How to Say Slavery in Different Languages
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Please find below many ways to say slavery in different languages. This page features translation of the word "slavery" 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 slavery and how to read it.
Saying Slavery in European Languages
| Language | Ways to say slavery | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | skllavëria | |
| Basque | esklabotza | |
| Belarusian | рабства [rabstva] | |
| Bosnian | ropstvo | |
| Bulgarian | робство [robstvo] | |
| Catalan | esclavitud | |
| Corsican | schiavitù | |
| Croatian | ropstvo | |
| Czech | otroctví | |
| Danish | slaveri | |
| Dutch | slavernij | |
| Estonian | orjus | |
| Finnish | orjuutta | |
| French | esclavage | |
| Frisian | slavernij | |
| Galician | escravitude | |
| German | Sklaverei | |
| Greek | σκλαβιά [sklaviá] | |
| Hungarian | rabszolgaság | |
| Icelandic | Þrælahald | |
| Irish | sclábhaíocht | |
| Italian | schiavitù | |
| Latvian | verdzība | |
| Lithuanian | vergija | |
| Luxembourgish | Sklaverei | |
| Macedonian | ропство [ropstvo] | |
| Maltese | skjavitù | |
| Norwegian | slaveri | |
| Polish | niewolnictwo | |
| Portuguese | escravidão | |
| Romanian | robie | |
| Russian | рабство [rabstvo] | |
| Scots Gaelic | tràilleachd | |
| Serbian | ропство [ropstvo] | |
| Slovak | otroctvo | |
| Slovenian | suženjstvo | |
| Spanish | esclavitud | |
| Swedish | slaveri | |
| Tatar | коллык | |
| Ukrainian | рабство [rabstvo] | |
| Welsh | caethwasiaeth | |
| Yiddish | שקלאַפֿערײַ [shklaferay] | |
Saying Slavery in Asian Languages
| Language | Ways to say slavery | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | ստրկություն [strkut’yun] | |
| Azerbaijani | köləlik | |
| Bengali | দাসত্ব [dāsatba] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 奴隶制 [núlì zhì] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 奴隸制 [núlì zhì] | |
| Georgian | მონობა [monoba] | |
| Gujarati | ગુલામી [gulāmī] | |
| Hindi | गुलामी [gulaamee] | |
| Hmong | kev ua qhev | |
| Japanese | 奴隷制度 | |
| Kannada | ಗುಲಾಮಗಿರಿ [gulāmagiri] | |
| Kazakh | құлдық [quldıq] | |
| Khmer | ទាសភាព | |
| Korean | 노예 제도 [noye jedo] | |
| Kyrgyz | кулчулук [kulçuluk] | |
| Lao | ການເປັນຂ້າທາດ [ kan penkhathad] | |
| Malayalam | അടിമത്തം [adimatham] | |
| Marathi | गुलामगिरी [gulāmagirī] | |
| Mongolian | боолчлол [boolchlol] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ကျွန်စနစ် [ kyawanhcanait] | |
| Nepali | दासत्व [dāsatva] | |
| Odia | ଦାସତ୍ୱ | |
| Pashto | غلامي | |
| Punjabi | ਗੁਲਾਮੀ [gulāmī] | |
| Sindhi | غلامي | |
| Sinhala | වහල්භාවය [vahalbhāvaya] | |
| Tajik | ғуломӣ | |
| Tamil | அடிமைத்தனம் [aṭimaittaṉam] | |
| Telugu | బానిసత్వం [bānisatvaṁ] | |
| Thai | การเป็นทาส | |
| Turkish | kölelik | |
| Turkmen | gulçulyk | |
| Urdu | غلامی | |
| Uyghur | قۇللۇق | |
| Uzbek | qullik | |
| Vietnamese | Chế độ nô lệ | |
Saying Slavery in Middle-Eastern Languages
| Language | Ways to say slavery | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | عبودية [eubudia] | |
| Hebrew | עַבדוּת | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | koletî | |
| Persian | برده داری | |
Saying Slavery in African Languages
| Language | Ways to say slavery | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | slawerny | |
| Amharic | ባርነት [barineti] | |
| Chichewa | ukapolo | |
| Hausa | bauta | |
| Igbo | ịgba ohu | |
| Kinyarwanda | ubucakara | |
| Sesotho | bokhoba | |
| Shona | uranda | |
| Somali | addoonsiga | |
| Swahili | utumwa | |
| Xhosa | ubukhoboka | |
| Yoruba | ẹrú | |
| Zulu | ubugqila | |
Saying Slavery in Austronesian Languages
| Language | Ways to say slavery | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | pagkaulipon | |
| Filipino | pang-aalipin | |
| Hawaiian | hookauwa | |
| Indonesian | perbudakan | |
| Javanese | perbudakan | |
| Malagasy | fanandevozana | |
| Malay | perhambaan | |
| Maori | taurekareka | |
| Samoan | pologa | |
| Sundanese | perbudakan | |
Cite this Entry
"Slavery in Different Languages." In Different Languages, https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/words/slavery. Accessed 20 Sep 2023.
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