# love/translations

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

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

Adyghe: шӏу лъэгъун (šʷʼu lˢɛğʷun)
Afrikaans: liefde (af)
Ahom: 𑜍𑜀𑜫 (rak)
Albanian: dashuri (sq) f
Amharic: ፍቅር (fəḳr), መውደድ (mäwdäd)
Arabic: حُبّ (ar) m (ḥubb), مَحَبَّة f (maḥabba), عِشْق (ar) f (ʕišq)
Egyptian Arabic: حب m (ḥubb), محبة m (maḥabba), غرام m (ḡarām)
Hijazi Arabic: حب m (ḥubb), عِشْق m (ʕišg)
South Levantine Arabic: حب m (ḥubb), محبة m (maḥabba), غرام m (ḡarām)
Sudanese Arabic: ريدة (rĩda), حب (ḥubb)
Aragonese: aimor
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܚܘܒܐ m (ḥūbbā)
Armenian: սեր (hy) (ser)
Aromanian: vreari f, vreare f, agapi f, sivdã f
Assamese: মৰম (morom), চেনেহ (seneh)
Asturian: amor m
Aymara: amawaña
Azerbaijani: sevgi (az), eşq (az), məhəbbət (az)
Bala: 孩拉米 (hailami)
Balinese: tresna
Bashkir: мөхәббәт (möxəbbət), һөйөү (höyöw)
Basque: amodio (eu), maitasun (eu)
Bavarian: Liab
Belarusian: любо́ў f (ljubóŭ), каха́нне (be) n (kaxánnje)
Bengali: মহব্বত (bn) (mohobbot), ভালোবাসা (bn) (bhalōbaśa)
Bikol Central: pagkamoot (bcl)
Breton: karantez (br) f
Bulgarian: любо́в (bg) f (ljubóv), о́бич (bg) f (óbič)
Burmese: အချစ် (my) (a.hkyac), မေတ္တာ (my) (metta)
Buryat: дуран (duran)
Carpathian Rusyn: любо́в f (ljubóv), ла́ска f (láska)
Catalan: amor (ca) m
Cebuano: gugma
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵜⴰⵢⵔⵉ (tayri)
Chakma: please add this translation if you can
Cherokee: ᏥᎨᏳᎢ (tsigeyui)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 愛 / 爱 (yue) (oi$^3$), 愛情 / 爱情 (oi$^3$ cing$^4$)
Dungan: нэ (ne)
Eastern Min: 愛 / 爱, 愛 / 爱 (ái), 愛情 / 爱情 (ái-cìng)
Gan: 愛 / 爱 (ngai$^4$)
Hakka: 愛 / 爱, 愛 / 爱 (oi)
Hokkien: 愛情 / 爱情 (zh-min-nan) (ài-chîng), 情愛 / 情爱 (zh-min-nan) (chêng-ài), 愛 / 爱 (zh-min-nan) (ài)
Jin: 愛 / 爱 (ghai$^3$)
Mandarin: 愛 / 爱 (zh) (ài), 愛情 / 爱情 (zh) (àiqíng)
Northern Min: 愛 / 爱 (o̿)
Wu: 愛 / 爱, 愛情 / 爱情 ($^5$e-zhin)
Xiang: 愛 / 爱 (ngai$^4$)
Chuvash: юрату (jurat̬u)
Cornish: kerensa f
Corsican: amore (co) m, amori (co) m
Crimean Tatar: süygü
Czech: láska (cs) f
Dalmatian: amaur
Danish: kærlighed (da) c
Dargwa: дигай (digaj)
Dhivehi: ލޯބި (lōbi)
Dolgan: бага (baga)
Dutch: liefde (nl) f
Egyptian: (mrwt f)
Egyptian Arabic: حب m (ḥob)
Elfdalian: tjärliek m
Erzya: вечкема (večkema)
Esperanto: amo (eo), korinklino, kareco, amsento
Estonian: armastus (et)
Ewe: lɔlɔ̃
Farefare: nõŋlʋm class 14
Faroese: kærleiki m, ást (fo) f
Finnish: rakkaus (fi)
French: amour (fr) m
Friulian: amôr m
Gagauz: sevgi
Galician: amor (gl) m
Gallurese: amóri
Georgian: სიყვარული (siq̇varuli)
