How to say “horse” around the world

481 languages · 481 in their own spelling

caballo · घोड़ा · ঘোড়াحِصَان · cheval · اسبfarasi · Pferd · 馬马 · 馬 · 말at · doki · عودhorse · ло́шадь · άλογοngựa · ị̀nyị̀nyà · ànyàOther shapes

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	马	mǎ	Sino-Tibetan
English	horse		Indo-European
Spanish	caballo		Indo-European
Hindi	घोड़ा	ghoṛā	Indo-European
Arabic	حِصَان	ḥiṣān	Afro-Asiatic
Bengali	ঘোড়া	ghōṛa	Indo-European
Indonesian	kuda		Austronesian
Portuguese	cavalo		Indo-European
French	cheval		Indo-European
Russian	ло́шадь	lóšadʹ	Indo-European
Japanese	馬	uma	Japonic
Marathi	घोडा	ghoḍā	Indo-European
Swahili	farasi		Atlantic-Congo
Turkish	at		Turkic
Telugu	గుర్రము	gurramu	Dravidian
Wu Chinese	马		Sino-Tibetan
Korean	말	mal	Koreanic
German	Pferd		Indo-European
Vietnamese	ngựa		Austroasiatic
Tamil	குதிரை	kutirai	Dravidian
Cantonese	馬	maa⁵	Sino-Tibetan
Urdu	گھوڑا	ghoṛā	Indo-European
Italian	cavallo		Indo-European
Egyptian Arabic	خيل	ḵēl	Afro-Asiatic
Gujarati	ઘોડો	ghoḍo	Indo-European
Western Farsi	اسب	asb	Indo-European
Min Nan Chinese	馬	bé	Sino-Tibetan
Hakka Chinese	馬	mâ	Sino-Tibetan
Jinyu Chinese	马	ma²	Sino-Tibetan
Levantine Arabic	حْصَان	ḥṣān	Afro-Asiatic
Hausa	doki		Afro-Asiatic
Kannada	ಕುದುರೆ	kudure	Dravidian
Polish	koń		Indo-European
Yoruba	ẹṣin		Atlantic-Congo
Xiang Chinese	马	ma³	Sino-Tibetan
Malayalam	കുതിര	kutira	Dravidian
Odia	ଘୋଡ଼ା	ghoṛā	Indo-European
Burmese	မြင်း	mrang:	Sino-Tibetan
Moroccan Arabic	عود	ʕawd	Afro-Asiatic
Igbo	ị̀nyị̀nyà		Atlantic-Congo
Ukrainian	кінь	kinʹ	Indo-European
Uzbek	ot		Turkic
Romanian	cal		Indo-European
Dutch	paard		Indo-European
Gan Chinese	马	ma³	Sino-Tibetan
Amharic	ፈረስ	färäs	Afro-Asiatic
Thai	ม้า	máa	Tai-Kadai
Lingala	mpunda		Atlantic-Congo
Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian	ко̏њ		Indo-European
Khmer	សេះ	seh	Austroasiatic
Somali	faras		Afro-Asiatic
Turkmen	at		Turkic
Cebuano	kabayo		Austronesian
Nepali	घोडा	ghoḍā	Indo-European
Assamese	ঘোঁৰা	ghü̃ra	Indo-European
Sinhala	අශ්වය	aśwaya	Indo-European
Greek	άλογο	álogo	Indo-European
Kurdish	hesp		Indo-European
Hijazi Arabic	حُصَان	ḥuṣān	Afro-Asiatic
Tajik	асп	asp	Indo-European
Sylheti	ꠊꠥꠠꠣ	gúṛa	Indo-European
Kazakh	жылқы	jılqı	Turkic
Hungarian	ló		Uralic
Kinyarwanda	ifarashi		Atlantic-Congo
Zulu	ihhashi		Atlantic-Congo
Nyanja	hatchi		Atlantic-Congo
Southern Pashto	آس	ās	Indo-European
Czech	kůň		Indo-European
Uighur	ئات	at	Turkic
Afrikaans	perd		Indo-European
Min Dong Chinese	馬	mā	Sino-Tibetan
Haitian	chwal		Indo-European
Kanuri	dǝr		Saharan
Swedish	häst		Indo-European
Azerbaijani	at		Turkic
Iloko	kabalio		Austronesian
Bulgarian	кон	kon	Indo-European
Shona	bhiza		Atlantic-Congo
Hiligaynon	kabayo		Austronesian
Xhosa	ihashe		Atlantic-Congo
Belarusian	конь	konʹ	Indo-European
Tigrinya	ፈረስ	färäs	Afro-Asiatic
Central Kurdish	ئەسپ	esp	Indo-European
Santali	ᱥᱚᱫᱳᱢ	sôdom	Austroasiatic
Kashmiri	گُر	gur	Indo-European
Danish	hest		Indo-European
Slovak	kôň		Indo-European
