How to Say Self in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say self in different languages. This page features translation of the word "self" 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 self and how to read it.
Saying Self in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say self | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | veten | |
| Basque | norbera | |
| Belarusian | самастойна [samastojna] | |
| Bosnian | self | |
| Bulgarian | себе си [sebe si] | |
| Catalan | jo mateix | |
| Corsican | sè stessu | |
| Croatian | sebe | |
| Czech | já | |
| Danish | selv | |
| Dutch | zelf | |
| Estonian | ise | |
| Finnish | itse | |
| French | soi | |
| Frisian | sels | |
| Galician | propio | |
| German | selbst | |
| Greek | εαυτός [eaftós] | |
| Hungarian | maga | |
| Icelandic | Sjálf | |
| Irish | féin | |
| Italian | se stesso | |
| Latvian | sevi | |
| Lithuanian | savarankiškai | |
| Luxembourgish | selwer | |
| Macedonian | себе [sebe] | |
| Maltese | awto | |
| Norwegian | selv- | |
| Polish | samego siebie | |
| Portuguese | auto | |
| Romanian | de sine | |
| Russian | себя [sebya] | |
| Scots Gaelic | fèin | |
| Serbian | селф [self] | |
| Slovak | seba | |
| Slovenian | sebe | |
| Spanish | ser | |
| Swedish | själv | |
| Tatar | үзең | |
| Ukrainian | себе [sebe] | |
| Welsh | hunan | |
| Yiddish | זיך [zikh] | |
Saying Self in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say self | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | ինքն իրեն [ink’n iren] | |
| Azerbaijani | özü | |
| Bengali | স্ব [sba] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 自己 [zìjǐ] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 自己 [zìjǐ] | |
| Georgian | თვით [tvit] | |
| Gujarati | સ્વ [sva] | |
| Hindi | खुद [khud] | |
| Hmong | tus kheej | |
| Japanese | 自己 | |
| Kannada | ಸ್ವಯಂ [svayaṁ] | |
| Kazakh | өзін [özin] | |
| Khmer | ខ្លួនឯង | |
| Korean | 본인 [bon-in] | |
| Kyrgyz | өзү [özü] | |
| Lao | ຕົນເອງ [tonoeng] | |
| Malayalam | സ്വയം [svayam] | |
| Marathi | स्वत: [svata:] | |
| Mongolian | өөрөө [ööröö] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်ကို [ ko koko] | |
| Nepali | स्व [sva] | |
| Odia | ଆତ୍ମ | |
| Pashto | ځان | |
| Punjabi | ਆਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ [āpaṇē āpa nū] | |
| Sindhi | پاڻ | |
| Sinhala | ස්වයං [svayaṁ] | |
| Tajik | худ | |
| Tamil | சுய [suya] | |
| Telugu | స్వీయ [svīya] | |
| Thai | ตัวเอง | |
| Turkish | öz | |
| Turkmen | Özi | |
| Urdu | خود | |
| Uyghur | self | |
| Uzbek | o'zini | |
| Vietnamese | bản thân | |
Saying Self in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say self | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | الذات [aldhaat] | |
| Hebrew | עצמי | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | wekhev | |
| Persian | خود | |
Saying Self in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say self | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | self | |
| Amharic | እራስ [irasi] | |
| Chichewa | wekha | |
| Hausa | kai | |
| Igbo | onwe | |
| Kinyarwanda | wenyine | |
| Sesotho | boithati | |
| Shona | self | |
| Somali | nafta | |
| Swahili | binafsi | |
| Xhosa | ubuqu | |
| Yoruba | ti ara ẹni | |
| Zulu | uqobo | |
Saying Self in Austronesian Languages
| Language | Ways to say self | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | kaugalingon | |
| Filipino | sarili | |
| Hawaiian | iho | |
| Indonesian | diri sendiri | |
| Javanese | dhewe | |
| Malagasy | tena | |
| Malay | diri sendiri | |
| Maori | whaiaro | |
| Samoan | oe lava | |
| Sundanese | sorangan | |
Saying Self in Other Foreign Languages
| Language | Ways to say self | |
|---|---|---|
| Esperanto | mem | |
| Haitian Creole | pwòp tèt ou | |
| Latin | sui | |
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"Self in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/self. Accessed 21 Sep 2023.
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