Summary
What in Different Languages: We use the word “What” most often in our daily lives. When you don’t understand what someone has just said, you ask them to repeat what they just said. If you do not know something specific about something, you can use what in a question to find out. As an interrogative, it is used to ask about the identity, the nature, or the value of something. Inquiries about misheard or misunderstood utterances, often sought as a repetition. It expresses inquiry into a person’s character, nature, profession, position, or role. When you use what, you are referring to the whole of your available resources.
What in European Languages
Translation of word What in almost 42 European languages.
| Different Languages | Word What |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Çfarë |
| Basque | zer |
| Belarusian | што |
| Bosnian | šta |
| Bulgarian | Какво |
| Catalan | què |
| Corsican | chì |
| Croatian | što |
| Czech | co |
| Danish | hvad |
| Dutch | wat |
| Estonian | mida |
| Finnish | mitä |
| French | quelle |
| Frisian | wat |
| Galician | que |
| German | Was |
| Greek | τι [ti] |
| Hungarian | mit |
| Icelandic | hvað |
| Irish | Cad |
| Italian | che cosa |
| Latvian | kas |
| Lithuanian | ką |
| Luxembourgish | waat |
| Macedonian | што |
| Maltese | xiex |
| Norwegian | hva |
| Polish | co |
| Portuguese | o que |
| Romanian | ce |
| Russian | какие [kakiye] |
| Scots Gaelic | dè |
| Serbian | Шта [Shta] |
| Slovak | čo |
| Slovenian | kaj |
| Spanish | qué |
| Swedish | vad |
| Tatar | Нәрсә |
| Ukrainian | що [shcho] |
| Welsh | beth |
| Yiddish | וואס |
What in Asian Languages
Translation of word What in almost 36 Asian languages.
| Different Languages | Word What |
|---|---|
| Armenian | ինչ |
| Azerbaijani | nə |
| Bengali | কি |
| Chinese Simplified | 什么 [shénme] |
| Chinese Traditional | 什麼 [shénme] |
| Georgian | რა |
| Gujarati | શું |
| Hindi | क्या |
| Hmong | dab tsi |
| Japanese | 何 |
| Kannada | ಏನು |
| Kazakh | не |
| Khmer | អ្វីដែល |
| Korean | 뭐 [mwo] |
| Kyrgyz | эмне |
| Lao | ແມ່ນຫຍັງ |
| Malayalam | എന്ത് |
| Marathi | काय |
| Mongolian | ямар |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဘာ |
| Nepali | के |
| Odia | କଣ |
| Pashto | څه |
| Punjabi | ਕੀ |
| Sindhi | ڇا |
| Sinhala | මොනවාද |
| Tajik | чӣ |
| Tamil | என்ன |
| Telugu | ఏమి |
| Thai | อะไร |
| Turkish | ne |
| Turkmen | näme |
| Urdu | کیا |
| Uyghur | نېمە |
| Uzbek | nima |
| Vietnamese | gì |
What in Middle East Languages
Translation of word What in 4 middle eastern languages.
| Different Languages | Word What |
|---|---|
| Arabic | ماذا [madha] |
| Hebrew | מה |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | çi |
| Persian | چی |
What in African Languages
Translation of word What in almost 13 African languages.
| Different Languages | Word What |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | wat |
| Amharic | ምንድን |
| Chichewa | chani |
| Hausa | abin da |
| Igbo | Kedu |
| Kinyarwanda | iki |
| Sesotho | eng |
| Shona | chii |
| Somali | waa maxay |
| Swahili | nini |
| Xhosa | Intoni |
| Yoruba | kini |
| Zulu | ini |
What in Austronesian Languages
Translation of word What in almost 10 Austronesian languages.
| Different Languages | Word What |
|---|---|
| Cebuano | Unsa |
| Filipino | Ano |
| Hawaiian | He aha |
| Indonesian | apa |
| Javanese | opo |
| Malagasy | inona |
| Malay | apa |
| Maori | aha |
| Samoan | a |
| Sundanese | naon |
What in Other Foreign Languages
| Different Languages | Word What |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | kio |
| Haitian Creole | Kisa |
| Latin | Quid est |
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