amit, amit, mi, mi, mit, mit

was, was

anni

ha?, hvað

quo, quon

ẹ́ñwu

gịnị̄

ania

apa, apa, mana

kumpa, mikä

фу

qual, qual

آنْچِه, چِه, چی, کِه

ânče, če, či, ke

Iraqi Arabic

شنو

šinu

Irish

cad, céard

Isan

อิหยัง

ì-yǎng

Isnag

naxan

Italian

che, quanto, cosa, che, che cosa, ciò che, cosa, cosa, quel che, quello che

Japanese

何と, 何, こと, の, 何, 物

nanto, nani, koto, no, nani, mono

Javanese

apa

Jeju

무신거

musin'geo

Jin Chinese

甚

seng³

Jingpho

hpa

K'iche'

jas

Kabardian

сыт

sət

Kaitag

ци

Kalmyk

Kannada

ಏನು

ēnu

Kapampangan

nano nanu na, nanu

Karakhanid

نا

nē

mis

не

ស្អី, អី, អ្វី

sʼəy, ʼəy, ʼvəy

Kikuyu

atĩa

Korean

어때?, 무엇, 뭐

eottae?, mueot, mwo

Krio

wetin

Kriol

wani, wanim, wot

Kyrgyz

не, эмне

ne, emne

Laboya

aha

Lao

ຫຍັງ

nyang

Latin

quid, quod, quod

Latvian

kas

Levantine Arabic

أيش, شُو

ʔēš, šū

Lezgi

вуч

vuč

wat

níni

koks, kas

mis

che

wat

какво, тоа што, што, што

kakvo, toa što, što, što

Makasar

apa

Malay

apa, apa, benda, perkara, اڤ

Malayalam

എന്തൊരു, എന്ത്

entoru, entŭ

Maltese

xiex, x’

Manchu

ᠠᡳ, ᠶᠠ

ai, ya

Mansi

ма̄ныр

mānyr

Manx

yagh?, cre

Maore Comorian

trini

Māori

are, hā, aha, aha, hea, wai

Maranao

ngin

Marathi

काय

kāy

Middle Korean

므스〮, 므슴〮

mùsú, mùsúm

Mizo

eng

Moksha

мезе

meze

Mongolian

уу, юу

uu, juu

Mwani

kinani

Najdi Arabic

إِيش, وش

ʔēš, weš

Nanai

хай

haj

Navajo

daa, haʼátʼíísh

Neapolitan

che cosa, chello ca, quale

के

minye

hindri

wetin

çi

hinṭo

hva, hva for, hva for en, hva for en, hva for et, hva for et, hvilken, hvilken, hvilken, hvilket, hvilket, hvilket, hva, hva

Norwegian Nynorsk

kva, kva

Occitan

qué

Odia

କଅଁଣ, କଅଁଣ, କଣ

Kaañṇa, Kaañṇa, kaṇa

Old Dutch

wat

Old East Slavic

чьто

čĭto

hwæt

hwet

cid

hwat

𐰤𐰀

maal

цы

نه

anto

што

što

Papiamentu

Pashto

څه

cə

Pela

pɛ̠⁵⁵, pɛ̠⁵⁵ tʃuŋ⁵¹

Persian

چه

če

Pipil

tay

Polabian

cü

Polish

co za, co!, czego?!, co, co, co, to

Portuguese

quanto, que, o quê?, o que, o que, que

Punic

𐤌

Punjabi

ਕੀ

kī

Rapa Nui

aha, aha

Romanian

ce!, cum!, poftim!, care, ce

Russian

кака́я, како́е, како́й, что за, как!, что!, кото́рый, то, что, что, что, что

kakája, kakóje, kakój, što za, kak!, što!, kotóryj, što, što, to, što, što

Sanskrit

किम्

kim

Scots

whit, whit

Scottish Gaelic

diorta, duda, dè, dè rud, dè, na

Serbo-Croatian

kakav, kakva, kakvo, (Štokavian) štȍ, kaj, ča, šta, što, štȁ, кај, ча, шта̏, што̏

Štokavian

Shor

ноо

noo

Sicilian

chi

Sidamo

Sindhi

ڇا

chā

Sinhalese

මොකක්ද

mokakda

Slovak

aký, čo, ktorý, čo, čo

Slovene

kakó, kákšen, a rés!, káj!, kàj, kàj, kàr, káj

Somali

maxa

Southern Altai

не, неме

ne, neme

Southern Thai

พรือ

Spanish

menudo, qué, qué, qué, qué... más, qué... para más, vaya, ¡qué!, ¿cómo?, ¿no?, ¿qué?, cuál, lo que, que, qué

Sudanese Arabic

شنو

šinu

Sundanese

naon

Swahili

nini

Swedish

den, sicken, så, sådan, vad, vad för, vad för, vad för sorts, vad för sorts, vilken, vilken, vilken, vilken, ha, hur sa, va, va!, vad är det?, vad?, som, vad, vad