# life/translations

This page contains translations for life. See the main entry for more information.

## English
### Noun
#### Translations

Abkhaz: аҟазаара (aqʼazaara)
Adyghe: щыӏэныгъ (śəʼɛnəğ), гъашӏэ (ğašʼɛ), щыӏакӏэ (śəʼakʼɛ)
Afrikaans: lewe (af)
Ahom: 𑜋𑜄𑜫 (chat)
Akkadian: 𒍣 (napištu)
Albanian: jetë (sq) f, roni f (archaic)
Amharic: ህይወት (am) (həywät)
Amis: 'orip
Apache:
Western Apache: ʼihiʼda
Arabic: حَيَاة (ar) f (ḥayāh)
Egyptian Arabic: حياة f (ḥayē)
Hijazi Arabic: حياة f (ḥayā)
Lebanese Arabic: حياة (ar) f (ḥayēt)
Moroccan Arabic: حياة (ar) f (ḥayēt)
South Levantine Arabic: حياة f (ḥayā)
Tunisian Arabic: حياة (ar) f (ḥayēt)
Aramaic:
Hebrew: חיא m pl (ħayē)
Syriac: ܚܝܐ m pl (ħayē)
Armenian: կյանք (hy) (kyankʻ)
Aromanian: banã f, yeatsã f, etã f (figuratively)
Assamese: জীউ (ziu), জীৱন (ziwon), জান (zan), পৰাণ (poran)
Asturian: vida (ast) f
Ateso: akijara
Avar: гӏумру (ʻumru)
Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 m (gaiio)
Aymara: jakaña, jaka
Azerbaijani: həyat (az), yaşam, dirim, ömür (az), can (az)
Balinese: ᬚᬶᬯ (jiwa)
Bashkir: тормош (tormoş), ғүмер (ğümer), йөрөм (yöröm)
Basque: bizi, bizitza (eu)
Belarusian: жыццё n (žyccjó), жыцьцё n (žycʹcjó) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: জীবন (bn) (jibon), জিন্দেগী (bn) (jindegi)
Berber:
Tashelhit: tudrt f
Bhojpuri: जीवन m (jīvan)
Bikol Central: buhay (bcl)
Bonggi: nyawa
Breton: buhez (br) f
Bulgarian: живо́т (bg) m (živót)
Burmese: အသက် (my) (a.sak), ဇီဝ (my) (jiwa.), ဇာတ် (my) (jat)
Buryat: амин (amin), амидарал (amidaral), ажамидарал (ažamidaral)
Carpathian Rusyn: жыво́т m (žŷvót)
Catalan: vida (ca) f
Cebuano: kinabuhi
Chechen: дахар (daxar), са (sa)
Cherokee: ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲ (vlenidohv)
Chichewa: moyo
Chinese:
Cantonese: 生命 (sang$^1$ ming$^6$), 生活 (sang$^1$ wut$^6$)
Dungan: сынхуә (sɨnhuə), вумур (vumur)
Eastern Min: 生命 (sĕng-mêng), 生活 (sĕng-uăk)
Hakka: 生命 (sên-miang), 生活 (sên-fa̍t)
Hokkien: 性命 (zh-min-nan) (sèⁿ-miā, sìⁿ-miā), 生活 (zh-min-nan) (seⁿ-o̍ah, seng-o̍ah)
Mandarin: 生命 (zh) (shēngmìng), 生活 (zh) (shēnghuó)
Wu: 生命 ($^1$sen-min), 生活
Chukchi: ягтаԓгыргын (jagtaḷgyrgyn)
Chuukese: manau
Chuvash: пурнӑҫ (purnăś)
Classical Nahuatl: yōliliztli, nemiliztli
Coptic: ⲱⲛϧ m (ōnx), ⲱⲛϩ m (ōnh)
Cornish: bewnans m, bownans m, bêwnans m, bôwnans m
Corsican: vita (co) f
Crimean Tatar: ayat
Czech: život (cs) m, žití n
Dalmatian: vaita f
Danish: liv (da) n
Dhivehi: ޙަޔާތު (ḥayātu)
Dongxiang: amin
Dutch: leven (nl) n
Eastern Mari: илыш (ilyš)
Egyptian: (ꜥnḫ m)
Elfdalian: liv n, laiv n