German: Liebe (de) f, Zuneigung (de) f, Minne (de) f
Alemannic German: Liäbi, Liebi
Silesian: Liebe f
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐌰𐌸𐍅𐌰 f (frijaþwa)
Greek: αγάπη (el) f (agápi), έρωτας (el) m (érotas),
Ancient: ἀγάπη f (agápē), φιλία f (philía) (friendly), ἔρως m (érōs) (romantic), στοργή f (storgḗ) (familial)
Greenlandic: asanninneq
Guaraní: mborayhu
Gujarati: પ્રેમ (gu) (prem)
Haitian Creole: renmen f
Hausa: ƙauna
Hawaiian: aloha
Hebrew: אַהֲבָה (he) f (ahavá)
Hiligaynon: higugma
Hindi: प्यार (hi) m (pyār), प्रेम (hi) m (prem), सम्मोह (hi) m (sammoh), स्नेह (hi) m (sneh), अनुराग (hi) m (anurāg), प्रीति (hi) f (prīti), इष्ट (hi) (iṣṭ), मोह (hi) (moh)
Hiri Motu: lalokau
Hittite: 𒀀𒀸𒅆𒅀𒋻 (āssiyatar)
Hungarian: szeretet (hu), szerelem (hu)
Hunsrik: Lieb f
Icelandic: ást (is), kærleikur (is) m, elska (is)
Ido: amo (io)
Ilocano: ayat
Indonesian: cinta (id) (of someone), suka (id) (of something)
Ingrian: suvvaamiin, rakkaus (obsolete)
Interlingua: amor (ia)
Irish: grá (ga) m, armacas m
Italian: amore (it) m
Ivatan: addaw
Japanese: 愛 (ja) (あい, ai), 愛情 (ja) (あいじょう, aijō), 愛好 (ja) (あいこう, aikō)
Javanese: tresna (jv), katresnan (jv) (katresnan), cinta (cinta)
Jeju: ᄉᆞ랑 (sawrang)
Kamba: wendo
Kannada: ಪ್ರೀತಿ (kn) (prīti)
Kapampangan: lugud, irug, sinta, mal, buri, ibug
Karachay-Balkar: сюймеклик (süymeklik)
Kazakh: ғашықтық (ğaşyqtyq), махаббат (maxabbat), сүйіс (süiıs)
Khiamniungan Naga: ājūjīe
Khmer: សេចក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ (sackdəy srɑlañ), ស្នេហា (km) (snaehaa)
Kikuyu: wendo
Korean: 사랑 (ko) (sarang), 애정(愛情) (ko) (aejeong)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hijkirin, evînî (ku), dildarî (ku), evîn (ku), eşq (ku), mihebet (ku)
Kyrgyz: сүйүү (ky) (süyüü), махабат (ky) (mahabat), сүйүш (ky) (süyüş)
Ladin: please add this translation if you can
Lao: ຄວາມຮັກ (khuām hak)
Latgalian: mīleiba, mīla
Latin: amor (la) m, cāritās f
Latvian: mīlestība (lv) f, mīla f
Laz: ოროფა (oropa)
Ligurian: amù m
Limburgish: leefde f
Lingala: bolingo class 14
Lithuanian: meilė (lt) f
Livonian: ārmastõz
Lombard: amór
Luganda: omukwaano
Luhya: vuyanzi
Luxembourgish: Léift (lb) f
Macedonian: љубов (mk) f (ljubov)
Maguindanao: kasih
Malay: cinta (ms) (romantic), sayang (ms) (familial, platonic)
Malayalam: സ്നേഹം (ml) (snēhaṁ), ഇഷ്ടം (ml) (iṣṭaṁ)
Maltese: imħabba f
Mansi:
Northern Mansi: э̄руптаӈкве (è̄ruptaňkve)
Manx: graih m
Maori: aroha (mi)
Maranao: kasi
Marathi: प्रेम (prem), प्रीति (prīti)
Mbyá Guaraní: mborayvu
Meänkieli: rakhaus
Meru: wendo
Middle Dutch: minne f
Middle English: love
