How to say “court” in 39 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 Malayalam, where കോടതി is the 312th most used word.
- Albanian gjykatë #2,238
- Arabic محكمة #1,680
- Armenian դատարան court, court of law/justice #1,677
- Bengali আদালত court of law #1,197
- Bosnian sud #1,150
- Bulgarian двор court, courtyard, yard #2,385
- Chinese 法庭 court; court of law; tribunal #504
- Croatian sud #1,112
- Czech soudu #1,113
- Dutch rechtbank court of first instance #1,680
- Estonian kohtu #1,232
- French tribunal court, court of law #1,561
- Georgian სასამართლო #811
- German gericht #1,187
- Greek δικαστήριο #949
- Hebrew צו decree, court order, injunction #968
- Hindi अदालत court of law #1,397
- Hungarian bíróság #1,704
- Indonesian dewan court, council #1,293
- Italian tribunale #1,508
- Korean 법원 #1,999
- Latvian tiesa court, court of law #570
- Lithuanian teismas #1,278
- Macedonian суд #1,114
- Malay mahkamah court; tribunal #944
- Malayalam കോടതി #312
- Persian دادگاه #564
- Polish sądzie #1,052
- Portuguese tribunal #957
- Romanian curtea #1,562
- Russian суд #1,142
- Serbian sud #1,114
- Slovak súd #687
- Spanish tribunal #1,971
- Tamil நீதிமன்றம் #846
- Telugu కోర్టు court, the hall, chamber, or place where… #1,081
- Turkish mahkeme A court of law, court of justice, tribunal #1,236
- Ukrainian суд #933
- Urdu عدالت court; courtroom #497
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.