Erzya: эрямо (eŕamo)
Esperanto: vivo (eo), vivado
Estonian: elu (et)
Ewe: agbe
Faroese: lív n, ævi f
Fiji Hindi: jindagi (hif)
Fijian: bula (fj)
Finnish: elämä (fi), henki (fi) (When its safety is questioned), nirri (fi) (colloquial), elo (fi)
Franco-Provençal: via f
French: vie (fr) f
Friulian: vite f
Fula: nguurndam
Gagauz: ömür
Galician: vida (gl) f
Garifuna: ibagari
Georgian: სიცოცხლე (sicocxle), ცხოვრება (cxovreba)
German: Leben (de) n
Alemannic German: Läbe n
Pennsylvania German: Lewe n
Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (libains)
Greek: ζωή (el) f (zoḯ), βίος (el) m (víos)
Ancient: ζωή f (zōḗ), βίος m (bíos), ψῡχή f (psūkhḗ)
Greenlandic: inuuneq
Gujarati: જીવન n (jīvan), જિંદગી f (jindgī)
Haitian Creole: lavi
Hausa: rai m
Hawaiian: ola
Hebrew: חַיִּים (he) m pl (khayím)
Higaonon: gahinawa
Hiligaynon: kabuhi
Hindi: ज़िंदगी (hi) f (zindagī), जीवन (hi) m (jīvan), हयात (hi) f (hayāt), जी (hi) m (jī), प्राण (hi) f (prāṇ), जीना (hi) (jīnā), लाइफ (hi) m (lāiph), लाइफ़ m (lāif), जीव (hi) m (jīv), जीवित (hi) m (jīvit), जान (hi) f (jān), उमर (hi) f (umar)
Hopi: qatsi
Hungarian: élet (hu)
Hunsrik: Leve n
Icelandic: líf (is) n, fjör n, lífdagar (is) m pl, ævi (is) f
Ido: vivo (io)
Igbo: ndụ (ig)
Ilocano: biag
Indonesian: hidup (id)
Ingrian: elo
Interlingua: vita (ia)
Inupiaq: iñuggun, iñuułiq
Irish: saol m, beatha f, beo (ga) m
Istriot: veîta f
Italian: vita (it) f
Itelmen: соњԓэс (soňɬes)
Japanese: 命 (ja) (いのち, inochi), 生命 (ja) (せいめい, seimei)
Javanese: urip (jv), nyawa (jv), umur (jv)
Judeo-Italian: וִיטַה (viṭah /⁠vita⁠/)
Kabardian: гъащӏэ (kbd) (ğaśʼɛ)
Kannada: ಜೀವನ (kn) (jīvana), ಪ್ರಾಣ (kn) (prāṇa), ಜೀವ (kn) (jīva)
Kapampangan: kabilian, bie
Kaqchikel: k’aslemal
Karachay-Balkar: джашау (caşau)
Karakalpak: júrim
Karelian: eländy
Kashubian: żëcé n, żëwòt m
Kazakh: өмір (kk) (ömır), тұрмыс (tūrmys)
Khakas: чуртас (çurtas)
Khmer: ជីវិត (km) (ciivɨt), ជីព (km) (ciip), ជន្មា (km) (cŭənmiə), ឋិតិ (km) (theteʼ)
Kikuyu: muoyo class 3
Komi-Permyak: олӧм (olöm)
Korean: 생명(生命) (ko) (saengmyeong), 삶 (ko) (sam), 생활(生活) (ko) (saenghwal)
Kumyk: оьмюр (ömür), яшав (yaşaw)
Kunigami: 命 (いぬちー, inuchī, ぬちー, nuchī)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ژین (ckb) (jîn)
Northern Kurdish: jiyan (ku) f
Kyrgyz: өмүр (ky) (ömür), турмуш (ky) (turmuş), жашоо (ky) (jaşoo)
Ladin: vita f
Ladino: vida f
Lakota: wičhóni
Lao: ຊີວິດ (lo) (sī wit)
Latgalian: dzeive f
Latin: anima (la) f, vīta (la) f, lūx (la) f
Latvian: dzīve (lv) f, mūžs m
Laz: skidala
Lezgi: уьмуьр (ümür), ччан (č̄an)
Limburgish: laeve (li) n