Mingrelian: ჸოროფა (ʾoropa)
Mirandese: amor
Mizo: hmangaihna
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хайр (mn) (xajr), дур хүсэл (dur xüsel)
Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠷ᠎ᠠ (qayir-a), ᠳᠤᠷ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠦᠰᠡᠯ (dur-a küsel)
Moroccan Amazigh: ⵜⴰⵢⵔⵉ f (tayri)
Motu: lalokau
Mozarabic: אמורי m (amore)
Naga Pidgin: morom
Nahuatl: tlazohtlaliztli, tlasojtlalistli
Nanticoke: quámmősch
Navajo: ayóóʼóʼóʼní
Nepali: माया (ne) (māyā)
Norman: amour m
Northern Sami: ráhkisvuohta
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kjærlighet (no) m, elsk m, kjærleik (no) m
Nynorsk: kjærleik m, elsk m, åst f
Occitan: amor (oc)
Odia: ପ୍ରେମ (or) (prema)
Ojibwe: zaagi'idiwin inan
Okinawan: なさき (nasaki)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: любꙑ f (ljuby)
Glagolitic: ⰾⱓⰱⱏⰺ f (ljuby)
Old English: lufu f
Old Javanese: tṛṣṇa
Old Occitan: amor
Old Prussian: mīli
Ossetian: уарзондзинад (warzonʒinad)
Ottoman Turkish: سوكی (sevgi), محبت (muhabbet)
Pannonian Rusyn: любов f (ljubov), любосц f (ljubosc)
Pashto: مينه (ps) f (mina), عشق (ps) m ('ešq), محبت (ps) m (mohabat)
Persian:
Dari: عِشْق (išq), مُحَبَّت (muhabbat), مَحَبَّت (mahabbat), مِهْر (mihr)
Iranian Persian: عِشْق (ešğ), مُحَبَّت (mohabbat), مَحَبَّت (mahabbat), مِهْر (mehr)
Phoenician: 𐤇𐤌𐤃𐤕 f (ḥmdt)
Piedmontese: amor m
Plautdietsch: Leew f
Polish: miłość (pl) f
Portuguese: amor (pt) m
Punjabi: ਪਿਆਰ m (piāra)
Quechua: khuya
Rohingya: ador, mohábboth
Romagnol: amôr m
Romanian: iubire (ro) f, dragoste (ro) f, amor (ro) n
Romansch: charezza f
Russian: любо́вь (ru) f (ljubóvʹ)
Rwanda-Rundi: urukundo class 11 (uru-kūndo)
Samoan: alofa
Sanskrit: अनुराग (sa) m (anurāga), प्रेमन् (sa) m or n (preman)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: amóri
Logudorese: ameddu
Sassarese: amóri
Scottish Gaelic: gaol (gd) m, gràdh (gd) m, spèis f, rùn m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: љу́бав f
Roman: ljúbav (sh) f
Shor: кӧлениш (köleniş)
Sicilian: amuri (scn) m
Sindhi: محبت (sd) f (mahbbàtà), عشق (sd) m ('išqù), پیار m (pyārù), لَنو m (lôve)
Sinhalese: ආදරය (ādaraya)
Slovak: láska (sk) f
Slovene: ljubezen (sl) f
Somali: jacayl (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: lubosć f
Southern Altai: сӱӱ- (süü-), сӱӱш (süüš), сӱӱм (süüm)
Spanish: amor (es) m
Sranan Tongo: lobi
Sumerian: 𒀀𒊏𒄠𒈬 (arammu)
Sundanese: asih, deudeuh (su), nya'ah
Swahili: upendo (sw)
Swedish: kärlek (sv) c
Sylheti: ꠝꠣꠄꠣ (maea)
Tagalog: pag-ibig (tl), pagmamahal
Tahitian: aroha
Tajik: муҳаббат (tg) (muhabbat), ишқ (tg) (išq), меҳр (mehr)
