How to say “heart” around the world
366 languages · 366 in their own spelling
Dots of one colour begin with a similar sound. Colours group words by the class of their first consonant (a sound-class method used in linguistics): words that begin alike share a colour. This shows resemblance, not common origin — proving relationship needs case-by-case comparison. Readable forms come from Wiktionary translation tables; many smaller languages come from the ASJP word lists, in ASJP’s simplified transcription.
| Language | Word | Romanization | Family |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 心脏 | xīnzàng | Sino-Tibetan |
| English | heart | Indo-European | |
| Spanish | corazón | Indo-European | |
| Hindi | दिल | dil | Indo-European |
| Arabic | قَلْب | qalb | Afro-Asiatic |
| Bengali | হৃৎপিন্ড | hritpinḍ | Indo-European |
| Indonesian | jantung | Austronesian | |
| Portuguese | coração | Indo-European | |
| French | cœur | Indo-European | |
| Russian | се́рдце | sérdce | Indo-European |
| Japanese | 心臓 | shinzō | Japonic |
| Marathi | ह्रुदय | hruday | Indo-European |
| Swahili | moyo | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Turkish | kalp | Turkic | |
| Telugu | గుండె | guṇḍe | Dravidian |
| Wu Chinese | 心脏 | ¹shin-zaon | Sino-Tibetan |
| Korean | 심장 | simjang | Koreanic |
| German | Herz | Indo-European | |
| Vietnamese | tim | Austroasiatic | |
| Tamil | இதயம் | itayam | Dravidian |
| Cantonese | 心臟 | sam¹ zong⁶ | Sino-Tibetan |
| Urdu | دِل | dil | Indo-European |
| Italian | cuore | Indo-European | |
| Egyptian Arabic | قلب | arz | Afro-Asiatic |
| Gujarati | દિલ | dil | Indo-European |
| Western Farsi | دِل | dil | Indo-European |
| Min Nan Chinese | 心臟 | sim-chōng | Sino-Tibetan |
| Hakka Chinese | 心臟 | sîm-chhong | Sino-Tibetan |
| Hausa | zūcìyā | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Kannada | ಹೃದಯ | hṛdaya | Dravidian |
| Polish | serce | Indo-European | |
| Yoruba | ọkàn | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Malayalam | ഹൃദയം | hr̥dayaṁ | Dravidian |
| Odia | ହୃତ୍ପିଣ୍ଡ | hrutpiṇḍa | Indo-European |
| Burmese | နှလုံး | hna.lum: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Moroccan Arabic | قلب | ary | Afro-Asiatic |
| Igbo | obi | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Ukrainian | се́рце | sérce | Indo-European |
| Uzbek | yurak | Turkic | |
| Sindhi | دِلِ | dili | Indo-European |
| Romanian | inimă | Indo-European | |
| Dutch | hart | Indo-European | |
| Amharic | ልብ | ləb | Afro-Asiatic |
| Thai | หัวใจ | hǔua-jai | Tai-Kadai |
| Lingala | motéma | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian | ср̏це | Indo-European | |
| Khmer | បេះដូង | behdoung | Austroasiatic |
| Somali | wadne | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Turkmen | kalp | Turkic | |
| Cebuano | kasingkasing | Austronesian | |
| Nepali | मुटु | muṭu | Indo-European |
| Assamese | ডিল | dil | Indo-European |
| Sinhala | හදවත | hadawata | Indo-European |
| Greek | καρδιά | kardiá | Indo-European |
| Kurdish | dil | Indo-European | |
| Hijazi Arabic | قلب | acw | Afro-Asiatic |
| Tajik | дил | dil | Indo-European |
| Kazakh | жүрек | jürek | Turkic |
| Hungarian | szív | Uralic | |
| Kinyarwanda | umutima | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Zulu | inhliziyo | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Nyanja | mtima | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Southern Pashto | زړه | zrë | Indo-European |
| Czech | srdce | Indo-European | |
| Uighur | يۈرەك | yürek | Turkic |
| Afrikaans | hart | Indo-European | |
| Min Dong Chinese | 心臟 | sĭng-câung | Sino-Tibetan |
| Haitian | kè | Indo-European | |
| Kanuri | karǝgǝ | Saharan | |
| Swedish | hjärta | Indo-European | |
| Azerbaijani | ürək | Turkic | |
