Yawn in Different Languages. Learn How to Say and Translate
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Yawn in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say yawn in different languages. This page features translation of the word "yawn" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce yawn and how to read it.
Saying Yawn in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say yawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | gogëlloj | |
| Basque | aharrausi | |
| Belarusian | пазяхаць [paziachać] | |
| Bosnian | zijevati | |
| Bulgarian | прозявам се [prozyavam se] | |
| Catalan | badall | |
| Corsican | sbadigliatu | |
| Croatian | zijevanje | |
| Czech | zívnutí | |
| Danish | gabe | |
| Dutch | gaap | |
| Estonian | haigutama | |
| Finnish | haukotus | |
| French | bâillement | |
| Frisian | Gap | |
| Galician | bocexar | |
| German | gähnen | |
| Greek | χασμουρητό [chasmouritó] | |
| Hungarian | ásít | |
| Icelandic | geisp | |
| Irish | méanfach | |
| Italian | sbadiglio | |
| Latvian | žāvas | |
| Lithuanian | žiovauti | |
| Luxembourgish | geif | |
| Macedonian | зеваат [zevaat] | |
| Maltese | yawn | |
| Norwegian | gjesp | |
| Polish | ziewać | |
| Portuguese | bocejar | |
| Romanian | căscat | |
| Russian | зевать [zevat'] | |
| Scots Gaelic | sàthadh | |
| Serbian | зевати [zevati] | |
| Slovak | zívať | |
| Slovenian | zehati | |
| Spanish | bostezo | |
| Swedish | gäspa | |
| Tatar | яна | |
| Ukrainian | позіхати [pozikhaty] | |
| Welsh | dylyfu | |
| Yiddish | גענעץ [genets] |
Saying Yawn in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say yawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | հորանջել [horanjel] | |
| Azerbaijani | əsnəmək | |
| Bengali | yawn [yawn] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 打哈欠 [dǎ hāqian] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 打哈欠 [dǎ hāqian] | |
| Georgian | იღიმება [ighimeba] | |
| Gujarati | બગાસું [bagāsuṁ] | |
| Hindi | जम्हाई लेना [jamhaee lena] | |
| Hmong | yaaj | |
| Japanese | 欠伸 | |
| Kannada | ಆಕಳಿಕೆ [ākaḷike] | |
| Kazakh | есінеу [esinew] | |
| Khmer | យាយ | |
| Korean | 하품 [hapum] | |
| Kyrgyz | эстөө [estöö] | |
| Lao | ຢ້າວ [yav] | |
| Malayalam | അലറുക [alaruka] | |
| Marathi | जांभई [jāmbha'ī] | |
| Mongolian | эвшээх [evsheekh] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | သမ်း [ sam] | |
| Nepali | हाई [hā'ī] | |
| Odia | yawn | |
| Pashto | ژړل | |
| Punjabi | ਉਬਾਸੀ [ubāsī] | |
| Sindhi | جمائي | |
| Sinhala | yawn [yawn] | |
| Tajik | дашном | |
| Tamil | கொட்டாவி [koṭṭāvi] | |
| Telugu | ఆవలించు [āvalin̄chu] | |
| Thai | หาว | |
| Turkish | esnemek | |
| Turkmen | ýan | |
| Urdu | جمائی | |
| Uyghur | yawn | |
| Uzbek | esnamoq | |
| Vietnamese | Ngáp | |
Saying Yawn in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say yawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | تثاؤب [tathawub] | |
| Hebrew | לְפַהֵק | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | bawîşk | |
| Persian | خمیازه | |
Saying Yawn in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say yawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | gaap | |
| Amharic | ማዛጋት [mazagati] | |
| Chichewa | kuyasamula | |
| Hausa | hamma | |
| Igbo | gbuo | |
| Kinyarwanda | yawn | |
| Sesotho | yaela | |
| Shona | yawn | |
| Somali | hamaansi | |
| Swahili | piga miayo | |
| Xhosa | zamla | |
| Yoruba | iyan | |
| Zulu | zamula | |
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