How to say “near” in 48 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.
- عند/ʕin.da/ Arabic
- पास/pɑːs/ Hindi
- κοντά/konˈda/ Greek
- কাছে/kat͡ʃʰe/ Bengali
- அணி/ɐɳiː/ Tamil
- അടുത്ത്/ɐɖut̪t̪ɨ/ Malayalam
“near” in French: près · Italian: vicino · Portuguese: próxima · Arabic: عند · Hindi: पास · Turkish: yakında · Greek: κοντά
It is commonest in Bengali, where কাছে is the 54th most used word.
Near in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans naby/ˈnɑːbɛɪ/ #329
- Albanian afër/afˈəɹ/ at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to #296
- Arabic عند/ʕin.da/ near, with, at the house of #154
- Armenian մոտ/mot/ close to, near, by #86
- Basque hurra/ˈura/ #2,140
- Bengali কাছে/kat͡ʃʰe/ near, around #54
- Bosnian kod/kôd/ by, at, near, besides #147
- Bulgarian до[dɔ] near, close to #59
- Catalan prop[ˈpɾɔp] near, nearby #467
- Croatian kod/kôd/ by, at, near, besides #159
- Czech blízko[ˈbliːsko] #785
- Danish nær/nɛːr/ #980
- Dutch vlakbij/vlɑkˈbɛɪ/ very near #2,427
- English at/æt/ In, near, or in the general vicinity of #53
- Esperanto apud/ˈapud/ #359
- Estonian juures/ˈjuːres/ near, beside, at #306
- Finnish lähellä/ˈlæhelːæ/ near, close, nearby; nigh #535
- French près/pʁɛ/ near; close #443
- Galician preto/ˈpɾeto/ near, nearby #437
- Georgian ახლო[äχɫo̞] close, near #1,044
- German bei/baɪ̯/ by, near #86
- Greek κοντά/konˈda/ near, nearby #322
- Hebrew קרוב/kaˈʁov/ close, near #400
- Hindi पास/pɑːs/ near, nearby #136
- Hungarian add[ˈɒdː] to give or shift to or near someone or… #369
- Icelandic hjá[çau] by, near, next to, at place #66
- Indonesian rapat/ˈrapat/ near: at a little distance #1,610
- Italian vicino/viˈt͡ʃi.no/ #495
- Latvian tuvu/ˈtuʋu/ near, close; adverbial form of tuvs #520
- Lithuanian prie[²ˈpʲrʲiɛ] #88
- Macedonian крај[kraj] beside, near #322
- Malay hampir/ˈhampe(r)/ very close or near to #302
- Malayalam അടുത്ത്/ɐɖut̪t̪ɨ/ #138
- Norwegian ved/ʋeː/ at, by, near, on #144
- Persian نزدیک[næz.d̪iːkʰʲ] #644
- Polish przy/ˈpʂɘ/ by, at, next to, near #155
- Portuguese próxima/ˈpɾɔ.si.mɐ/ near, close #582
- Romanian aproape[a.ˈpro̯a.pe] near, close, nearby #230
- Russian у[u] at, by, near #16
- Serbian kod/kôd/ by, at, near, besides #138
- Slovenian pri/pri/ by, near #71
- Spanish cerca/ˈθeɾka/ close, near, around, about, nearly, nigh #380
- Swedish nära/ˈnɛːra/ near, close #401
- Tamil அணி/ɐɳiː/ #280
- Telugu దగ్గర/d̪aɡːaɾa/ by, at, near, close by, at hand, towards, to,… #1,042
- Turkish yakında/ja.kɯnˈda/ near, nearby #515
- Ukrainian при[prɪ] at, by, near #301
- Urdu پاس/pɑːs/ near, nearby #81
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), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.