How to say “blind” in 30 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 Tagalog, where bulag is the 695th most used word.
- Afrikaans blind #847
- Albanian verbër #1,486
- Arabic عمي to be or become blind #739
- Armenian կույր #1,406
- Basque itsu blind, unseeingly #834
- Bengali অন্ধ blind, sightless #891
- Catalan cec #1,904
- Danish blind #1,729
- Esperanto blinda #2,179
- French aveugle #1,917
- Galician cego #2,252
- Georgian ბრმა #1,312
- Hebrew עיוור #1,682
- Hindi अंधा #2,244
- Hungarian vak #2,260
- Icelandic blindur #1,632
- Korean 미팅 blind date; first date #2,307
- Lithuanian aklas #1,452
- Macedonian слеп #2,125
- Malay buta #1,108
- Norwegian blind #1,809
- Persian کور #1,438
- Romanian orb #2,145
- Slovak slepý #1,426
- Slovenian slep #1,009
- Swedish blind blind; unable or failing to see #2,079
- Tagalog bulag blind; sightless #695
- Turkish kör #1,192
- Urdu کور #703
- Vietnamese mù #1,314
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.