| Iloko | puso | Austronesian | |
| Bulgarian | сърце́ | sărcé | Indo-European |
| Shona | moyo | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Hiligaynon | tagipusoon | Austronesian | |
| Xhosa | intliziyo | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Belarusian | сэ́рца | sérca | Indo-European |
| Tigrinya | ልቢ | ləbi | Afro-Asiatic |
| Neapolitan | core | Indo-European | |
| Central Kurdish | دڵ | dill | Indo-European |
| Santali | ᱵᱳᱨᱳ | boro | Austroasiatic |
| Tumbuka | mtima | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Danish | hjerte | Indo-European | |
| Slovak | srdce | Indo-European | |
| Southern Sotho | pelo | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Umbundu | utima | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Wolaytta | wozanaa | Ta-Ne-Omotic | |
| Kabyle | ul | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Finnish | sydän | Uralic | |
| Lao | ໃຈ | chai | Tai-Kadai |
| Norwegian | hjerte | Indo-European | |
| Tatar | йөрәк | yöräk | Turkic |
| Catalan | cor | Indo-European | |
| Guarani | ñe'ã | Tupian | |
| Sicilian | cori | Indo-European | |
| Kirghiz | жүрөк | jürök | Turkic |
| Swiss German | Härz | Indo-European | |
| Tswana | pelo | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Armenian | սիրտ | sirt | Indo-European |
| Bambara | dusu | Mande | |
| Ganda | omutima | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Lithuanian | širdis | Indo-European | |
| Tok Pisin | klok | Indo-European | |
| Lombard | cör | Indo-European | |
| Hassaniyya | ڮلب | galb | Afro-Asiatic |
| Georgian | გული | guli | Kartvelian |
| Mazanderani | دل | Indo-European | |
| Albanian | zemër | Indo-European | |
| Ewe | dzi | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Southern Kurdish | دِڵ | dill | Indo-European |
| Mongolian | зүрх | zürx | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Chadian Arabic | قلب | galib | Afro-Asiatic |
| Bikol | puso | Austronesian | |
| Galician | cor | Indo-European | |
| Slovenian | srce | Indo-European | |
| Esperanto | koro | Artificial Language | |
| Kʼicheʼ | anima’ | Mayan | |
| Macedonian | срце | srce | Indo-European |
| Piedmontese | cheur | Indo-European | |
| Venetian | còre | Indo-European | |
| Zhuang | sim | Tai-Kadai | |
| Rohingya | kolób | Indo-European | |
| Sidamo | wodana | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Limburgan | hert | Indo-European | |
| Laki | دِڵ | dill | Indo-European |
| Latvian | sirds | Indo-European | |
| Quechua | sunqu | Quechuan | |
| Scots | hert | Indo-European | |
| Chechen | дог | dog | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Emilian | côr | Indo-European | |
| Estonian | süda | Uralic | |
| Bashkir | йөрәк | yöräk | Turkic |
| Tibetan | སྙིང | snying | Sino-Tibetan |
| Pangasinan | puso | Austronesian | |
| Romagnol | cör | Indo-European | |
| Tausug | jantung | Austronesian | |
| Bakhtiari | دل | del | Indo-European |
| Newari | नुगः | nuga: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Central Okinawan | くくる | kukuru | Japonic |
| Western Frisian | hert | Indo-European | |
| South Sudanese Creole Arabic | gelba | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Tigre | ልብ | ləb | Afro-Asiatic |
| Kalmyk | зүркн | zürkn | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Maranao | poso' | Austronesian | |
| Avar | ракӏ | rakʼ | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Talysh | dıl | Indo-European | |
| Basque | bihotz | Isolates | |
| Chuvash | чӗре | čĕre | Turkic |
| Welsh | calon | Indo-European | |
| Yucatec Maya | puksiʼikʼal | Mayan | |
| Picard | tchoeur | Indo-European | |
| Lezghian | рикӏ | riḳ | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Rusyn | сердце | serdce | Indo-European |
