# sister/translations

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

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

Abkhaz: аеҳәшьа (ajeḥʷša)
Adyghe: шыпхъу (šəpꭓʷu)
Afrikaans: suster (af)
Ainu: (elder) サポ (sapo)
Akkadian: 𒊩𒌆 (aḫātu)
Albanian: motër (sq) f
Amharic: እህት (am) (ʾəht), እኅት (ʾəḫt)
Arabic: أُخْت (ar) f (ʔuḵt), شَقِيقَة f (šaqīqa)
Egyptian Arabic: أخت f (ʔoḵt)
Gulf Arabic: اِخْت f (iḵt)
Hijazi Arabic: أخت f (ʔuḵt)
North Levantine Arabic: إخت m (ʔiḵt)
South Levantine Arabic: أخت m (ʔuḵt)
Aramaic:
Classical Syriac: ܚܬܐ f (ḥāṯā)
Archi: дошдур (došdur)
Armenian: քույր (hy) (kʻuyr)
Old Armenian: քոյր (kʻoyr)
Aromanian: sorã
Ashkun: sos
Assamese: বা (ba) (elder), বাই (bai) (elder), বাইদেউ (baideu) (elder, polite), ভনী (bhoni) (younger), ভণ্টী (bhonti) (younger, polite), বাই-ভনী (bai-bhoni)
Asturian: hermana (ast) f
Avar: яц (jac)
Avestan: 𐬓𐬀𐬢𐬵𐬀𐬭 (xᵛaŋhar)
Aymara: kullaka (ay)
Azerbaijani: bacı (az)
Baluchi: گہار (guhár), گوہار (gohár), وارک (wárk)
Bashkir: апай (apay), һеңле (heñle), ҡәрендәш (qərendəş)
Basque: arreba (eu) (of a male), ahizpa (eu) (of a female)
Belarusian: сястра́ f (sjastrá)
Bengali: বোন (bn) (bōn), আপা (bn) (apa), বুবু (bn) (bubu)
Bhojpuri: बहिन (bahin)
Breton: c'hoar (br) f
Bulgarian: сестра́ (bg) f (sestrá)
Burmese: အမ (my) (a.ma.) (elder); ညီမ (my) (nyima.) (younger)
Buryat: эгэшэ (egeše), дүү басаган (düü basagan)
Carpathian Rusyn: сестра́ f (sestrá)
Catalan: germana (ca) f
Cebuano: igsoong babae
Cham:
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵓⵍⵜⵎⴰ (ultma)
Eastern Cham: please add this translation if you can
Western Cham: please add this translation if you can
Chechen: йиша (jiša)
Cherokee: (opposite sex of speaker) ᎤᏙ (udo), (same sex of speaker) ᎤᎸᎢ (ulvi)
Chichewa: mchemwali
Chinese:
Cantonese: 姐姐 (ze$^{2-4}$ ze$^{2-1}$) (elder), 家姐 (gaa$^1$ ze$^{2-1}$) (elder), 妹妹 (mui$^{6-4}$ mui$^{6-2}$) (younger), 姊妹 (zi$^2$ mui$^6$) (sisters)
Dungan: җеҗе (ži͡əži͡ə) (elder), мыймый (mɨymɨy) (younger)
Hokkien: (elder) 大姊 (tōa-chí), (younger sister) 小妹 (zh-min-nan) (sió-mōe), (sisters) 姊妹 (zh-min-nan) (chí-mōe), 阿姊 (zh-min-nan) (a-chí) (elder)
Mandarin: 姐姐 (zh) (jiějie) (elder), 妹妹 (zh) (mèimei) (younger), 姐妹 (zh) (jiěmèi) (female siblings), 嬃 / 媭 (zh) (xū) (elder, used in ancient Chu), 姊妹 (zh) (zǐmèi) (sisters)
Teochew: 姊妹 (zê$^2$ muê$^7$)
Wu: 姐姐 ($^5$cia-cia$_5$) (elder), 妹妹 ($^6$me-me$_6$) (younger), 阿妹 ($^7$aq-me) (younger)
Chinook Jargon: ats, kahpo
Chukchi: чакыгэт (čakygėt)
Chuvash: йӑмӑк (jămăk) (elder), аппа (appa) (younger)
Comanche: patsi, nami
Coptic: ⲥⲱⲛⲉ (sōne)
Cornish: hwor f
Crimean Tatar: apte, tata, abla
Czech: sestra (cs) f
Dalmatian: saur f, seraur f
Danish: søster (da) c
Dhivehi: ދައްތަ (datta), ކޮއްކޮ (kokko)
Dutch: zus (nl) f, zuster (nl) f
Egyptian: (snt f)
Elfdalian: syster f
Erzya: патя (paťa), сазор (sazor)
Esperanto: fratino (eo)
Estonian: õde (et), sõsar (et)
Even: экэн (əkən), нө (nö)
Evenki: экин (əkin)
Ewe: nɔvinyɔnu, daa (elder), tsɛ (younger)
Faroese: systir (fo) f
Fijian: gane (of a male), tuaka (elder), taci (younger),
Finnish: sisko (fi), sisar (fi)
