How to Say Pain in Other Languages

Afrikaans: pyn (payn)

Albanian: dhimbje (theem-byeh)

Amharic: ቃልም (qalm)

Arabic: ألم (‘alam)

Armenian: ցավ (tsav)

Azerbaijani: ağrı (ah-ree)

Basque: mina (mee-nah)

Belarusian: боль (boly)

Bengali: ব্যথা (byo-tha)

Bosnian: bol (bohl)

Bulgarian: болка (bohl-ka)

Burmese: နာကျင်မှု (nah-jin-hmoo)

Catalan: dolor (doh-lor)

Cebuano: kasakit (kah-sah-keet)

Chichewa: ululu (oo-loo-loo)

Chinese (Simplified): 痛 (tòng)

Chinese (Traditional): 痛 (tòng)

Corsican: dolore (doh-loh-ray)

Croatian: bol (bohl)

Czech: bolest (boh-lest)

Danish: smerte (smehr-tuh)

Dutch: pijn (payn)

Dzongkha: ན་ཚ (nah-tsha)

English: pain (payn)

Esperanto: doloro (doh-loh-roh)

Estonian: valu (vah-loo)

Fijian: mosi (moh-see)

Filipino: sakit (sah-keet)

Finnish: kipu (kee-poo)

French: douleur (doo-luhr)

Galician: dor (dor)

Georgian: ტკივილი (t’kee-vee-lee)

German: Schmerz (shmehrts)

Greek: πόνος (po-nos)

Gujarati: પીડા (pee-dah)

Haitian Creole: doulè (doo-leh)

Hausa: zafi (zah-fee)

Hebrew: כאב (keh-ev)

Hindi: दर्द (dard)

Hmong: mob (mohb)

Hungarian: fájdalom (fah-ee-dah-lohm)

Icelandic: verkur (vairk-ur)

Igbo: ihe mgbu (ee-heh mm-boo)

Indonesian: sakit (sah-keet)

Irish: pian (pee-an)

Italian: dolore (doh-loh-reh)

Japanese: 痛み (ee-tah-mee)

Javanese: lara (lah-rah)

Kannada: ನೋವು (noh-voo)

Kazakh: ауырсыну (ah-oo-rs-ee-noo)

Khmer: ចុក (chohk)

Korean: 통증 (tong-jeung)

Kurdish: êş (aish)

Kyrgyz: оору (oh-roo)

Lao: ເຈັບ (jeb)

Latin: dolor (doh-lor)

Latvian: sāpes (sah-pehs)

Lithuanian: skausmas (skous-mas)

Luxembourgish: Péng (peng)

Macedonian: болка (bol-ka)

Malagasy: fanaintainana (fah-nain-tay-nah-nah)

Malay: sakit (sah-keet)

Malayalam: വേദന (vay-tha-na)

Maltese: uġigħ (oo-jeegh)

Maori: mamae (mah-mah-eh)

Marathi: वेदना (vay-tha-na)

Mongolian: өвдөлт (ohd-dohlt)

Nepali: पीडा (pee-dah)

Norwegian: smerte (smehr-tuh)

Odia: ଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣା (yan-tra-naa)

Pashto: درد (dard)

Persian: درد (dard)

Polish: ból (bool)

Portuguese: dor (dor)

Punjabi: ਦਰਦ (dard)

Quechua: nanay (nah-nay)

Romanian: durere (doo-reh-reh)

Russian: боль (boly)

Samoan: tiga (tee-ngah)

Sanskrit: वेदना (vay-tha-na)

Serbian: бол (bol)

Sesotho: bohloko (boo-loo-koh)

Shona: kurwadza (koo-rahd-zah)

Sinhala: වේදනාව (vay-tha-naava)

Slovak: bolesť (boh-lest)

Slovenian: bolečina (boh-leh-chee-nah)

Somali: xanuun (hah-noon)

Spanish: dolor (doh-lor)

Sundanese: nyeri (nyeh-ree)

Swahili: maumivu (mau-mee-voo)

Swedish: smärta (smehr-tah)

Tamil: வலி (vah-lee)

Telugu: నొప్పి (noh-pee)

Thai: ความเจ็บปวด (kwahm jep-pòot)

Turkish: ağrı (ah-ruh)

Ukrainian: біль (beel)

Urdu: درد (dard)

Uzbek: og’riq (oh-greek)

Vietnamese: đau (dow)

Yoruba: irora (ee-roh-rah)

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