Lingala: bomɔi class 14
Lithuanian: gyvenimas (lt) m, gyvybė (lt) f
Low German:
German Low German: Lȩben n, Läwen n, Lewen n, Liäwen n (Westphalian), Lewend n; Liiw n
Lule Sami: iellem
Luo: ngima
Luxembourgish: Liewen n
Macedonian: живот (mk) m (život), живеење n (živeenje), живеачка f (živeačka)
Maguindanao: kauyag
Malagasy: fahavelomana (mg)
Malay: hidup (ms), kehidupan (ms), nyawa (ms), hayat (ms)
Malayalam: ജീവിതം (ml) (jīvitaṁ)
Maltese: ħajja f
Manchu: ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (ergen), ᠰᡠᡵᡝ ᡶᠠᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ (sure fayangga)
Mandaic: ࡄࡉࡉࡀ (haije)
Manx: bea f
Maori: koiora, ora
Mapudungun: mogen
Maranao: niyawa
Marathi: जीवन m (jīvan)
Mbyá Guaraní: eko
Mingrelian: თელარა (telara)
Mirandese: bida f
Miyako: 命 (んぬつ, nnutsu)
Mizo: nunna, damchhûng
Mòcheno: lem n
Moksha: эряф (eräf)
Mon: လမျီူ (pəyɜ̀m), ဂယိုၚ် (həyàŋ)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: амь (mn) (amʹ), амьдрал (mn) (amʹdral)
Nahuatl: yōliztli, yolistli, nemiliztli (nah)
Navajo: iiná
Neapolitan: vita f
Nepali: जीवन (ne) (jīvan), जिन्दगी (jindagī)
Nganasan: нилу (nilu)
Ngazidja Comorian: hayati class 9/10, maesha class 9/10
North Frisian: laawen n (Mooring)
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano: buhay
Northern Sami: eallin, heagga
Northern Yukaghir: эдьил (ed̦il)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: liv (no) n
Nynorsk: liv n
Occitan: vida (oc) f
Odia: ଜୀବନ (or) (jibana)
Ojibwe: bimaadiziwin
Okinawan: 命 (いぬち, inuchi, ぬち, nuchi)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: животъ m (životŭ), жизнь f (žiznĭ), жить f (žitĭ), житьѥ n (žitĭje)
Old East Slavic: жизнь f (žiznĭ), животъ m (životŭ)
Old English: līf n
Old High German: ferah
Old Javanese: hurip
Old South Arabian: 𐩢𐩺𐩥 (ḥyw)
Oromo: jiruu, lubbuu
Oroqen: bardilga
Oscan: 𐌁𐌉𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌌 (biitam)
Ossetian: цард (card)
Pali: jīvita
Pangasinan: bilay
Pannonian Rusyn: живот m (život), житиє n (žitije)
Papiamentu: bida
Pashto: ژوند (ps) m (žwənd), حيات (ps) m (hayãt)
Persian:
Dari: زِنْدَگِی (zindagī), زِنْدَه (zinda), حَیَات (hayāt), زِیسْت (zīst), زِنْدَگَانِی (zindagānī)
Iranian Persian: زِنْدِگی (zendegi), زِنْدِه (zende), حَیات (heyât), زیسْت (zist), زِنْدِگانی (zendegâni)
Piedmontese: vita f
Polabian: zaivăt m
Polish: życie (pl) n, żywot (pl) m
Portuguese: vida (pt) f
Punjabi: ਜੀਵਨ m (jīvan)
Quechua: kawsay (qu)
Romani: trajo m, ʒivipen m, ʒivimos m, ʒivibo m
Romanian: viață (ro) f
Romansch: vita f
