How to say “lord” in 35 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.
- უფლის[upʰlis] Georgian
- പ്രഭു/pɾɐbʱu/ Malayalam
- пане[ˈpane] Ukrainian
- رب/ɾəb/ Urdu
“lord” in French: seigneur · German: lord · Italian: signora
It is commonest in Polish, where pani is the 73rd most used word.
Lord in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian bej/ˈbej/ #432
- Arabic سيد/saj.jid/ master, lord, prince #106
- Armenian տիրակալ/tiɾɑˈkɑl/ ruler, lord, governor, potentate #1,135
- Basque jaun/ɟau̯n/ #444
- Bengali খোদা/kʰod̪a/ God, Lord #289
- Bosnian gospodar/ɡospǒdaːr/ master, lord #1,739
- Bulgarian господ[ˈɡɔspot] lord, ruler #827
- Catalan senyor[səˈɲo] lord, master #95
- Croatian gospodar/ɡospǒdaːr/ master, lord #1,763
- Danish herregud/ˈhɛːɐˈɡuð/ good lord; for Christ's sake #2,224
- Dutch heren/ˈhɪːrən/ a lord; master #647
- Estonian isand/ˈisɑnd̥/ lord, master #650
- French seigneur/sɛ.ɲœʁ/ #635
- Georgian უფლის[upʰlis] The Lord #436
- German lord/lɔrt/ lord, Lord #1,695
- Hebrew אדוני/ʔa.doːˈniː/ sir, my lord #130
- Hindi श्री/ʃɾiː/ sir, lord, mister #220
- Icelandic herra[ˈhɛrːa] lord, master #76
- Italian signora/siɲˈɲo.ra/ Lord, God #255
- Macedonian господар[ˈɡɔspɔdar] master, lord #1,174
- Malayalam പ്രഭു/pɾɐbʱu/ #841
- Persian آقا[ʔɒː.ʁɒ́ː] Mr., Sir, Lord #303
- Polish pani/ˈpa.ɲi/ Lord, Sir #73
- Romanian lord/ˈlord/ #1,985
- Russian господи[ˈɡospədʲɪ] oh my God, oh my Lord #375
- Serbian gospodar/ɡospǒdaːr/ master, lord #1,614
- Slovak pane/ˈpaɲɛ/ #98
- Spanish señor/seˈɲoɾ/ mister, sir, lord #107
- Swedish herregud/ˈhɛrɛˌɡʉd/ my God, good Lord #243
- Tagalog panginoon/paŋinoˈʔon/ lord; master #429
- Tamil தலைவர்/t̪ɐlɐɪ̯ʋɐɾ/ leader, chief, lord #226
- Telugu భర్త/bʱaɾt̪a/ husband, lord, master #216
- Turkish lord[ɫoɾd] English lord or nobleman #1,435
- Ukrainian пане[ˈpane] lord, master, mister, sir #174
- Urdu رب/ɾəb/ Lord; An epithet for God #469
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), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0) and Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0).
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