How to say “hunt” in 34 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.
- صيد/sˤajd/ Arabic
- शिकार/ʃɪ.kɑːɾ/ Hindi
- ציד/ˈt͡sa(j)id/ Hebrew
- ნადირობს[nädiɾo̞bs] Georgian
- வேட்டை/ʋeːʈːɐɪ̯/ Tamil
“hunt” in French: chasse · German: jagen · Portuguese: caça · Arabic: صيد · Hindi: शिकार
It is commonest in Urdu, where شکار is the 434th most used word.
Hunt in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans jag/jɑχ/ hunt, pursuit #597
- Albanian gjuaj/ɟuaj/ to hunt #822
- Arabic صيد/sˤajd/ hunt, hunting, fishing #1,368
- Bosnian love/ˈlovɛ/ hunt, hunting #1,397
- Bulgarian лов[ɫɔf] hunt; hunting #1,974
- Catalan caçar[kəˈsa] to hunt, to chase #2,340
- Chinese 追捕/ʈ͡ʂu̯eɪ̯⁵⁵ pu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ to pursue and capture; to hunt down #1,456
- Croatian love/ˈlovɛ/ hunt, hunting #1,371
- Danish jage/ˈjaːɣə/ to hunt, shoot #2,273
- Dutch jagen/ˈjaːɣə(n)/ to hunt #1,695
- English fishing/ˈfɪʃɪŋ/ To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a… #2,474
- Estonian jahti/ˈjɑhti/ #1,922
- French chasse/ʃas/ hunt, hunting #1,519
- Galician caza/ˈkaθa/ hunt, hunting #1,005
- Georgian ნადირობს[nädiɾo̞bs] to hunt, to go on a hunt #1,294
- German jagen/ˈjaːɡən/ to hunt #1,689
- Greek ψάχνω/ˈpsa.xno/ to look for, hunt for, search, rummage #924
- Hebrew ציד/ˈt͡sa(j)id/ a hunt #1,827
- Hindi शिकार/ʃɪ.kɑːɾ/ #811
- Indonesian berburu/bərˈburu/ to hunt, go hunting #1,424
- Italian ricerca/riˈt͡ʃer.ka/ search, quest, hunt, manhunt, prospecting,… #1,038
- Lithuanian medžioti[mʲɛ¹ˈd͡ʒʲo̟ːtʲɪ] to hunt #1,921
- Macedonian лов[ɫɔf] #1,438
- Malay buru/bu.ru/ to hunt #1,788
- Norwegian jakt/ˈjɑkt/ a hunt #1,865
- Persian شکار[ʃe.kʰɒ́ːɹ] hunt, hunting #814
- Portuguese caça/ˈka.sɐ/ to hunt #2,003
- Romanian vânătoare/ˌvɨnəˈtɔaɾe/ hunt, chase, pursuit #1,837
- Serbian love/ˈlovɛ/ hunt, hunting #1,541
- Slovak lov/lɔv/ #1,367
- Tamil வேட்டை/ʋeːʈːɐɪ̯/ #1,597
- Telugu వేట/ʋeːʈa/ hunting, hunt, the chase #887
- Urdu شکار/ʃɪ.kɑːɾ/ #434
- Vietnamese săn[san˧˧] to hunt; to hunt down #798
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Vietnamese (vais1000 (vi_VN), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.