Tamil: அன்பு (ta) (aṉpu), பாசம் (ta) (pācam)
Tatar: ярату (yaratu)
Telugu: ప్రేమ (te) (prēma)
Tetum: domin
Thai: ความรัก (th) (kwaam-rák)
Tibetan: བརྩེ་དུང (brtse dung)
Tigrinya: ፍቕሪ (fəx̣ri)
Tocharian A: tunk
Tocharian B: tankw, larauñe
Tok Pisin: lav
Turkish: sevgi (tr), sevi (tr), aşk (tr), emre (tr), muhabbet (tr)
Turkmen: yşk, söýgi
Tuvan: ынакшыл (ınakşıl)
Udmurt: яратон (jaraton)
Ukrainian: любо́в (uk) f (ljubóv), коха́ння (uk) n (koxánnja)
Urdu: مُحَبَّت (ur) f (muhabbat), عِشْق (ur) m ('iśq), پْیار (ur) m (pyār), پْریم m (prem)
Uyghur: مۇھەببەت (muhebbet), ئاشىق (ashiq), ئاشىقلىق (ashiqliq)
Uzbek: sevgi (uz), muhabbat (uz), mehr (uz), ishq (uz)
Vietnamese: tình yêu (vi) (情𢞅), ái tình (vi) (愛情 (vi))
Volapük: löf (vo), lelöf (vo)
Walloon: amour (wa) m, amor m (old)
Welsh: cariad (cy) m
West Frisian: leafde
White Hmong: txoj kev hlub
Wolof: mbëggeel (wo)
Xhosa: uthando
Yakut: таптал (taptal)
Yiddish: אַהבֿה f (aave) ([divine] love), ליבע f (libe) (love, love affair, romance), ליבשאַפֿט f (libshaft) (love, fondness, affection)
Yola: loove
Yoruba: ìfẹ́
Zazaki: esq c, pêyar c, sineg f
Zhuang: aiqcingz, aiq
Zulu: uthando (zu) class 11 :
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### Verb
#### Translations

Abenaki: kazalmômuk
Adangme: suɔ
Afrikaans: lief
Ainu: カタイロッケ (katayrotke)
Albanian: do (sq)
American Sign Language: ILY@Side-PalmForward
Amharic: ማፍቀር (mafḳär), መውደድ (mäwdäd)
Arabic: أَحَبَّ (ar) (ʔaḥabba)
Egyptian Arabic: حب (ḥabb)
Juba Arabic: hibu
Aragonese: amar
Archi: кьан (kˡʼan)
Armenian: սիրել (hy) (sirel)
Aromanian: agãpisescu, alughescu
Assamese: ভাল পোৱা (bhal püa) (romantic), মৰম কৰা (morom kora) (common)
Asturian: querer (ast)
Aymara: munaña (ay)
Azerbaijani: sevmək (az)
Bashkir: яратыу (yaratıw)
Basque: maite izan, maitatu
Belarusian: любі́ць impf (ljubícʹ), каха́ць impf (kaxácʹ)
Bengali: ভালবাসা (bn) (bhalbaśa)
Breton: karout (br)
Bulgarian: оби́чам (bg) impf (obíčam)
Burmese: အချစ် (my) (a.hkyac), ချစ်ခင် (my) (hkyachkang)
Buryat: дурлаха (durlaxa)
Catalan: estimar (ca), amar (ca)
Cebuano: higugma
Chechen: деза (deza)
Cherokee: ᏥᎨᏳᎢ (tsigeyui)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 愛 / 爱 (yue) (oi$^3$), 愛情 / 爱情 (oi$^3$ cing$^4$)
Dungan: нэ (ne)
Eastern Min: 愛 / 爱, 愛 / 爱 (ái)
Hakka: 愛 / 爱, 愛 / 爱 (oi)
Hokkien: 愛情 / 爱情 (zh-min-nan) (ài-chîng), 情愛 / 情爱 (zh-min-nan) (chêng-ài), 愛 / 爱 (zh-min-nan) (ài)
Mandarin: 愛 / 爱 (zh) (ài), 熱愛 / 热爱 (zh) (rè’ài), 愛好 / 爱好 (zh) (àihào), 愛戴 / 爱戴 (zh) (àidài)
Wu: 愛 / 爱
Chuvash: сав (sav)
Coptic: ⲙⲉ (me)
Corsican: amà (co)