French: sœur (fr) f
Friulian: sûr f
Gagauz: kızkardaş
Galician: irmá (gl) f
Ge'ez: እኅት (ʾəḫt)
Georgian: და (ka) (da)
German: Schwester (de) f
Alemannic German: Schwöschter f
Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌰𐍂 f (swistar)
Greek: αδελφή (el) f (adelfí), αδερφή (el) f (aderfí)
Ancient: ἀδελφή f (adelphḗ), (Poetic) κάσις f (kásis)
Greenlandic: nuka, angaju, aleqa, naja
Guaraní: eindy (of a male); ykéra, yke (elder sister of a female); kypy'y (younger sister of a female)
Gujarati: બેન (ben)
Haitian Creole: sè
Haryanvi: बेबे (bebe), भाण (bhāṇ), जीजी (jījī)
Hausa: ya
Hawaiian: kaikuaʻana (older sibling of same sex), kaikaina (younger sibling of same sex), kaikuahine (sister of a male)
Hebrew: אָחוֹת (he) f (akhót)
Hiligaynon: utod nga babaye
Hindi: बहन (hi) f (bahan), बहिन (hi) f (bahin)
Hungarian: nővér (hu) (elder), húg (hu) (younger)
Icelandic: systir (is) m
Ido: fratino (io)
Ilocano: kabsat a babai, manang (elder sister), ading a babai (younger sister)
Indonesian: saudari (id) f, kakak perempuan f (elder), adik perempuan f (younger)
Ingrian: sisar
Ingush: йиша (jiša)
Interlingua: soror (ia)
Inupiaq: aakauraġa
Iranun: please add this translation if you can
Irish: deirfiúr f
Old Irish: siur f
Italian: sorella (it) f
Japanese: 姉妹 (ja) (しまい, shimai) (female siblings); 姉 (ja) (あね, ane), お姉さん (ja) (おねえさん, onēsan) (elder); 妹 (ja) (いもうと, imōto) (younger), シスター (ja) (shisutā) (colloquial, ironic or humorous)
Javanese: mbak f (elder), nduk f (younger)
Kabuverdianu: armun, irmon
Kalmyk: эгч (egç)
Kamkata-viri: sus
Kannada: ಅಕ್ಕ (kn) (akka) (elder sister), ತಂಗಿ (kn) (taṅgi) (younger sister)
Karachay-Balkar: эгеч (egeç)
Karelian: sizär, čikko
Kashmiri: بیٚنہِ (ks) (beni)
Kashubian: sostra f
Kazakh: (elder) апа (apa), әпеке (äpeke), (colloquial) әпке (äpke), (younger) сіңлі (sıñlı), қарындас (qaryndas)
Khmer: (elder) បងស្រី (bɑɑng srəy), (younger) ប្អូនស្រី (pʼoun srəy), ភគិនី (km) (phĕəʼkinii)
Kikai: しだ (shida) (older)
Komi-Permyak: чой (ćoj)
Korean: 자매(姊妹) (ko) (jamae), (elder, of a male) 누나 (ko) (nuna), (elder, of a female) 언니 (ko) (eonni), (younger) 여동생(女同生) (ko) (yeodongsaeng), (younger, North Korea) 녀동생(女同生) (ko) (nyeodongsaeng), (younger sibling, both genders) 동생(同生) (ko) (dongsaeng), 시스터 (siseuteo) (colloquial, ironic or humorous), 누이 (ko) (nu'i)
Kumyk: къызкъардаш (qızqardaş), иза (iza) (dialectal)
Kunigami: しじゃー (shijā) (elder)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: خوشک (ckb) (xuşk)
Laki: خوە (ku) (xwe)
Northern Kurdish: xuşk (ku) f, xwişk (ku) f, xweh (ku) f
Southern Kurdish: خوەیشک (ku) (xweyişk)
Kyrgyz: (elder) эже (ky) (eje), (younger) карындаш (ky) (karındaş), (younger) синди (sindi)
Lao: (elder) ເອື້ອຍ (ʼư̄a nya), (younger) ນ້ອງສາວ (nǭng sāo)
Latgalian: muosa
Latin: soror (la) f, germana (la)
Latvian: māsa (lv) f
Laz: და (da)
Lithuanian: sesuo (lt)
Livonian: sõzār
Lombard: sorella f
Low German: Süster (nds) f, Swester (nds) f
Luxembourgish: Schwëster (lb) f
Macedonian: се́стра (mk) f (séstra)
Maguindanao: please add this translation if you can
Malagasy: anabavy (mg)
Malay: (older) kakak (ms), (younger) adik perempuan