| Morisyen | leker | Indo-European | |
| Réunion Creole French | kèr | Indo-European | |
| Walloon | cour | Indo-European | |
| Adyghe | гу | gʷu | Abkhaz-Adyge |
| Classical Syriac | ܠܒܐ | syc | Afro-Asiatic |
| Maltese | qalb | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Crimean Tatar | yürek | Turkic | |
| Occitan | còr | Indo-European | |
| Vlax Romani | ilo | Indo-European | |
| Ligurian | cheu | Indo-European | |
| Mizo | lung | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Mari | шӱм | šüm | Uralic |
| Tetum | fuan | Austronesian | |
| Silesian | serce | Indo-European | |
| Asturian | corazón | Indo-European | |
| Yakut | сүрэх | sürex | Turkic |
| Chavacano | corazon | Indo-European | |
| Kumyk | юрек | yurek | Turkic |
| Samoan | fatun | Austronesian | |
| Fiji Hindi | dil | Indo-European | |
| Mingrelian | გური | guri | Kartvelian |
| Fijian | uto | Austronesian | |
| Dhivehi | ހިތް | hit̊ | Indo-European |
| Ingush | дог | dog | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Papiamento | kurason | Indo-European | |
| Icelandic | hjarta | Indo-European | |
| Friulian | cûr | Indo-European | |
| Mapuche | piwke | Araucanian | |
| Tuvinian | чүрек | çürek | Turkic |
| Udmurt | сюлэм | śulem | Uralic |
| Plautdietsch | Hoat | Indo-European | |
| Laz | გური | guri | Kartvelian |
| Zeelandic | 'arte | Indo-European | |
| Buriat | зүрхэн | bxr | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Māori | manawa | Austronesian | |
| West Coast Bajau | jantung | Austronesian | |
| Abkhaz | агәы | agʷə | Abkhaz-Adyge |
| Navajo | ajéídíshjool | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Komi | сьӧлӧм | śölöm | Uralic |
| Lak | къюкӏ | q:uˤkʼ | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Corsican | core | Indo-European | |
| Solu-Khumbu Sherpa | སྙིང | snying | Sino-Tibetan |
| Gagauz | kalp | Turkic | |
| Irish | croí | Indo-European | |
| Ladino | korasón | Indo-European | |
| Aromanian | inimã | Indo-European | |
| Kashubian | serce | Indo-European | |
| Breton | kalon | Indo-European | |
| Mwani | moyo | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Erzya | седей | sedej | Uralic |
| Nogai | юрек | yurek | Turkic |
| Võro | süä | Uralic | |
| Tabasaran | юкӏв | Nakh-Daghestanian | |
| Faroese | hjarta | Indo-European | |
| Komi-Permyak | сьӧлӧм | śölöm | Uralic |
| Scottish Gaelic | cridhe | Indo-European | |
| Southern Altai | јӱрек | ǰürek | Turkic |
| Sanskrit | हृदय | hṛdaya | Indo-European |
| Abaza | агвы | agʷə | Abkhaz-Adyge |
| Dungan | щин | xin | Sino-Tibetan |
| Romansh | cor | Indo-European | |
| Gurani | دڵ | dił | Indo-European |
| Tlaxcala-Puebla-Central Nahuatl | yolotl | Uto-Aztecan | |
| Chepang | ल्हुङ् | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Higaonon | kasingkasing | Austronesian | |
| Bau-Jagoi Bidayuh | satung | Austronesian | |
| Hawaiian | puʻuwai | Austronesian | |
| North Saami | váibmu | Uralic | |
| Kajtak | а́къкъе | áɢɢe | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Andi | рокӏо | rokʼo | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Palauan | reng | Austronesian | |
| Evenki | меван | mewan | Tungusic |
| Mirandese | coraçon | Indo-European | |
| Svan | გვი | gvi | Kartvelian |
| Leh Ladakhi | སྙིང | snying | Sino-Tibetan |
| Western Apache | bijíí | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Upper Sorbian | wutroba | Indo-European | |
| Cherokee | ᎠᏓᏅᏙ | adanvdo | Iroquoian |
| Yagnobi | бандил | bandil | Indo-European |
| Fala | corazón | Indo-European | |
| Northern Frisian | hart | Indo-European | |
| Nauru | idiruko | Austronesian | |
| Aragonese | corazón | Indo-European | |
| Lower Sorbian | wutšoba | Indo-European | |
| Chukchi | линлиӈ | ḷinḷiṇ | Chukotko-Kamchatkan |
| Jejueo | ᄆᆞ슴 | mawseum | Koreanic |