Crimean Tatar: sevmek (northern dialect süymek)
Czech: milovat (cs) impf, mít rád (cs) impf
Dalmatian: amur
Danish: elske (da)
Dhivehi: ލޯބި (lōbi)
Dolgan: багар (bagar)
Dutch: houden van (nl), beminnen (nl), liefhebben (nl), graag zien
Egyptian: (mrj)
Esperanto: ami (eo)
Estonian: armastama (et)
Faroese: elska
Finnish: rakastaa (fi)
French: aimer (fr)
Friulian: amâ
Galician: amar (gl)
Georgian: სიყვარული (siq̇varuli)
German: lieben (de), lieb haben (de), gern haben (de)
Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌹𐌾𐍉𐌽 (frijōn)
Greek: αγαπώ (el) (agapó)
Ancient: ἀγαπάω (agapáō), φιλέω (philéō) (friendship), ἐράω (eráō) (romantic), στέργω (stérgō) (familial)
Guaraní: hayhu (gn)
Gujarati: પ્રેમ કરવો (prem karvo)
Haitian Creole: renmen
Hebrew: אָהַב (he) (aháv)
Hindi: प्यार करना (pyār karnā), प्रेम करना (hi) (prem karnā),
Hungarian: szeret (hu)
Icelandic: elska (is)
Ido: amar (io)
Indonesian: cinta (id)
Ingrian: suvata, armastaa (rare), rakastaa (obsolete)
Ingush: веза (veza)
Interlingua: amar (ia)
Irish: gráigh
Italian: (romantic) amare (it), (non-romantic) volere bene
Japanese: 愛する (ja) (あいする, aisuru), 恋する (こいする, koisuru), 愛でる (ja) (めでる, mederu), 好む (ja) (このむ, konomu), 愛好する (ja) (あいこうする, aikō suru)
Jarai: amuăih
Jeju: 궤다 (gweda)
Kalmyk: дурлх (durlx)
Kapampangan: lugud
Karok: íimnih
Kashubian: kòchac impf
Kazakh: сүю (süü)
Khiamniungan Naga: jūjīe
Khmer: ស្រឡាញ់ (km) (srɑlañ), ស្នេហ៍ (km) (snae)
Korean: 사랑하다 (ko) (saranghada), 애정을 품다 (aejeong-eul pumda)
Kumyk: сюймек (süymek)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خۆشویستن (xoşuyistin)
Northern Kurdish: hez kirin (ku), hez kirin (ku)
Kyrgyz: сүйүү (ky) (süyüü)
Ladin: amà
Ladino: amar
Lao: ຮັກ (hak)
Latin: amo (la)
Latvian: mīlēt (lv)
Lezgi: кӏан хьун (ḳan xun)
Ligurian: amà
Lingala: linga
Lithuanian: mylėti (lt)
Lombard: amà
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Luo: hero
Luxembourgish: gär hunn
Macedonian: сака impf (saka), љуби impf (ljubi)
Manx: graih
Malay: cinta (ms)
Malayalam: ഇഷ്ടപ്പെടുക (ml) (iṣṭappeṭuka)
Maltese: ħabb
Manchu: ᠪᡠᠶᡝᠮᠪᡳ (buyembi), ᠴᡳᡥᠠᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (cihalambi), ᡥᠠᡳᡵᠠᠮᠪᡳ (hairambi)
Maori: hiahia, aroha (mi), tāmau (of objects)
Marathi: प्रेम (prem)
Marshallese: yokwe
Middle English: loven
Mirandese: amar
Mizo: hmangaih
Mogholi: täla
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дурлах (mn) (durlax), хайрлах (mn) (xajrlax)
Mozarabic: امار (amār)
Nahuatl: tlahzoa, tlajsoa
Navajo: ayóóʼáyóʼní
Neapolitan: amà
Norman: aimer
North Frisian: liibe (Föhr-Amrum), leew haa (Föhr-Amrum), lefhaa (Sylt)
