How to say “born” in 30 different 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.
- पैदा/pɛː.d̪ɑː/ Hindi
- დაბადებული[d̥äbäde̞buli] Georgian
- متولد[mo.t̪ʰæ.væl.led̪̥] Persian
“born” in Italian: nato · Hindi: पैदा
It is commonest in Urdu, where پیدا is the 248th most used word.
Born in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian lindur/linduɾ/ to be born #672
- Armenian ծնված/t͡sənˈvɑt͡s/ to be born #420
- Basque sortu/s̻ortu/ to originate, to emerge, to be born #350
- Bosnian rođen/rôd͡ʑen/ #1,543
- Catalan néixer[ˈne.ʃə] to be born #1,241
- Chinese 出生/ʈ͡ʂʰu⁵⁵ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/ to be born #423
- Croatian rođen/rôd͡ʑen/ #1,539
- Dutch geboren/ɣəˈboːrə(n)/ #933
- English birthday/ˈbɝθˌdeɪ/ The anniversary of the day on which someone… #763
- Esperanto naskiĝis/nasˈkid͡ʒis/ to be born #678
- Finnish syntyi/ˈsyntyi/ to be born #2,482
- French né/ne/ to be born #1,620
- Galician naceu/ˈnaθeu/ to be born #1,579
- Georgian დაბადებული[d̥äbäde̞buli] #630
- Greek γεννήθηκε/jeˈniθiˌce/ to be born, originate #2,086
- Hebrew נולד/noˈlad/ to be born #1,318
- Hindi पैदा/pɛː.d̪ɑː/ #528
- Icelandic fæddur[ˈfait(ː)ʏr] #1,588
- Italian nato/ˈna.to/ #1,561
- Korean 나다[na̠da̠] to be born #2,265
- Latvian dzimšanas/ˈdzimʃanas/ being born, birth; verbal noun of dzimt #644
- Malay lahir/ˈlahir/ to be born, to give birth, to bear #794
- Norwegian født/ˈfœt/ #751
- Persian متولد[mo.t̪ʰæ.væl.led̪̥] #1,278
- Portuguese nasceu/naˈsew/ to be born #2,301
- Romanian născut/nəˈskut/ #990
- Serbian rođen/rôd͡ʑen/ #1,503
- Tamil பிறந்த/pɪrɐnd̪ɐ/ to be born #469
- Telugu జన్మించాడు/ˈɟanminˌcaːɖu/ to be born #866
- Urdu پیدا/pɛː.d̪ɑː/ #248
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.