# thigh
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English thigh, thegh, thiȝ, theȝhe, þigh, þyȝh, from Old English þēoh, þīoh, from Proto-West Germanic *þeuh, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhą, from Proto-Indo-European *tewk-. See also West Frisian tsjea, Dutch dij, Middle High German diech, Icelandic þjó; also Irish tóin (“hind, rump”), Lithuanian táukas (“fat”), Russian тук (tuk, “animal fat”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /θaɪ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪ

### Noun

thigh (plural thighs)
* The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee. [from 8th c.]
** c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):I coniure thee by Rosalines bright eyes, By her High forehead, and her Scarlet lip, By her Fine foote, Straight leg, and Quiuering thigh, And the Demeanes, that there Adiacent lie, That in thy likenesse thou appeare to vs.
** 8 November 1800, Jane Austen, a letter:About ten days ago, in cocking a pistol in the guard-room at Marcau, he accidentally shot himself through the Thigh.
** 1991, Kathy Lette, The Llama Parlour:‘Why not pay up now, kiddo?’ he suggested magnanimously, patting me on the thigh.
** 31 March 2011, The Guardian:The 23-year-old was substituted in the 75th minute of France's goalless friendly draw with Croatia on Tuesday after suffering an injury to his thigh.
* That part of the leg of vertebrates (or sometimes other animals) which corresponds to the human thigh in position or function; the tibia of a horse, the tarsus of a bird; the third leg-section of an insect. [from 14th c.]
** 2009, Fred Thompson, Grillin' with Gas:Add the chicken thighs, close the bag, and squish the marinade to coat the chicken.
** 23 February 2011, Ian Sample, The Guardian:The newly discovered dinosaur Brontomerus mcintoshi may have used its huge muscular thighs to kick predators and rivals.

#### Derived terms

* my thigh
* smite hip and thigh
* thighbone
* thigh boot
* thigh gap
* thigh-high
* thighing
* thigh master
* thigh pad
* thigh slapper
* thigh-slapper
* thigh-slapping
* thunder-thighed
* thunder thighs
* underthigh