Russian: жизнь (ru) f (žiznʹ), житие́ (ru) f (žitijé) (archaic, poetic), живо́т (ru) m (živót) (archaic, poetic, now means "belly"), житьё (ru) n (žitʹjó) (colloquial)
Rwanda-Rundi: ubuzima class 14
Sanskrit: जीवन (sa) (jīvana), जीवित (sa) n (jīvita), आयु (sa) m (āyu)
Santali: ᱪᱳᱞᱚ (colô)
Sardinian: bida f, vida f
Campidanese: vida f
Logudorese: bida f
Scottish Gaelic: beatha f, saoghal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: жѝвот m
Roman: žìvot (sh) m
Shan: ဢသၢၵ်ႈ (ʼǎ sāak)
Sherpa: ཚེ (tshe)
Shor: чадығ (çadığ)
Siar-Lak: lalaun
Sicilian: vita (scn) f
Sidamo: heeshsho
Sindhi: چِٺيِ (čiṫhī), خَطُ (xaṭu)
Sinhalese: ජීවිතය (si) (jīwitaya), ජීවය (si) (jīwaya)
Slovak: život (sk) m
Slovene: življenje (sl) n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: žywjenje n
Upper Sorbian: žiwjenje n
Southern Altai: јӱрӱм (ǰürüm), (Kizhi), туруш (turuš), јадыш (ǰadïš)
Southern Amami Ōshima: 命 (っにゅち, 'nnyuuchi)
Spanish: vida (es) f
Sumerian: 𒍣 (ZI)
Sundanese: ᮠᮤᮛᮥᮕ᮪ (hirup)
Svan: ლიდრე (lidre)
Swahili: uhai (sw) class 11/12, maisha (sw) class 5/6
Swedish: liv (sv) n, levnad (sv) c
Tagalog: buhay (tl)
Tajik: ҳаёт (tg) (hayot), зиндагӣ (tg) (zindagi), зиндагонӣ (tg) (zindagoni)
Tamil: உயிர் (ta) (uyir), வாழ்க்கை (ta) (vāḻkkai)
Tarifit: tudart f
Tatar: тереклек (tt) (tereklek), тормыш (tt) (tormış), гомер (tt) (ğomer)
Telugu: జీవితము (te) (jīvitamu), ప్రాణము (te) (prāṇamu), ఉసురు (te) (usuru), జీవము (te) (jīvamu)
Tetum: vida
Thai: ชีวิต (th) (chii-wít)
Tibetan: ཚེ (tshe), ཚེ་སྲོག (tshe srog)
Tigrinya: ሂወት (hiwät)
Tocharian B: śaul
Tofa: олут (olut)
Tok Pisin: laip
Tsonga: vutomi class 14
Tswana: botshelô class 14
Turkish: yaşam (tr), hayat (tr), ömür (tr), dirim (tr)
Turkmen: durmuş, ýaşaýyş, ömür
Tzotzil: kuxlejal
Udmurt: улон (ulon)
Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎊𐎚 (ḥyt)
Ukrainian: життя́ (uk) n (žyttjá)
Urdu: زِنْدَگی (ur) f (zindagī), جِیوَن m (jīvan), حَیات (ur) f (hayāt), آرْبَل f (ārbal)
Uyghur: ھايات (hayat)
Uzbek: hayot (uz), umr (uz), turmush (uz)
Venetan: vita f
Veps: elo
Vietnamese: sự sống (vi), cuộc sống (vi), sinh mệnh (vi), sinh mạng (vi)
Vilamovian: łaowa n
Võro: elo
Votic: elo
Vurës: ēs
Walloon: veye (wa) f
Waray-Waray: kinabuhi
Welsh: bywyd (cy) m
West Frisian: libben n
White Hmong: txoj sia
Yakut: олох (oloq)
Ye'kwana: wenñö
Yiddish: לעבן n (lebn), חיים m (khayem)
Yola: lief
Yonaguni: 命 (ぬてぃ, nuti)
Yucatec Maya: kuxtal
Zazaki: heyat (diq) c, cıwayış (diq)
Zhuang: sengmingh, mingh, ndwenngoenz
Zulu: ukuphila, impilo class 9 :
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