Northern Sami: eahccit
Northern Thai: ᩁᩢ᩠ᨠ (hak)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: elske (no)
Occitan: aimar (oc)
Ojibwe: zaagi' (transitive animate), zaagitoon (transitive inanimate)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: любити impf (ljubiti)
Glagolitic: ⰾⱓⰱⰻⱅⰻ impf (ljubiti)
Old English: lufian (ang)
Old Frisian: minnia
Old Occitan: amar
Oromo: jaalachuu
Ottoman Turkish: سومك (sevmek)
Pela: ŋø⁵⁵, tʃɔ̠t⁵⁵ tɛʔ³¹
Persian: دوست داشتن (fa) (dust dâštan), عشق داشتن ('ešq dâštan), عاشق بودن (fa) ('âšeq budan), مهر ورزیدن (mehr varzidan)
Piedmontese: amé
Pipil: -tasujta, -tazuhta
Polabian: ľaibĕt
Polish: kochać (pl) impf, miłować (pl)
Portuguese: amar (pt) (usually implying romantic love or the love between close relatives; when referring to things (as in “I love pizza”, “eu amo pizza”), it indicates a stronger liking than that expressed by adorar), adorar (pt) (does not imply romantic love)
Quechua: waylluy (qu), munai, waillui
Romani: kamel
Romanian: iubi (ro), adora (ro)
Romansch: avair gugent, charezzar
Russian: люби́ть (ru) impf (ljubítʹ)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: во̀лети impf, во̀љети impf, љу́бити impf
Roman: vòleti (sh) impf, vòljeti (sh) impf, ljúbiti (sh) impf
Scottish Gaelic gràdh
Shan: ႁၵ်ႉ (shn) (hâ̰k)
Sinhalese: ආදරය කරනවා (ādaraya karanawā)
Slovak: milovať impf, ľúbiť impf, mať rád impf
Slovene: ljubiti (sl) impf, imeti rad impf
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: lubowaś
Upper Sorbian: lubować (hsb)
Spanish: amar (es), querer (es)
Sranan Tongo: lobi
Sumerian: 𒆠𒉘 (KI.ÁG)
Swahili: kupenda
Swedish: älska (sv)
Sylheti: ꠜꠣꠟꠣ ꠙꠣꠃꠣ (bála faua) (romantic), ꠝꠣꠄꠣ ꠇꠞꠣ (maea xora) (common)
Tabasaran: ккун хьуб (k̄un xub)
Tagalog: ibig (tl), mahal (tl)
Tajik: дӯст доштан (tg) (düst doštan), ишқ варзидан (išq varzidan)
Tamil: காதலி (ta) (kātali) (romantic love), அன்பு செலுத்து (aṉpu celuttu) (common love)
Tatar: яратырга (tt) (yaratırga), сөяргә (söyargä)
Telugu: ప్రేమించు (te) (prēmiñcu)
Tetum: hadomi
Thai: รัก (th) (rák)
Tupinambá: aûsub (s-)
Turkish: sevmek (tr)
Turkmen: söýmek
Ukrainian: люби́ти (uk) impf (ljubýty), коха́ти (uk) impf (koxáty)
Urdu: پیار کرنا (pyār karnā), محبت کرنا (muhabbat karnā), عشق کرنا ('iśq karnā)
Uzbek: sevmoq (uz)
Vietnamese: yêu (vi)
Volapük: löfön (vo)
Welsh: caru (cy)
West Frisian: leaf hawwe, hâlde fan, beminne, leavje
White Hmong: hlub
Wolof: mbëggéel, mbeugeil
Yakut: таптаа (taptaa)
Yiddish: ליב האָבן (lib hobn)
Yoruba: fẹ́, fẹ́ràn, nífẹ̀ẹ́
Yup'ik: kenkeluni
Zazaki: sineyen
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