How to say “justice” in 40 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.
- justicia/xusˈtiθja/ Spanish
- 당[ta̠ŋ] Korean
- न्याय/njɑːj/ Hindi
- δικαιοσύνη/ði.ce.oˈsi.ni/ Greek
- צדק/ˈsˤɛ.ðɛq/ Hebrew
- നീതി/n̪iːd̪i/ Malayalam
“justice” in Spanish: justicia · French: justice · German: gerechtigkeit · Italian: giustizia · Portuguese: justiça · Korean: 당 · Hindi: न्याय · Turkish: hak
It is commonest in Latvian, where taisnība is the 192nd most used word.
Justice in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans regte/ˈræxtə/ #280
- Albanian drejtësi/dɾɛjtəsi/ #1,771
- Armenian դատարան/dɑtɑˈɾɑn/ court, court of law/justice #1,677
- Basque zuzentasuna/s̻uˈs̻entas̺uˌna/ #2,352
- Bengali বিচারক/bit͡ʃaɾok/ judge, justice #1,230
- Bulgarian справедливост[sprɐvɛˈdlivost] justice, fairness #2,494
- Catalan justícia[ʒusˈti.si.ə] #925
- Chinese 法官/fä²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku̯än⁵⁵/ judge; justice #410
- Czech spravedlnost[ˈspravɛdl̩nost] #2,121
- Danish retten[ˈʁad̥n̩] justice, law #1,093
- Dutch gerechtigheid/ɣəˈrɛx.təx.ɦɛi̯t/ justice, righteousness #2,448
- English rights/ɹaɪts/ That which complies with justice, law or… #1,914
- Estonian õigus/ˈɤi̯ɡ̊us/ #200
- Finnish tuomari/ˈtuo̯mɑri/ judge, justice #1,320
- French justice/ʒys.tis/ #1,106
- Galician xustiza/ʃusˈtiθa/ #1,059
- German gerechtigkeit/ɡəˈʁɛçtɪçkaɪ̯t/ #2,202
- Greek δικαιοσύνη/ði.ce.oˈsi.ni/ justice, judicial system #1,688
- Hebrew צדק/ˈsˤɛ.ðɛq/ Justice, righteousness, rightness, right #974
- Hindi न्याय/njɑːj/ justice, law #1,459
- Icelandic réttlæti[ˈrjɛht.laiːtɪ] #1,852
- Indonesian hak/ˈhaʔ/ right: that which complies with justice, law… #773
- Italian giustizia/d͡ʒusˈtit.t͡sja/ justice, fairness, equity #1,435
- Korean 당[ta̠ŋ] #2,079
- Latvian taisnība/taisniːbɑ/ #192
- Lithuanian teisingumas[tʲɛɪsʲɪŋˈɡʊmɐs] justice, fairness, rightness #2,145
- Macedonian правда[ˈpravda] #1,437
- Malay keadilan/kəaˈdilan/ #1,020
- Malayalam നീതി/n̪iːd̪i/ #679
- Polish sprawiedliwości/spra.vjɛ.dliˈvɔɕ.t͡ɕi/ fairness, justice #2,470
- Portuguese justiça/ʒusˈt͡ʃi.sɐ/ #1,292
- Romanian dreptate/drepˈta.te/ righteousness, fairness, justice #265
- Slovak spravodlivosť/spravɔdʎivɔsc/ #1,034
- Slovenian pravičnost/praʋìːt͡ʃnɔst/ justice, fairness #2,116
- Spanish justicia/xusˈtiθja/ #1,328
- Swedish rättvisa/ˈrɛtviːˌsa/ justice, fairness #1,884
- Tagalog katarungan/kataˈɾuŋan/ #1,162
- Tamil நீதி/niːd̪iː/ equity, justice #896
- Turkish hak/hak/ justice, fairness #588
- Urdu انصاف/ɪn.sɑːf/ #804
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