#### Translations

Abaza: жвдзхъа́ (žʷdzqá)
Abenaki: mikwa
Abkhaz: ауаҭәа (awatʷa)
Adyghe: ко (kʷo)
Afrikaans: dy (af)
Ainu: オㇺ (om), オミ (omi), オミヒ (omihi)
Akan: srɛ
Aklanon: paa
Alabama: obi
Albanian: kofshë (sq) f
Arabic: فَخِذ m (faḵiḏ), فَخْذ m (faḵḏ)
Egyptian Arabic: فخد m (faxd)
Hijazi Arabic: فخذ m (faḵd, faḵḏ)
Moroccan Arabic: فخد m (faḵd, fḵad)
Aragonese: cuixa f
Aramaic: ܥܛܡܐ ?
Armenian: ազդր (hy) (azdr), (rare) զիստ (hy) (zist), (colloquial) բուդ (hy) (bud)
Aromanian: coapsã f
Assamese: ঊৰত (urot)
Asturian: cadril (ast) m, muslu (ast) m
Avar: мачӏчӏ (maččʼ)
Aymara: lankhu chara
Azerbaijani: bud, omba (az)
Baluchi: ران
Bambara: woro
Banjarese: paha (bjn)
Bashkir: бот (bot)
Basque: izter
Bau Bidayuh: kupang
Belarusian: сцягно́ n (scjahnó), бядро́ n (bjadró)
Bengali: ঊরূ (uru), জাং (bn) (jaṅ)
Bhojpuri: जांघ (jāṅgh)
Breton: morzhed (br) f
Bulgarian: бедро́ (bg) n (bedró)
Burmese: ပေါင် (my) (paung)
Buryat: можо (možo)
Catalan: cuixa (ca) f
Central Melanau: laip, beteh
Chamicuro: peeyi
Chamorro: chachaga'
Chechen: г1арт (g1art), варе (vare)
Cherokee: ᎦᎦᎶᎢ (gagaloi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 大腿 (daai$^6$ teoi$^2$), 大髀 (daai$^6$ bei$^2$)
Literary Chinese: 髀 (bì)
Mandarin: 大腿 (zh) (dàtuǐ)
Chukchi: аймалк’ыл, ягначьын, ягнарылгын
Chuvash: пӗҫӗ (pĕś̬ĕ)
Coptic:
Bohairic: ⲁⲗⲟϫ m (aloč), ⲙⲏⲣⲟⲥ m (mēros)
Sahidic: ⲁⲗⲟϭ m (aloc), ⲁⲗⲱϫ pl (alōč)
Cornish: mordhos f
Corsican: coscia (co) f
Crimean Tatar: сан
Czech: stehno (cs) n
Dalmatian: copsa f
Danish: lår (da) n
Dhivehi: ފަލަމަސްގަނޑު (falamasgaⁿḍu)
Dinka: ɣäm
Dupaningan Agta: pukal
Dutch: dij (nl) f, bovenbeen (nl) n
Dzongkha: བརླད་དོ། (brlad do)
Egyptian: (mnt f)
Erzya: качо (kačo)
Esperanto: femuro
Estonian: reis (et)
Evenki: бо̄ка̄н (bōkān), гулдука (gulduka), умэкӣ (uməkī) (animal)
Extremaduran: muhlu m, cacha f (of a woman)
Faroese: lær n
Fijian: saga-na, ogavae
Finnish: reisi (fi)
French: cuisse (fr) f
Friulian: cuesse f
Galician: coxa (gl) f, lomedro m, coxote m
Gallo: qhesse ?
Gamilaraay: tharra
Georgian: ბარძაყი (barʒaq̇i)
German: Oberschenkel (de) m
Gilbertese: ranga
Greek: μηρός (el) m (mirós)
Ancient: μηρός m (mērós)
Greenlandic: quttoraq
Guaraní: uvã
Gujarati: જાંઘ (jā̃gh)
Haitian Creole: kwis
Hawaiian: ʻūhā
Hebrew: יָרֵךְ (he) f (yarekh)
Higaonon: babun
Hindi: जांघ f (jāṅgh), रान (hi) f (rān)
Hungarian: comb (hu), felsőcomb
Icelandic: læri n
Ido: kruro (io)
Igbo: otoko
Ilocano: luppo
Indonesian: paha (id)
Ingrian: reis (human), sapso (animal)
Ingush: ворув (voruv), ха (xa)
Interlingua: coxa
Inuktitut: ᖁᑦᑐᕌᒃ (qottoraak)
Inupiaq: quktuġaq
Iranun: bubun
Irish: leis f, ceathrú f, láirig f, sliasaid f
Istriot: cosa f
Italian: coscia (it) f
Japanese: 腿 (ja) (もも, momo), 股 (ja) (もも, momo), 太股 (ja) (ふともも, futomomo)
Javanese: pupu
Kabardian: куэ (kbd) (kʷɛ), копкъ (kʷopq)
Kabuverdianu: koxa
Kalmyk: таша (taşa)
Kannada: ತೊಡೆ (kn) (toḍe)
Karakalpak: şelek, şeker
Karelian: pirdu, reiži
Kashmiri: रान् f (rān)
Kaurna: kanthi
Kazakh: бұт (būt), сан (san)
Khakas: пут (put)
Khmer: ភ្លៅ (km) (phlɨw)
Kimaragang: poo
Komi-Zyrian: лядьвей (ľaďvej), бек (bek), зад (zad)
Kongo: kito
Korean: 허벅지 (ko) (heobeokji), 허벅다리 (heobeokdari), 넓적다리 (ko) (neopjeokdari)
Koryak: ынмалӈыт (ənmalŋət)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕان (ran)
Northern Kurdish: hêt (ku)
Kyrgyz: сан (ky) (san)
Ladin: galón ?
Lak: жира (žira)
Lao: ກົກຂາ (kok khā)
Latgalian: lytka f
Latin: femur n
Latvian: ciska f, augšstilbs m
Laz: mesoğoni
Lezgi: ятур (ätur), ютур (jutur)
Ligurian: chéuscia f (Genovese dialect)
Limburgish: die (li) ?
Lingala: ebɛlɔ class 7/8, lokondó class 11/10
Lithuanian: šlaunis ?
Livonian: raigā
Lombard:
Eastern (Bergamasco): còssa f, galù m
Western (Milanese): gallon f, garón m
Lotud: poo
Lower Sorbian: sćogno n
Luganda: ekisambi
