How to Say Petrichor in Other Languages

Afrikaans: reuk van reën (rayk fun ray-en)

Albanian: aroma e shiut (ah-ro-mah eh shee-oot)

Amharic: ቅርጽ ወቅት (kr-ts wok-t)

Arabic: رائحة المطر (ray-ha-tul mat-ar)

Armenian: անձրևի հոտ (an-dzreh-vee hoht)

Azerbaijani: yağmur qoxusu (yah-mur koh-khoo-soo)

Basque: euri usaina (ew-ree oo-say-nah)

Belarusian: пах дажджу (pakh dazh-dzhoo)

Bengali: বৃষ্টির গন্ধ (brishti-r gon-dho)

Bosnian: miris kiše (mee-rees kee-sheh)

Bulgarian: аромат на дъжд (ah-ro-mat na dahzhd)

Catalan: olor de pluja (o-lohr deh ploo-jah)

Cebuano: baho sa ulan (bah-hoh sah oo-lan)

Chichewa: fungo la mvula (foon-go la m-voo-la)

Chinese (Mandarin): 雨后土的味道 (yǔ hòu tǔ de wèi dào)

Croatian: miris kiše (mee-rees kee-sheh)

Czech: vůně deště (voo-nyeh desh-tyeh)

Danish: lugten af regn (look-ten af rah-een)

Dutch: geur van regen (g-ur fan ray-ghen)

Esperanto: odoro de pluvo (oh-do-roh deh ploo-voh)

Estonian: vihma lõhn (veeh-ma luhhn)

Filipino: amoy ng ulan (ah-moy ng oo-lan)

Finnish: sateen tuoksu (sah-ten too-oks-oo)

French: odeur de la pluie (oh-der deh lah ploo-ee)

Galician: cheiro de chuvia (chay-ro deh choo-vee-ah)

Georgian: წვიმის სუნი (tsvee-mees soo-nee)

German: Geruch des Regens (geh-rookh des ray-ghens)

Greek: μυρωδιά της βροχής (mee-ro-thya tees vroh-kees)

Gujarati: વરસાદની સુગંધ (var-sad-nee soo-gandh)

Haitian Creole: sant lapli (sant la-plee)

Hausa: kamshin ruwan sama (kam-sheen roo-wan sa-ma)

Hebrew: ריח של גשם (ray-ach shel ge-shem)

Hindi: बारिश की महक (barish kee mah-ak)

Hmong: tsw ntxhiab nag (tsu ntxab nyag)

Hungarian: esőillat (eh-shuh ee-lat)

Icelandic: lykt af regni (likt af reh-gnee)

Igbo: isi mmiri (ee-see mmir-ee)

Indonesian: bau hujan (bah-oo hoo-jahn)

Irish: boladh báistí (bo-lah bosh-tee)

Italian: odore della pioggia (oh-doh-reh deh-lah pee-oh-jah)

Japanese: 雨の匂い (ame no nioi)

Javanese: ambune udan (am-boo-neh oo-dan)

Kannada: ಮಳೆಯ ವಾಸನೆ (mal-ye-ya va-sa-ne)

Kazakh: жаңбыр иісі (zhang-bir ee-see)

Khmer: ក្លិនភ្លៀង (k-len plee-ang)

Kinyarwanda: impumuro y’imvura (im-poo-moo-ro yim-vura)

Korean: 빗냄새 (bit-naem-sae)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): bo û baran (bo oo bah-ran)

Kyrgyz: жамгырдын жыты (zham-gyr-dyn zhy-ty)

Lao: ກິ່ນຂອງຝົນ (gin kong fon)

Latvian: lietus smarža (lee-eh-toos smar-zha)

Lithuanian: lietaus kvapas (lee-taoos kva-pas)

Luxembourgish: Geroch vum Reen (geh-rosh fum ray-n)

Macedonian: мирис на дожд (mee-rees na dozhd)

Malagasy: fofon’orana (foh-foh-nor-ana)

Malay: bau hujan (bah-oo hoo-jan)

Malayalam: മഴയുടെ മണം (ma-zha-yu-da man-am)

Maltese: riħa tax-xita (ree-ha tah-shee-ta)

Maori: kakara o te ua (ka-ka-ra oh teh oo-ah)

Marathi: पावसाचा सुगंध (pa-va-sa-cha soo-gandh)

Mongolian: борооны үнэр (bor-oo-nee oo-ner)

Nepali: पानीको बासना (pah-nee-ko baa-s-na)

Norwegian: lukten av regn (loo-ken av rayn)

Odia: ବର୍ଷାର ଘ୍ରାଣ (bar-shar ghraan)

Pashto: د باران بوی (da bah-ran bo-yee)

Persian: بوی باران (boo-yeh baran)

Polish: zapach deszczu (za-pahh desh-chu)

Portuguese: cheiro de chuva (shay-roh deh shoo-va)

Punjabi: ਮੀਂਹ ਦੀ ਖੁਸ਼ਬੂ (meen dee khush-boo)

Romanian: miros de ploaie (mee-rohs de ploh-ah-ye)

Russian: запах дождя (zap-ahkh dozh-dya)

Samoan: manogi o le timu (ma-no-gi oh leh tee-moo)

Scots Gaelic: fàileadh an uisge (fah-lee-oo ahn oosh-gay)

Serbian: мирис кише (mee-rees kee-sheh)

Shona: kunhuwidza kwemvura (koon-hoo-widz-za kwem-voo-ra)

Sindhi: بجلي (bij-lee)

Sinhala: වැස්සේ සුවඳ (veh-se su-wan-da)

Slovak: vôňa dažďa (voh-nyah dazh-dya)

Slovenian: vonj po dežju (vonj po deh-zhoo)

Somali: urta roobka (oor-ta roh-bka)

Spanish: olor a lluvia (oh-lor ah yoo-vee-ah)

Sundanese: ambu hujan (am-boo hoo-jan)

Swahili: harufu ya mvua (ha-roo-foo ya m-voo-ah)

Swedish: doften av regn (dof-ten ahv rayn)

Tajik: бӯи борон (bo-yee bah-ron)

Tamil: மழையின் வாசனை (mazhai-yin vaa-saa-nai)

Telugu: వర్షం వాసన (var-sham va-sa-na)

Thai: กลิ่นฝน (glin fon)

Turkish: yağmur kokusu (yah-mur koh-koo-soo)

Turkmen: ýagyş ysy (yah-gush ee-see)

Ukrainian: запах дощу (zap-akh doh-shoo)

Urdu: بارش کی خوشبو (baarish ki khush-boo)

Uyghur: يامغۇر ئىسىقى (yam-ghur ee-see-qi)

Uzbek: yomg’ir hidi (yom-geer hee-dee)

Vietnamese: mùi mưa (moo-ee moo-ah)

Welsh: arogl glaw (a-rogl glaw)

Xhosa: ivumba lemvula (ee-voom-bah lem-voo-lah)

Yiddish: שמעק פון רעגן (shmeck fun regen)

Yoruba: oorun ojo (oh-run oh-jo)

Zulu: iphunga lemvula (ee-phoon-ga lem-voo-la)

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