How to say “arm” in 41 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Telugu, where చేతులు is the 234th most used word.
- Afrikaans arms #598
- Albanian krahët #1,058
- Arabic سلاح weapon, arm #550
- Armenian ձեռք hand; arm #340
- Basque beso #869
- Bengali বাহু #1,839
- Bosnian ruke #343
- Catalan braç #1,261
- Chinese 手臂 #858
- Croatian ruke #364
- Danish arme #1,832
- English kyle A narrow arm or channel of the sea between an… #2,299
- Esperanto brakoj #2,142
- Finnish kädet hand, arm; an upper limb of a human or… #900
- French bras #642
- Galician arma weapon, arm #723
- German waffe weapon, arm #599
- Greek χέρια #331
- Hebrew יד #632
- Hindi हथियार weapon, arm #618
- Icelandic örmum #2,494
- Indonesian lengan #1,686
- Italian braccio #1,144
- Latvian rokas hand, arm #279
- Lithuanian rankas hand; arm #293
- Macedonian оружје weapon, weaponry, arm #363
- Malay lengan #1,262
- Norwegian armen an arm #1,293
- Polish ręce #520
- Portuguese braço #1,241
- Romanian arma arm, weapon #559
- Russian оружие weapon, weaponry, arm #646
- Serbian ruke #355
- Slovak ruky hand, arm #289
- Slovenian rok hand, arm #442
- Spanish arma weapon, arm #521
- Swedish arm arm; the body part #1,822
- Tagalog braso #2,191
- Telugu చేతులు hand, arm #234
- Turkish kol #2,192
- Urdu بازو #1,198
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.