Luxembourgish: Uewerschenkel ?
Macedonian: бедро n (bedro)
Maguindanao: bubun
Malagasy: fe (mg), tsobe (mg)
Malay: paha (ms)
Malayalam: തുട (ml) (tuṭa)
Maltese: koxxa f
Manchu: ᠰᡠᡴᠰᠠᡥᠠ (suksaha)
Mandinka: wutoo
Mangarevan: uha
Mansaka: paa
Manx: maaish m, shleayst f, shleeast f
Maori: hūwhā, kūwhā, kūhā, hūhā, koihanga
Maranao: bobon
Marathi: मांडी (māṇḍī)
Mari:
Western Mari: ӓрдӹн (ärdÿn)
Mazanderani: اشکل (eškel)
Mirandese: coixa f
Mongolian: гуя (mn) (guja), ташаа (mn) (tašaa)
Mwani: mpaja
Nahuatl: tometz, metzquauhyotl
Classical Nahuatl: metztli
Nanai: талпи (talpi)
Navajo: ajáád dah ditánígíí
Neapolitan: coscia f
Nepali: तिघ्रिा (tighriā), तिघ्रा (tighrā)
Nogai: бут (but), сан (san)
Norman: tchuisse f (Jersey), tchusse f (continental Normandy), tchiêsse f (Jersey), tchiesse f (Guernsey), kyis f (Sark)
Norwegian: lår (no) n
Occitan: cuèissa (oc) f
Odia: ଜଘଂ (jaghaṁ)
Ojibwe: (the back of my thigh) nibwaam, (the front of my thigh) injiingwan
Old Church Slavonic: бедра f (bedra)
Old English: þēoh n
Old French: cuisse ?, quisse ?
Old Frisian: thiāch ?
Old Norse: þjó n
Old Saxon: thio ?
Ossetian: син (sin), агъд (aǧd)
Ottoman Turkish: بوت (but), اویلق (uyluk), باجاق (bacak)
Pali: satthi n or f, ūru m
Pangasinan: ulpo
Papiamentu: bel
Pashto: ورون (ps) (woroon), ادوم (ps) (adaum)
Persian: ران (fa) (rân)
Phalura:
Arabic: گُڑیۡ f
Latin: gúṛi f
Piedmontese: cheussa f
Plains Cree: ᒥᐹᐧᒼ (mipwâm)
Plautdietsch: Bowabeen n, Schinkjen m
Polish: udo (pl) n
Portuguese: coxa (pt) f
Punjabi: ਪੱਟ (paṭṭa)
Quechua: chanka (qu)
Romanian: coapsă (ro) f
Romansch: coissa f, quiessa f, cuissa f, cossa f
Rungus: po'o
Russian: бедро́ (ru) n (bedró), ля́жка (ru) (ljážka)
Rwanda-Rundi: ikibero class 7/8
Sabah Bisaya: tobing
Samoan: tega
Sanskrit: ऊरूः (ūrūḥ)
Sardinian: coscia f, cossa f
Scots: thee
Scottish Gaelic: sliasaid f
Sebop: pa'an
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бѐдро n, бу̀тина f
Roman: bèdro (sh) n, bùtina (sh) f
Shona: zvidya
Shor: устук
Sicilian: còscia f, cùoscia f (Palermo dialect)
Sinhalese: කලව (kalawa), ඌරුව (ūruwa)
Slovak: stehno (sk) n
Slovene: stegno n, bêdro (sl) n
Somali: bawdo (so), cajar
Southern Altai: тӧҥмӧк (töŋmök), јалмаш (ǰalmaš), кенек (kenek), сабат (sabat), алгый (algïy), сан (san)
Spanish: muslo (es) m, muslamen (colloquial, esp. of a woman), tuto (es) (Chile), cuja (es) f
Sranan Tongo: bowtu
Swahili: paja (sw)
Swedish: lår (sv) n
Tabasaran: буд (bud)
Tagal Murut: paa
Tagalog: hita
Tahitian: hūhā
Tajik: рон (ron)
Tambunan Dusun: poo
Tamil: தொடை (ta) (toṭai)
Tarifit: tameṣṣaṭṭ f
Tatar:
Cyrillic: бот (tt) (bot)
Roman: bot
Tausug: paa
Telugu: తొడ (te) (toḍa)
Tetum: ain-kelen
Thai: ขาอ่อน (kǎa-ɔ̀ɔn)
Tibetan: བརླ་ཤ (brla sha)
Timugon Murut: paa
Tocharian B: mlyuwe
Tongan: tega
Turkish: uyluk (tr), but (tr)
Turkmen: but (tk)
Tuvan: дөңмек (döñmek)
Tày: cộ cam
Udmurt: макес (makes)
Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎖 (šq)
Ukrainian: стегно́ n (stehnó), бедро́ (uk) n (bedró)
Urdu: جانگھ f (jāṅgh), ران f (rān)
Uyghur: son
Uzbek: son (uz)
Venetan: cosa (vec) f
Veps: landeh, riiže
Vietnamese: đùi (vi)
Volapük: küid (vo)
Võro: reis
Walloon: cwisse (wa), coxhe (wa) f
Waray-Waray: hita
Welsh: morddwyd (cy) f, clun (cy) f
West Coast Bajau: poo
West Frisian: bil (fy)
Western Bukidnon Manobo: buvun
Woiwurrung: ngarrge-jerrin
Wolof: luppa, pooj (wo)
Xhosa: ithanga
Yakut: буут (buut)
Yiddish: דיך m or f (dikh)
Yoruba: itan
Zazaki: hête
Zulu: ithanga (zu) class 5/6
Zyphe: bong
ǃXóõ: ǂqhàla :

### Anagrams

* Hight, hight

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /hɪɟ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /hiː/

### Noun

thigh
* Lenited form of tigh.

## Middle English
### Noun

thigh (plural thighes)
* Alternative spelling of þigh (“thigh”)