Malayalam: സഹോദരി (ml) (sahōdari), (elder) ചേച്ചി (ml) (cēcci), ഇത്ത (ml) (itta)
Maltese: oħt (mt) f
Manchu: ᡝᠶᡠᠨ (eyun) (elder), ᠨᠣᠨ (non) (younger)
Mansaka: manang
Maore Comorian: mwananya class 1/2, mwananya mutru-mama class 1/2
Maori: tuahine (of a male), tuakana (elder, of a female), teina (younger, of a female)
Maranao: renang
Marathi: बहीण (mr) f (bahīṇ) (any age)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: ака (aka), шӱжар (šüžar)
Mauritian Creole: ser
Megleno-Romanian: soră f
Middle English: suster
Minangkabau: (elder) uni (min), akak (min), kakak (min), (younger) adiak padusi
Mingrelian: და (da)
Mirandese: armana
Miyako: (elder) すざ (suza)
Mòcheno: schbester f
Moksha: сазор (sazor), ака (aka)
Mon: please add this translation if you can
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: (elder) эгч (mn) (egč), охин дүү (oxin düü) (younger)
Mwali Comorian: mwananya class 1/2
Nahuatl: cihuācnīuhtli, siuakniutli
Nama: ǃgasas
Nanai: эгэ (ege), нэку (neku)
Navajo: adeezhí, hádí
Neapolitan: sora f
Nepali: दिदी (ne) f (didī), बहिनी (ne) f (bahinī)
Ngazidja Comorian: mwananya class 1/2
Nheengatu: endira (of a man), amú (of a woman)
Nivkh: нанак (nanak), нанака (nanaka)
Norman: soeu f
North Frisian: (Mooring) söster f; (Föhr-Amrum) saster f
Northern Amami Ōshima: せざ (seza) (elder)
Northern Sami: oabbá
Norwegian:
Bokmål: søster (no) f, storesøster f (elder), lillesøster f (younger)
Nynorsk: søster f, syster f
Occitan: sòrre (oc) f
Odia: ଭଉଣୀ (or) (bhauṇi)
Ojibwe: nishiime (my younger sister), nimisenh (my older sister)
Okinawan: しーじゃ (shīja) (elder), をぅない (wunai) (of a male)
Okinoerabu: しだ (shida) (elder)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: сестра f (sestra)
Glagolitic: ⱄⰵⱄⱅⱃⰰ f (sestra)
Old Czech: sestra f
Old Danish: systær
Old East Slavic: сестра f (sestra)
Old English: sweoster f, sweostor f
Old Frisian: swester f
Old Prussian: swestro f
Oromo: obboleettii (om)
Ossetian:
Digor: хуӕрӕ (xwæræ)
Iron: хо (xo)
Pali: bhaginī f
Pannonian Rusyn: шестра f (šestra)
Pashto: خور (ps) f (xor)
Pennsylvania German: Schweschder f
Persian:
Dari: خوَاهَر (xāhar), خْوَاهَر (xwāhar), هَمْشِیرَه (hamšīra), اُخْت (uxt)
Iranian Persian: خواهَر (xâhar), هَمْشیرِه (hamšire), اُخْت (oxt)
Phoenician: 𐤀𐤇𐤕 (ʾḥt)
Pijin: sista
Plautdietsch: Sesta f
Polabian: sestră f
Polish: siostra (pl) f
Portuguese: irmã (pt) f
Prasuni: sūsu
Proto-Norse: ᛊᚹᛖᛊᛏᚨᚱ f (swestar)
Punjabi: ਭੈਣ (bhaiṇ)
Quechua: ñaña, pani
Rohingya: boin
Romagnol: surëla f
Romani: phen f
Romanian: soră (ro) f, surori (ro) f pl
Romansch: sora f, sour
Russian: сестра́ (ru) f (sestrá), сестри́ца (ru) f (sestríca) (colloquial), сестри́чка (ru) f (sestríčka) (colloquial, little sis)
Sanskrit: स्वसृ (sa) f (svásṛ), भगिनी (sa) f (bhaginī)
Saraiki: بَھیْݨ (skr) f (bhaiṇ)
Sardinian: sorre, sorri
Scots: sister
Scottish Gaelic: piuthar (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сѐстра f
Roman: sèstra (sh) f
Seychellois Creole: ser
Sicilian: soru (scn) f
Sikkimese: please add this translation if you can
Silesian: šwestera f
Sindhi: ڀيڻَ (sd) (bhēṇa), ديِديِ (dīdī)
