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Sister in Different Languages
A sister is a woman or child with one or more kin. A brother is a male counterpart. While the word applies generally to a friendship between a family, it is sometimes used to apply closely to non-family relations. A sister is someone that shares both or a single parent with you. A stepsister may not share any. Sisters are very close to each other and have strong bonding.
Here is the translation of word “Sister” in 10 other languages:
- English: sister
- Chinese: 姐姐
- Hindi: बहन
- Spanish: hermana
- Arabic: أخت
- French: sœur
- Bengali: বোন
- Russian: сестра
- Portuguese: irmã
- Urdu: بہن
Sister in European Languages
| Different Languages | Word Sister |
|---|---|
| Albanian | motër |
| Basque | arreba |
| Belarusian | сястра |
| Bosnian | sestra |
| Bulgarian | сестра |
| Catalan | germana |
| Corsican | Surella |
| Croatian | sestra |
| Czech | sestra |
| Danish | søster |
| Dutch | zus |
| Estonian | õde |
| Finnish | sisko |
| French | sœur |
| Frisian | suster |
| Galician | irmá |
| German | Schwester |
| Greek | αδελφή [adelfí] |
| Hungarian | lánytestvér |
| Icelandic | Systir |
| Irish | deirfiúr |
| Italian | sorella |
| Latvian | māsa |
| Lithuanian | sesuo |
| Luxembourgish | Schwëster |
| Macedonian | сестра |
| Maltese | oħt |
| Norwegian | søster |
| Polish | siostra |
| Portuguese | irmã |
| Romanian | soră |
| Russian | сестра [sestra] |
| Scots Gaelic | piuthar |
| Serbian | сестра [sestra] |
| Slovak | sestra |
| Slovenian | sestra |
| Spanish | hermana |
| Swedish | syster |
| Tatar | апа |
| Ukrainian | сестра [sestra] |
| Welsh | chwaer |
| Yiddish | שוועסטער |
Sister in Asian Languages
| Different Languages | Word Sister |
|---|---|
| Armenian | քույր |
| Azerbaijani | bacı |
| Bengali | বোন |
| Chinese Simplified | 妹妹 [mèimei] |
| Chinese Traditional | 妹妹 [mèimei] |
| Georgian | და [da] |
| Gujarati | બહેન |
| Hindi | बहन |
| Hmong | tus muam |
| Japanese | シスター |
| Kannada | ಸಹೋದರಿ |
| Kazakh | қарындас |
| Khmer | ប្អូនស្រី |
| Korean | 여자 형제 [yeoja hyeongje] |
| Kyrgyz | бир тууган |
| Lao | ເອື້ອຍ |
| Malayalam | സഹോദരി |
| Marathi | बहीण |
| Mongolian | эгч |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | အစ်မ |
| Nepali | बहिनी |
| Odia | ଭଉଣୀ |
| Pashto | خور |
| Punjabi | ਭੈਣ |
| Sindhi | ڀيڻ |
| Sinhala | සහෝදරිය |
| Tajik | хоҳар |
| Tamil | சகோதரி |
| Telugu | సోదరి |
| Thai | น้องสาว |
| Turkish | kız kardeş |
| Turkmen | aýal dogany |
| Urdu | بہن |
| Uyghur | سىڭىل |
| Uzbek | singil |
| Vietnamese | em gái |
Sister in Middle East Languages
| Different Languages | Word Sister |
|---|---|
| Arabic | أخت ['ukht] |
| Hebrew | אָחוֹת |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | xwişk |
| Persian | خواهر |
Sister in African Languages
| Different Languages | Word Sister |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | suster |
| Amharic | እህት |
| Chichewa | mlongo |
| Hausa | 'yar'uwar |
| Igbo | nwanne nwaanyị |
| Kinyarwanda | mushiki wawe |
| Sesotho | ausi oa |
| Shona | hanzvadzi sikana |
| Somali | walaashaa |
| Swahili | dada |
| Xhosa | usisi |
| Yoruba | arabinrin |
| Zulu | udade |
Sister in Austronesian Languages
| Different Languages | Word Sister |
|---|---|
| Cebuano | igsoon nga babaye |
| Filipino | ate |
| Hawaiian | kaikuaʻana, kaikaina |
| Indonesian | saudara |
| Javanese | Dhik |
| Malagasy | rahavavy |
| Malay | kakak |
| Maori | tuahine |
| Samoan | tuafafine |
| Sundanese | adi |
Sister in Other Foreign Languages
| Different Languages | Word Sister |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | fratino |
| Haitian Creole | sè |
| Latin | soror |
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