How to Say Beginning in Other Languages

Afrikaans: begin (bəˈxin)

Albanian: fillim (fee-leem)

Amharic: መጀመሪያ (meh-jeh-meh-ree-ya)

Arabic: بداية (bee-da-ya)

Armenian: սկիզբ (skee-zb)

Azerbaijani: başlanğıc (bash-lan-ghitch)

Basque: hasiera (has-ee-air-rah)

Belarusian: пачатак (pah-cha-tak)

Bengali: শুরু (shoo-roo)

Bosnian: početak (poh-cheh-tak)

Bulgarian: начало (na-cha-lo)

Catalan: començament (ko-men-sa-ment)

Cebuano: sinugdanan (see-noog-da-nan)

Chichewa: chiyambi (chee-yam-bee)

Chinese (Mandarin): 开始 (kai-sher)

Corsican: principiu (pree-nchee-pee-oo)

Croatian: početak (po-cheh-tak)

Czech: začátek (zah-cha-tek)

Danish: begyndelse (beh-gin-delseh)

Dutch: begin (beh-khin)

Esperanto: komenco (koh-men-tso)

Estonian: algus (ahl-goos)

Finnish: alku (ahl-koo)

French: début (day-byoo)

Frisian: begjin (beh-jin)

Galician: comezo (koh-meh-tho)

Georgian: დასაწყისი (dasats’q’isi)

German: Anfang (ahn-fahng)

Greek: αρχή (ar-khee)

Gujarati: શરૂઆત (sharoo-aat)

Haitian Creole: kòmansman (koh-mahnz-mahn)

Hausa: farawa (fah-rah-wah)

Hawaiian: hoʻomaka (ho-oh-mah-kah)

Hebrew: התחלה (hat-cha-lah)

Hindi: शुरुआत (shooroo-aat)

Hmong: pib (peeb)

Hungarian: kezdet (kez-det)

Icelandic: byrjun (beer-yoon)

Igbo: mmalite (mah-lee-teh)

Indonesian: awal (ah-wahl)

Irish: tús (toos)

Italian: inizio (ee-nee-tsee-oh)

Japanese: 始まり (ha-jee-mah-ree)

Javanese: wiwitan (wee-wee-tahn)

Kannada: ಆರಂಭ (aa-rambha)

Kazakh: бастау (bahs-tow)

Khmer: ចាប់ផ្តើម (chab-pdaum)

Kinyarwanda: itangira (ee-tan-geera)

Korean: 시작 (shi-jak)

Kurdish: destpêk (dəs-tpek)

Kyrgyz: башталыш (bash-ta-lish)

Lao: ການເລີ່ມຕົ້ນ (kan lerm ton)

Latin: initium (in-ee-tee-oom)

Latvian: sākums (sah-kooms)

Lithuanian: pradžia (pra-jya)

Luxembourgish: Ufank (oo-fank)

Macedonian: почеток (po-che-tok)

Malagasy: fanombohana (fah-noom-boo-ah-nah)

Malay: permulaan (per-moo-lah-an)

Malayalam: ആരംഭം (aah-rambham)

Maltese: bidu (bee-doo)

Maori: tīmatanga (tee-mah-tah-nga)

Marathi: सुरुवात (soo-roo-vaart)

Mongolian: эхлэл (ekh-lel)

Nepali: सुरुवात (soo-roo-vat)

Norwegian: begynnelse (beh-yin-nel-seh)

Oriya: ଆରମ୍ଭ (aah-ram-bha)

Pashto: پیل (peel)

Persian: شروع (sho-roo)

Polish: początek (po-chon-tek)

Portuguese: começo (koh-meh-soh)

Punjabi: ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ (shooroo-aat)

Romanian: început (in-cheh-poot)

Russian: начало (nah-cha-lo)

Samoan: amataga (ah-mah-tah-ga)

Sanskrit: आरंभ (aa-rambha)

Serbian: почетак (po-che-tak)

Sesotho: qalo (khah-lo)

Shona: kutanga (koo-tah-ngah)

Sindhi: شروعات (sho-roo-at)

Sinhala: ආරම්භය (aah-ram-bhaya)

Slovak: začiatok (za-chee-ah-tok)

Slovenian: začetek (za-che-tek)

Somali: bilow (bee-low)

Spanish: comienzo (koh-mee-en-soh)

Sundanese: mimiti (mee-mee-tee)

Swahili: mwanzo (mwan-zoh)

Swedish: början (boor-yahn)

Tajik: оғоз (oh-ghoz)

Tamil: தொடக்கம் (toh-dah-kam)

Telugu: ప్రారంభం (pra-ram-bham)

Thai: การเริ่มต้น (gaan reerm ton)

Turkish: başlangıç (bash-lan-ghich)

Ukrainian: початок (po-cha-tok)

Urdu: آغاز (aaghaz)

Uzbek: boshlanish (bosh-lah-nish)

Vietnamese: bắt đầu (bat dow)

Welsh: dechrau (deh-khrow)

Xhosa: ukuqala (oo-koo-qa-lah)

Zulu: ukuqala (oo-koo-qah-lah)

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