Sinhalese: (elder) අක්‍කා (akkā), (younger) නංගි (naṁgi)
Slovak: sestra (sk) f
Slovene: sestra (sl) f
Somali: walaal, huunno
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: sotša f
Upper Sorbian: sotra f
Southern Altai: эје (eǰe), сыйын (sïyïn), кыс карындаш (kïs karïndaš)
Southern Amami Ōshima: すぃだ (sïda) (elder)
Spanish: hermana (es) f
Sranan Tongo: sisa
Sundanese: tétéh (elder), raka f (elder), rayi (younger), dédé f (younger)
Svan: დაჩუ̂ირ (dačûir) (for a brother), უდილ (udil) (for a sister)
Swahili: dada (sw), umbu class 5/6
Swedish: syster (sv) c
Tabasaran: чи (či)
Tagalog: kapatid (tl) na (tl) babae (tl) (sister), ate (tl) (elder sister), nene (tl) (younger sister), ditse (second eldest sister), sanse (third eldest sister), sitse (fourth eldest sister)
Tajik: хоҳар (tg) (xohar), ҳамшира (hamšira), ухт (uxt)
Talysh: hovə
Tamil: அக்கா (ta) (akkā) (elder), தங்கை (ta) (taṅkai) (younger), சகோதரி (ta) (cakōtari)
Taos: pʼàyuʼúna (younger), tùtúna (elder)
Tarifit: utšma f
Tat: xuvar
Tatar: (elder) апа (tt) (apa), (younger) сеңел (tt) (señel), кыз кардәш (qız qardäş)
Tausug: kakah, manghūd babai
Telugu: సోదరి (te) (sōdari), అక్క (te) (akka), అక్కయ్య (te) (akkayya) (elder), చెల్లి (te) (celli), చెల్లెలు (te) (cellelu) (younger)
Tetum: feton
Thai: (elder) พี่สาว (pîi-sǎao), (younger) น้องสาว (th) (nɔ́ɔng-sǎao)
Tibetan: ཨ་ཅག (a cag), ནུ་མོ (nu mo)
Tigrinya: ሓብቲ (ḥabti)
Toba Batak: iboto
Tocharian A: ṣar
Tocharian B: ṣer
Tokunoshima: すぃーだ (sï̄da) (elder)
Tupinambá: endyra (of a male); ykera (older sister of a female); pyky'yra (younger sister of a female)
Turkish: abla (tr) (elder), kız kardeş (tr), bacı (tr), aba (tr) (colloquial, or humorous), hemşire (tr) (archaic), simil
Turkmen: uýa, ejeke
Turoyo: ܚܳܬ̣ܳܐ (ḥoṭo)
Tuvan: угба (ugba), дуңма (duñma)
Udmurt: апа (apa), апай (apaj), сузэр (suzer)
Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎃𐎚 (ảḫt)
Ukrainian: сестра́ (uk) f (sestrá)
Urdu: بَہَن f (bahan), بَہِن f (bahin), اُخْت f (uxt)
Uyghur: (younger) سىڭىل (ug) (si'ngil), ئاچا (ug) (acha), ھەدە (hede)
Uzbek: opa (uz) (elder), singil (uz) (younger)
Venetan: soreła f, sorela
Vietnamese: chị (vi) or chị gái (vi) (elder), em gái (vi) (younger), em (vi) (younger sibling - brother or sister)
Vilamovian: syster
Volapük: sör (vo), (♂♀) gem (vo), (♀) jigem (vo), jiblod
Võro: sõssar'
Votic: sõzar
Waigali: sos
Walloon: sour (wa) f
Waray-Waray: bugto nga babaye
Welsh: chwaer (cy) f, chwiorydd (cy) f pl
West Frisian: sus (fy)
White Hmong: muam
Wolof: mag ju jigéen, rakk ju jigéen
Xhosa: idade, usisi
Yaeyama: しじゃ (shija) (elder)
Yagara: dad jeen
Yagnobi: хор (xor)
Yakan: please add this translation if you can
Yakut: аҕас (ağas), балыс (balıs)
Yucatec Maya: kiik (elder), íitsʼin (younger)
Yámana: way-kipa
Yiddish: שוועסטער f (shvester)
Yonaguni: すだ (suda) (elder)
Yoron: しだび (shidabi) (elder)
Yoruba: ẹ̀gbọ́n obìnrin, àbúrò obìnrin
Záparo: kwiñatu
Zazaki: way (diq), wayık
Zhuang: beix, beixmbwk, beixsau (elder), nuengx, dahnuengx (younger)
Zulu: udade (zu), usisi (zu) :
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