| Rapanui | mahatu | Austronesian | |
| Dolgan | һүрэк | hürek | Turkic |
| Pitjantjatjara | kuṯuṯu | Pama-Nyungan | |
| Bats | დოკ | doḳ | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Mrassu Shor-Tutal | чӱрек | çürek | Turkic |
| Arawak | wasina | Arawakan | |
| Moksha | седи | sedi | Uralic |
| Lakota | chaŋté | Siouan | |
| Mòcheno | hèrz | Indo-European | |
| Manx | cree | Indo-European | |
| Khwarshi-Inkhoqwari | локӏва | lok’va | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Interlingua | corde | Artificial Language | |
| Nanai | миаван | miawan | Tungusic |
| Pipil | -yulu | Uto-Aztecan | |
| Hunzib | ра̇кӏу | råḳu | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Istriot | core | Indo-European | |
| Northern Mansi | сым | sym | Uralic |
| Archi | икӏв | ikʷʼ | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Taos Northern Tiwa | píana | Kiowa-Tanoan | |
| Cornish | kolon | Indo-European | |
| Kildin Saami | кӯттҍк | kūtt’k | Uralic |
| Skolt Sami | čââʹđ | Uralic | |
| Budukh | йыкӏ | jıkʼ | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Ket | хуу | hū | Yeniseian |
| Ingrian | syänmuna | Uralic | |
| Alabama | chonoska | Muskogean | |
| Kavalan | anem | Austronesian | |
| Votic | süä | Uralic | |
| Prussian | seyr | Indo-European | |
| Pite Saami | vájbmo | Uralic | |
| Orok | ме̄ва | mēva | Tungusic |
| Maricopa | iiwa | Cochimi-Yuman | |
| Manchu | ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠮᠠᠨ | niyaman | Tungusic |
| Ainu | ケウトゥㇺ | kewtum | Ainu |
| Chamicuro | ajkeloki | Arawakan | |
| Aghwan | 𐕆𐕞𐕡𐕄 | hüwḳ | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Dupaninan Agta | pusu | Austronesian | |
| Akkadian | 𒊮 | libbu | Afro-Asiatic |
| Ama (Papua New Guinea) | mulu | Left May | |
| Gulf Arabic | قلب | afb | Afro-Asiatic |
| Jewish Babylonian Aramaic (ca. 200-1200 CE) | לִבָּא | libbā | Afro-Asiatic |
| Classical-Middle Armenian | սիրտ | sirt | Indo-European |
| Aymara | lluqu | Aymaran | |
| Western Balochi | دل | dil | Indo-European |
| Bobangi | motema | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Banjar | andui | Austronesian | |
| Boloki | motéma | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Central Atlas Tamazight | ⵓⵍ | ul | Afro-Asiatic |
| Coptic | ϩⲏⲧ | hēt | Afro-Asiatic |
| Dargwa | уркӏи | urḳi | Nakh-Daghestanian |
| Eblaite | 𒇷𒅤 | li-bù | Afro-Asiatic |
| Old French | cuer | Indo-European | |
| Old Frisian | hirte | Indo-European | |
| Saterland Frisian | Haat | Indo-European | |
| Pular | ɓernde | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Geez | ልብ | ləb | Afro-Asiatic |
| Old High German | herza | Indo-European | |
| Gothic | 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍂𐍄𐍉 | hairtō | Indo-European |
| Ancient Greek | καρδία | kardía | Indo-European |
| Kalaallisut | uummat | Eskimo-Aleut | |
| Mbyá Guaraní | py'a | Tupian | |
| Harsusi | ḥelbeb | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Hebrew | לֵב | lev | Afro-Asiatic |
| Hidatsa | náada | Siouan | |
| Hittite | 𒆠𒅕 | kir | Indo-European |
| Hmong Daw | plawv | Hmong-Mien | |
| Hunsrik | Herz | Indo-European | |
| Inuktitut | ᐆᒻᒪᑎ | oommati | Eskimo-Aleut |
| North Alaskan Inupiatun | uumman | Eskimo-Aleut | |
| Old Irish | cride | Indo-European | |
| Isnag | puso | Austronesian | |
| Ibatan | taul | Austronesian | |
| Javanese | jantung | Austronesian | |
| Kazym-Berezover-Suryskarer Khanty | сәм | səm | Uralic |
| Kimbundu | muxima | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Kituba (Democratic Republic of Congo) | ntima | Atlantic-Congo | |
| South-Central Koongo | mwoyo | Atlantic-Congo | |
| San Blas Kuna | kuage | Chibchan | |
| Latin | cor | Indo-European | |
| Livonian | sidām | Uralic | |
| Low German | Hart | Indo-European |