How to Say Silence in Other Languages

Afrikaans: stilte (stil-teh)

Albanian: heshtje (hesh-tyeh)

Amharic: እረፍታ (eh-ref-tah)

Arabic: صمت (samt)

Armenian: լռություն (lr-roo-tyoon)

Azerbaijani: sükut (soo-koot)

Basque: isiltasuna (ee-sheel-tah-soo-nah)

Belarusian: цішыня (tsee-shyn-yah)

Bengali: নীরবতা (nee-rob-ah-ta)

Bosnian: tišina (tee-shee-nah)

Bulgarian: тишина (tee-shee-nah)

Burmese: တိတ်ဆိတ်မှု (tayt-sate-mhoo)

Catalan: silenci (see-len-see)

Cebuano: kahilom (kah-hee-lohm)

Chinese (Mandarin): 沉默 (chen-moh)

Croatian: tišina (tee-shee-nah)

Czech: ticho (tee-kho)

Danish: stilhed (steel-hil)

Dutch: stilte (stil-teh)

Esperanto: silento (see-len-toh)

Estonian: vaikus (vai-koos)

Finnish: hiljaisuus (hil-yah-soos)

French: silence (see-lahns)

Galician: silencio (see-len-thyo)

Georgian: სიჩუმე (see-choo-meh)

German: Stille (shtee-leh)

Greek: σιωπή (see-oh-pee)

Gujarati: મૌન (mow-nuh)

Haitian Creole: silans (see-lahns)

Hausa: shiru (shee-roo)

Hebrew: שתיקה (shtee-kah)

Hindi: चुप्पी (choop-pee)

Hungarian: csend (chend)

Icelandic: þögn (thugh-n)

Igbo: udo (oo-doh)

Indonesian: kesunyian (ke-soon-yee-an)

Irish: tost (tawst)

Italian: silenzio (see-len-tsee-oh)

Japanese: 静けさ (shi-zu-ke-sa)

Javanese: meneng (meh-neng)

Kannada: ಮೌನ (mow-na)

Kazakh: тыныштық (tyn-yshtyk)

Khmer: ភាពស្ងាត់ (pheab-sngat)

Korean: 침묵 (chim-mook)

Kurdish: bêdengî (beh-den-gee)

Kyrgyz: тынчтык (tinch-tyk)

Lao: ຄວາມເງົາງຽບ (khwam-ngao-ngiap)

Latvian: klusums (kloo-sooms)

Lithuanian: tyla (tee-lah)

Luxembourgish: Rou (roo)

Macedonian: тишина (tee-shee-nah)

Malagasy: fahanginana (fa-han-gee-nah-nah)

Malay: keheningan (ke-heh-ning-an)

Malayalam: മൗനം (mow-nam)

Maltese: silenzju (see-len-zhoo)

Maori: wahangu (wah-hah-noo)

Marathi: शांतता (shan-ta-ta)

Mongolian: нам гүм (nam-goom)

Nepali: मौनता (mow-nah-ta)

Norwegian: stillhet (steel-het)

Odia: ନିରବତା (nee-roh-bah-ta)

Pashto: چوپتیا (choop-tee-ah)

Persian: سکوت (soo-koot)

Polish: cisza (chee-sha)

Portuguese: silêncio (see-len-see-oh)

Punjabi: ਚੁੱਪੀ (choo-pee)

Romanian: tăcere (tah-cheh-reh)

Russian: тишина (tee-shee-nah)

Samoan: filemu (fee-leh-moo)

Serbian: тишина (tee-shee-nah)

Shona: runyararo (roo-nyah-rah-roh)

Sinhala: නිශ්ශබ්දතාව (neesh-shab-da-tha-wah)

Slovak: ticho (tee-kho)

Slovenian: tišina (tee-shee-nah)

Somali: aamusnaanta (ah-moo-snah-an-tah)

Spanish: silencio (see-len-see-oh)

Sundanese: sepi (seh-pee)

Swahili: kimya (keem-yah)

Swedish: tystnad (tist-nad)

Tagalog: katahimikan (ka-ta-hee-mee-kan)

Tajik: хомӯшӣ (kho-moo-shee)

Tamil: அமைதி (ah-may-dee)

Telugu: నిశ్శబ్దం (nish-shab-dham)

Thai: ความเงียบ (kwahm-ngiap)

Tigrinya: ህልውና (hil-woo-nah)

Turkish: sessizlik (ses-siz-leek)

Turkmen: ümsümlük (oom-soom-look)

Ukrainian: тиша (tee-sha)

Urdu: خاموشی (kha-moh-shee)

Uzbek: sukut (soo-koot)

Vietnamese: im lặng (eem-lahng)

Welsh: tawelwch (tah-wel-wkh)

Wolof: ndogal (n-doh-gal)

Xhosa: ukuthula (oo-koo-thoo-lah)

Yiddish: שטילקייט (shtil-kayt)

Yoruba: ipalemo (ee-pa-leh-moh)

Zulu: ukuthula (oo-koo-thoo-lah)

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