How to Say Lightning in Other Languages

Afrikaans: bliksem (ˈblɪksəm)

Albanian: rrufe (ruˈfɛ)

Amharic: ነጎልት (nəɡolt)

Arabic: برق (barq)

Armenian: կայծակ (kajtsʰak)

Azerbaijani: şimşək (ʃimʃæk)

Basque: tximista (ʧimis̻ta)

Belarusian: маланка (maˈlanka)

Bengali: বজ্রপাত (bɔdʒropat)

Bosnian: munja (muɲa)

Bulgarian: мълния (ˈmɤɫnijɐ)

Catalan: llamp (ʎamp)

Cebuano: kilat (ˈkilat)

Chichewa: mphenzi (m̩ˈpʰɛnzi)

Chinese (Mandarin): 闪电 (shǎndiàn)

Croatian: munja (muɲa)

Czech: blesk (blɛsk)

Danish: lyn (lyn)

Dutch: bliksem (ˈblɪksəm)

Esperanto: fulmo (fulmo)

Estonian: välk (vælk)

Finnish: salama (ˈsɑlɑmɑ)

French: éclair (eklɛʁ)

Galician: raio (ˈrajʊ)

Georgian: ელვა (ɛlˈva)

German: Blitz (blɪts)

Greek: αστραπή (astrapi)

Gujarati: વીજળી (viʤli)

Haitian Creole: loraj (lɔˈraj)

Hausa: walkiya (wɑlkija)

Hebrew: ברק (barak)

Hindi: बिजली (biˈdʒli)

Hungarian: villám (ˈvilːaːm)

Icelandic: elding (ˈɛltinɡ)

Igbo: ọkụkụ (ɔˈkʊ́ʊ́)

Indonesian: petir (pəˈtɪr)

Irish: tintreach (ˈtʲɪntɾəx)

Italian: fulmine (ˈfulmine)

Japanese: 稲妻 (inazuma)

Javanese: kilat (kilat)

Kannada: ಮಿಂಚು (minʧu)

Kazakh: найзағай (najzaˈʁɑj)

Khmer: រន្ទះ (rɔnteh)

Korean: 번개 (ˈpʌnˌɡɛ)

Kurdish: birûsk (biɾusk)

Kyrgyz: чагылган (ʧɑɣɯɫɣɑn)

Lao: ຟ້າຜ່າ (fá phà)

Latin: fulmen (ˈful.men)

Latvian: zibens (ˈzi.bens)

Lithuanian: žaibas (ˈʒɐɪ.bɐs)

Luxembourgish: Blëtz (blɛts)

Macedonian: молња (ˈmɔɫɲa)

Malagasy: varatra (vaˈratra)

Malay: kilat (kilat)

Malayalam: മിന്നൽ (minnal)

Maltese: sajjetta (saɪjetta)

Maori: uira (uˈira)

Marathi: वीज (viːʤ)

Mongolian: цахилгаан (tsaːxɪlɡaːn)

Nepali: चट्याङ (ʧʌʈʲaŋ)

Norwegian: lyn (lyːn)

Odia: ବଜ୍ରପାତ (bɔʤrɔpaːt)

Pashto: بریښنا (brikhna)

Persian: رعد و برق (ra’d o barq)

Polish: piorun (ˈpjɔ.run)

Portuguese: relâmpago (ʁeˈlɐ̃.pa.ɡu)

Punjabi: ਬਿਜਲੀ (bidʒli)

Romanian: fulger (ˈful.dʒeɾ)

Russian: молния (ˈmolnʲɪjə)

Samoan: uila (ˈuʷila)

Serbian: муња (muɲa)

Sesotho: lehalima (lehaˈlima)

Shona: mheni (mheni)

Sinhala: මේඛලය (mɛkhala)

Slovak: blesk (blesk)

Slovenian: strela (strɛːla)

Somali: hillaac (hillaːc)

Spanish: relámpago (reˈlampaɣo)

Swahili: umeme (uˈmɛːmɛ)

Swedish: blixt (blɪkst)

Tajik: раъду барқ (raddu barq)

Tamil: மின்னல் (minnal)

Telugu: మెరుపు (merupu)

Thai: สายฟ้า (saːj fa)

Turkish: yıldırım (jɯɫdɯɾɯm)

Turkmen: ýyldyrym (jiɫdəɾɯm)

Ukrainian: блискавка (ˈblɪskɑʋkɑ)

Urdu: بجلی (ˈbɪdʒli)

Uzbek: chaqmoq (ʧɑqˈmoq)

Vietnamese: sét (sɛt)

Welsh: mellt (mɛɬt)

Wolof: ndam (ndam)

Xhosa: umbane (umˈbanɛ)

Yiddish: בליץ (blits)

Yoruba: àrá (aɾa)

Zulu: umbane (umˈbanɛ)

Zulu (alternate): izulu (izulu)

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