How to say “moon” in 42 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 Persian, where ماه is the 232nd most used word.
- Afrikaans maan #1,138
- Albanian hanë #1,384
- Basque ilargi moon, satellite #985
- Bengali চাঁদ #961
- Bosnian mjesec #921
- Catalan lluna #972
- Chinese 月亮 #988
- Croatian mjesec #669
- Czech měsíc #822
- Danish næ waning moon #1,786
- Dutch maan #1,425
- Esperanto luno #902
- Finnish kuussa the moon #2,274
- French lune the Moon #1,146
- Galician lúa the Moon #945
- German mond #1,942
- Greek φεγγάρι the Moon #1,858
- Hebrew ירח #1,709
- Hindi इंदु the moon #923
- Hungarian hold moon, natural satellite #2,425
- Icelandic ný new moon #1,881
- Indonesian bulan #308
- Korean 달 moon; the Moon #432
- Latvian mēnešiem #901
- Lithuanian mėnulio #1,422
- Macedonian месечина #1,978
- Malay bulan #309
- Malayalam ഇന്ദു #1,365
- Norwegian månen #1,944
- Persian ماه #232
- Romanian luni #392
- Serbian mesec #775
- Slovak mesiac moon, a satellite of a planet #483
- Slovenian luna #934
- Spanish luna #1,022
- Swedish månen a moon #2,161
- Tagalog buwan #304
- Tamil திங்கள் #694
- Telugu చంద్రుడు the Moon; the regent of the moon #634
- Turkish ay #311
- Urdu ماہ #342
- Vietnamese trăng the Moon #1,292
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.