Afrikaans: woestyn (voo-stayn)
Albanian: shkretëtirë (shkreh-teh-teer-eh)
Amharic: በረሃ (be-reh-ha)
Arabic: صحراء (sah-rah)
Armenian: անապատ (ah-nah-paht)
Azerbaijani: səhrа (seh-rah)
Basque: basamortu (bah-sah-mor-too)
Belarusian: пустыня (poos-tee-nyah)
Bengali: মরুভূমি (moh-roo-vhoo-mee)
Bosnian: pustinja (poos-tee-nya)
Bulgarian: пустиня (poos-tee-nya)
Burmese: ကန္တာရ (kan-ta-ra)
Catalan: desert (deh-zert)
Cebuano: disyerto (dee-syer-toh)
Chinese (Mandarin): 沙漠 (shah-moh)
Croatian: pustinja (poos-tee-nya)
Czech: poušť (poh-oosht)
Danish: ørken (ur-ken)
Dutch: woestijn (voos-tayn)
Esperanto: dezerto (deh-zair-toh)
Estonian: kõrb (kur-b)
Finnish: autiomaa (ow-tee-oh-mah)
French: désert (deh-zair)
Galician: deserto (deh-sehr-toh)
Georgian: უდაბნო (oo-dahb-noh)
German: Wüste (voos-tuh)
Greek: έρημος (eh-ree-mos)
Gujarati: રણ (run)
Haitian Creole: dezè (deh-zeh)
Hausa: hamada (hah-mah-dah)
Hebrew: מדבר (meed-bar)
Hindi: रेगिस्तान (reh-gis-tan)
Hungarian: sivatag (shee-vah-tag)
Icelandic: eyðimörk (ay-thee-mork)
Igbo: ọzara (oh-zah-rah)
Indonesian: gurun (goo-roon)
Irish: fásach (fah-sahk)
Italian: deserto (deh-zehr-toh)
Japanese: 砂漠 (sah-bah-koo)
Javanese: ara-ara samun (ah-rah ah-rah sah-moon)
Kannada: ಮರಳಿನಭೂಮಿ (mah-rah-lee-nah-boo-mee)
Kazakh: шөл (shol)
Khmer: ធំ (tom)
Korean: 사막 (sa-mahk)
Kurdish: çol (chole)
Kyrgyz: чөл (chol)
Lao: ໄສມໍຣະ (sai-moh-rah)
Latvian: tuksnesis (tooks-neh-sis)
Lithuanian: dykuma (dee-koo-mah)
Luxembourgish: Wüst (voost)
Macedonian: пустина (poo-stee-na)
Malagasy: tany efitra (tah-nee eh-fee-trah)
Malay: padang pasir (pah-dang pah-seer)
Malayalam: മരുഭൂമി (mah-roo-boo-mee)
Maltese: deżert (deh-zert)
Maori: koraha (koh-rah-hah)
Marathi: वाळवंट (vaah-la-vunt)
Mongolian: цөл (tsul)
Nepali: मरुभूमि (mah-roo-bhoo-mee)
Norwegian: ørken (ur-ken)
Odia: ମରୁମି (mah-roo-mee)
Pashto: دښته (dakh-tay)
Persian: بیابان (bee-ah-bahn)
Polish: pustynia (poos-tih-nyah)
Portuguese: deserto (deh-zehr-toh)
Punjabi: ਰੇਗਿਸਤਾਨ (reh-gis-tan)
Romanian: deșert (deh-shert)
Russian: пустыня (poos-tin-yah)
Samoan: toafa (toh-ah-fah)
Serbian: пустиња (poos-tee-nya)
Shona: renje (ren-jay)
Sinhala: වියළි (vee-ya-lee)
Slovak: púšť (poosh-tuh)
Slovenian: puščava (poosh-chah-vah)
Somali: lama degaan (lah-mah deh-gahn)
Spanish: desierto (deh-syehr-toh)
Sundanese: gurun (goo-roon)
Swahili: jangwa (jang-wah)
Swedish: öken (ur-ken)
Tagalog: disyerto (dee-syer-toh)
Tajik: биёбон (bee-yo-bon)
Tamil: பாலைவனம் (paa-lai-va-nam)
Telugu: ఎడారి (eh-daa-ree)
Thai: ทะเลทราย (tah-lay-sai)
Tigrinya: ምድሪ ባይና (mi-dri bah-ee-na)
Turkish: çöl (chul)
Turkmen: çöl (chul)
Ukrainian: пустеля (poo-steh-lya)
Urdu: صحرا (seh-rah)
Uzbek: sahro (sah-roh)
Vietnamese: sa mạc (sah-mahk)
Welsh: anialwch (ah-nee-ah-looch)
Wolof: saadi (sah-dee)
Xhosa: intlango (in-tlan-go)
Yiddish: מדבר (meed-bar)
Yoruba: aginju (ah-geen-joo)
Zulu: isihlabathi (ee-see-hla-bah-tee)