How to say “property” in 30 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.
- مال/maː.li/ Arabic
- संपत्ति/səm.pət̪.t̪iː/ Hindi
- περιουσία/ˌperiuˈsia/ Greek
- সম্পদ/ʃɔmpod̪/ Bengali
- സ്വത്ത്/sʋɐt̪t̪ɨ/ Malayalam
- ఆస్తి/aːst̪i/ Telugu
“property” in French: propriété · Portuguese: propriedade · Arabic: مال · Hindi: संपत्ति · Greek: περιουσία
It is commonest in Persian, where مال is the 200th most used word.
Property in other languages, A to Z
- Albanian pronë/pɾɔnə/ #2,033
- Arabic مال/maː.li/ property, possessions, chattels, goods #608
- Armenian բարիք/bɑˈɾikʰ/ wealth, property #776
- Bengali সম্পদ/ʃɔmpod̪/ property; wealth #877
- Catalan local[luˈkal] property, premises; business, storefront #1,486
- Czech majetek[ˈmajɛtɛk] possession, property #2,305
- Danish ejendom[ˈɑːjənˌd̥ʌmˀ] #2,115
- English chose/t͡ʃoʊz/ A thing; personal property #2,113
- French propriété/pʁɔ.pʁi.je.te/ #2,387
- Galician propiedade/pɾopjeˈdade/ property, characteristic #1,294
- German gutes/ˈɡuːtəs/ commodity, property, possession, good #724
- Greek περιουσία/ˌperiuˈsia/ property, possessions, wealth #1,757
- Hindi संपत्ति/səm.pət̪.t̪iː/ property, possessions; riches #993
- Icelandic eign[ˈeikn̥] #1,525
- Indonesian milik/ˈmilik/ #606
- Latvian mantas/ˈmantas/ #918
- Lithuanian nuosavybė[nuɔsɐ¹ˈʋʲiːbʲeː] #1,858
- Macedonian имот[ˈimɔt] property, estate #1,464
- Malay milik/ˈmilek/ #445
- Malayalam സ്വത്ത്/sʋɐt̪t̪ɨ/ #1,359
- Norwegian eiendom/ˈæ͡ɪəndɔm/ a property #2,062
- Persian مال[mɒːl̥] property, wealth, money, assets #200
- Portuguese propriedade/pɾo.pɾi.eˈda.d͡ʒi/ property; belonging #1,734
- Slovenian last/láːst/ #1,085
- Swedish har/hɑːr/ To have; to possess, or to have as a… #9
- Tagalog lupain/lupaˈʔin/ landed property; estate; land holdings #761
- Tamil தன்மை/t̪ɐnmɐɪ̯/ nature, property, essence #978
- Telugu ఆస్తి/aːst̪i/ property, estate, effect, wealth, riches #442
- Turkish tanıklık/tɑnɯkˈlɯk/ the state or property of being a witness #2,390
- Urdu ملکیت/mɪ.lɪ.kɪj.jət̪/ ownership; property #1,269
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 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.