How to say “deed” in 31 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.
- करनी/kəɾ.niː/ Hindi
- מעשה/ma(ʔ)aˈse/ Hebrew
- কর্ম/kɔɾmo/ Bengali
“deed” in Hindi: करनी
It is commonest in Hindi, where करनी is the 521st most used word.
Deed in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans daad/ˈdɑːt/ deed; act #926
- Albanian vepër/vɛpəɾ/ piece, deed, creation #2,077
- Arabic سيئة/sajjiʔa/ bad deed, misdeed #273
- Armenian արարք/ɑˈɾɑɾkʰ/ action; act, deed #1,374
- Bengali কর্ম/kɔɾmo/ deed, action, work #1,797
- Bosnian čin/t͡ʃîːn/ action, act, deed #2,002
- Bulgarian дело[ˈdɛɫo] work, deed, act #1,182
- Croatian čin/t͡ʃîːn/ action, act, deed #1,896
- Czech činu[ˈt͡ʃɪnu] action, act, deed #1,312
- English favor/ˈfeɪ.vɚ/ A kind or helpful deed; an instance of… #1,168
- Estonian tegu/ˈteɡ̊u/ action, deed, doing #689
- French action/ak.sjɔ̃/ action, act, deed #1,414
- Greek πράξη/ˈpɾa.ksi/ act, deed #1,650
- Hebrew מעשה/ma(ʔ)aˈse/ deed, action, act #1,206
- Hindi करनी/kəɾ.niː/ deed, act #521
- Hungarian tettek[ˈtɛtːɛk] action, act, deed #1,896
- Indonesian perbuatan/pərbuˈatan/ act, deed #1,840
- Italian azione/atˈt͡sjo.ne/ action, deed #1,627
- Macedonian дело[ˈdɛɫɔ] work, deed, act #1,082
- Malay perbuatan/pərbuˈatan/ act, deed #1,214
- Persian سند[sæ.nǽd̪̥] document, deed #2,437
- Romanian act/akt/ act, deed, action #1,884
- Serbian čin/t͡ʃîːn/ action, act, deed #1,903
- Slovak čin/t͡ʃin/ action, act, deed #1,462
- Spanish acción/aɡˈθjon/ action, act, deed #1,221
- Swedish lön/løːn/ reward, something given to someone for a deed… #2,254
- Tagalog kagagawan/kaɡaɡaˈwan/ deed; doing #2,466
- Tamil செய்தி/tʃɛjd̪iː/ act, deed, action #222
- Telugu చర్య[tʃarja] act, deed, conduct, mode, rite, fashion #414
- Turkish iş/iʃ/ work, task, deed #139
- Urdu عمل/ə.məl/ action, deed #357
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 Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.