How to Say Light in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say light in different languages. This page features translation of the word "light" 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 light and how to read it.
Saying Light in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say light | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | dritë | |
| Basque | argia | |
| Belarusian | святло [sviatlo] | |
| Bosnian | svjetlo | |
| Bulgarian | светлина [svetlina] | |
| Catalan | llum | |
| Corsican | luce | |
| Croatian | svjetlo | |
| Czech | světlo | |
| Danish | lys | |
| Dutch | licht | |
| Estonian | valgus | |
| Finnish | valoa | |
| French | lumière | |
| Frisian | ljocht | |
| Galician | luz | |
| German | Licht | |
| Greek | φως [fos] | |
| Hungarian | fény | |
| Icelandic | Ljós | |
| Irish | éadrom | |
| Italian | leggero | |
| Latvian | gaismas | |
| Lithuanian | šviesos | |
| Luxembourgish | Liicht | |
| Macedonian | светлина [svetlina] | |
| Maltese | dawl | |
| Norwegian | lys | |
| Polish | światło | |
| Portuguese | luz | |
| Romanian | ușoară | |
| Russian | свет [svet] | |
| Scots Gaelic | aotrom | |
| Serbian | светлости [svetlosti] | |
| Slovak | svetlo | |
| Slovenian | svetloba | |
| Spanish | luz | |
| Swedish | ljus | |
| Tatar | яктылык | |
| Ukrainian | світло [svitlo] | |
| Welsh | golau | |
| Yiddish | ליכט [likht] | |
Saying Light in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say light | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | լույս [luys] | |
| Azerbaijani | işıq | |
| Bengali | আলো [ālō] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 光 [guāng] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 光 [guāng] | |
| Georgian | მსუბუქი [msubuki] | |
| Gujarati | પ્રકાશ [prakāśa] | |
| Hindi | रोशनी [roshanee] | |
| Hmong | teeb | |
| Japanese | ライト | |
| Kannada | ಬೆಳಕು [beḷaku] | |
| Kazakh | жарық [jarıq] | |
| Khmer | ពន្លឺ | |
| Korean | 빛 [bich] | |
| Kyrgyz | жарык [jarık] | |
| Lao | ແສງສະຫວ່າງ [aesngsavang] | |
| Malayalam | വെളിച്ചം [velicham] | |
| Marathi | प्रकाश [prakāśa] | |
| Mongolian | гэрэл [gerel] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အလင်း [aalainn] | |
| Nepali | प्रकाश [prakāśa] | |
| Odia | ଆଲୋକ | |
| Pashto | رڼا | |
| Punjabi | ਰੋਸ਼ਨੀ [rōśanī] | |
| Sindhi | روشني | |
| Sinhala | ආලෝකය [ālōkaya] | |
| Tajik | нур | |
| Tamil | ஒளி [oḷi] | |
| Telugu | కాంతి [kānti] | |
| Thai | แสงสว่าง | |
| Turkish | ışık | |
| Turkmen | ýagtylyk | |
| Urdu | روشنی | |
| Uyghur | نۇر | |
| Uzbek | yorug'lik | |
| Vietnamese | ánh sáng | |
Saying Light in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say light | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ضوء [daw'] | |
| Hebrew | אוֹר | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | sivik | |
| Persian | سبک | |
Saying Light in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say light | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | lig | |
| Amharic | ብርሃን [birihani] | |
| Chichewa | kuwala | |
| Hausa | haske | |
| Igbo | ìhè | |
| Kinyarwanda | urumuri | |
| Sesotho | kganya | |
| Shona | chiedza | |
| Somali | iftiin | |
| Swahili | mwanga | |
| Xhosa | ukukhanya | |
| Yoruba | imole | |
| Zulu | ukukhanya | |
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"Light in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/light. Accessed 21 Sep 2023.
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