How to say “path” in 36 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 Malayalam, where വഴി is the 82nd most used word.
- Afrikaans pad path; way; street #264
- Arabic طريق way, road, path, track, street #221
- Bengali পথ path, trail #258
- Bulgarian път path, road, way, alley #127
- Catalan camí road; way; path #344
- Dutch baan a road, way, path #545
- English line A path through two or more points; a… #512
- Estonian rada track, path #1,559
- Finnish tien way, road, path, route #1,207
- French chemin path, way, road #640
- Galician carreira way; a path or traditional road, usually… #1,147
- Georgian გზა way, path, road #295
- German wege path, trail, track #2,327
- Greek διαδρομή route, path, drive #1,901
- Hebrew מהלך course, path, trip #1,235
- Hindi रास्ता road, path, street #385
- Hungarian úton way, path, track, course #639
- Icelandic braut path, course, way #877
- Indonesian jalur #1,100
- Korean 길 a road, a path, a street, a track; passage,… #449
- Lithuanian takas footpath, path #2,356
- Macedonian патека path, route #2,292
- Malay jalan path; road; street; track; way #182
- Malayalam വഴി #82
- Norwegian vei road, street, path #217
- Portuguese caminho #330
- Russian пути way, path, road #603
- Slovenian poti way, path #212
- Swedish stig a path, a trail #1,972
- Tagalog landas path; trail; pathway; footpath #1,565
- Tamil வழி way, road, path #85
- Telugu దారి a way, road, path #649
- Turkish yol path, road, way #352
- Ukrainian шлях way, path #692
- Urdu راستہ path, way #215
- Vietnamese đường road; street; path; route; trace #188
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.