Southern Sotho	pere		Atlantic-Congo
Wolaytta	paraa		Ta-Ne-Omotic
Minangkabau	kudo		Austronesian
Finnish	hevonen		Uralic
Lao	ມ້າ	mā	Tai-Kadai
Norwegian	hest		Indo-European
Tatar	ат	at	Turkic
Catalan	cavall		Indo-European
Guarani	kavaju		Tupian
Sicilian	cavaddu		Indo-European
Kirghiz	ат	at	Turkic
Swiss German	Ross		Indo-European
Tswana	pitsi		Atlantic-Congo
Riffian	yis		Afro-Asiatic
Armenian	ձի	ji	Indo-European
Bambara	so		Mande
Ganda	embalaasi		Atlantic-Congo
S'gaw Karen	ကသ့ၣ်	ka thaỳ	Sino-Tibetan
Lithuanian	arklys		Indo-European
Tok Pisin	hos		Indo-European
Lombard	cavall		Indo-European
Georgian	ცხენი	cxeni	Kartvelian
Goan Konkani	tokli		Indo-European
Acehnese	guda		Austronesian
Mazanderani	اسو	asv	Indo-European
Waray	kabayo		Austronesian
Albanian	kalë		Indo-European
Ewe	sɔ		Atlantic-Congo
Shan	မႃႉ	mâ̰a	Tai-Kadai
Mongolian	адуу	aduu	Mongolic-Khitan
Bikol	kabayo		Austronesian
Galician	cabalo		Indo-European
Pampanga	kabayu		Austronesian
Slovenian	konj		Indo-European
Bouyei	max		Tai-Kadai
Esperanto	ĉevalo		Artificial Language
Macedonian	коњ	konj	Indo-European
Sichuan Yi	ꃅ	mu	Sino-Tibetan
Piedmontese	caval		Indo-European
Venetian	cavało		Indo-European
Zhuang	max		Tai-Kadai
Rohingya	gúra		Indo-European
Sidamo	farado		Afro-Asiatic
Afar	faras		Afro-Asiatic
Kabardian	шы	šə	Abkhaz-Adyge
Bini	ẹ́sín		Atlantic-Congo
Igala	ànyà		Atlantic-Congo
Limburgan	paerd		Indo-European
Makasar	jarang		Austronesian
Latvian	zirgs		Indo-European
Quechua	kawallu		Quechuan
Scots	horse		Indo-European
Chechen	говр	govr	Nakh-Daghestanian
Emilian	cavàl		Indo-European
Estonian	hobune		Uralic
Bashkir	ат	at	Turkic
Tibetan	རྟ	rta	Sino-Tibetan
Beja	hatáay		Afro-Asiatic
Maguindanao	kuda		Austronesian
Romagnol	cavàl		Indo-European
Tausug	kura		Austronesian
Kinaray-a	kabayo		Austronesian
Gorontalo	wadala		Austronesian
Central Okinawan	馬	'nmu	Japonic
Kachin	gumra		Sino-Tibetan
Manggarai	jarang		Austronesian
Mon	ချေံ	cheh	Austroasiatic
Western Frisian	hynder		Indo-European
Iu Mien	maaz		Hmong-Mien
Ndonga	okakambe		Atlantic-Congo
Nupe-Nupe-Tako	dòkò		Atlantic-Congo
Kalmyk	мөрн	mörn	Mongolic-Khitan
Maranao	koda'		Austronesian
Avar	чу	ču	Nakh-Daghestanian
Talysh	asp		Indo-European
Basque	zaldi		Isolates
Chuvash	лаша	laš̬a	Turkic
Welsh	ceffyl		Indo-European
Lü	ᦙᦱᧉ	maa²	Tai-Kadai
Picard	kvau		Indo-European
Tai Nüa	ᥛᥣᥳ	mȧa	Tai-Kadai
Lezghian	шив	šiv	Nakh-Daghestanian
Rusyn	кінь	kinʹ	Indo-European
Morisyen	seval		Indo-European
Walloon	tchivå		Indo-European
Adyghe	шы	šə	Abkhaz-Adyge
Maltese	żiemel		Afro-Asiatic
Crimean Tatar	at		Turkic
Occitan	caval		Indo-European
Vlax Romani	grast		Indo-European
Ligurian	cavallo		Indo-European
Mari	имне	imńe	Uralic
Tetum	kuda		Austronesian
Silesian	kůń		Indo-European
Asturian	caballu		Indo-European
Yakut	ат	at	Turkic
Chavacano	caballo		Indo-European
Samoan	solofanua		Austronesian
Sranan Tongo	asi		Indo-European
Fiji Hindi	ghorra		Indo-European
Tzotzil	k'a		Mayan
Mingrelian	ცხენი	cxeni	Kartvelian
Fijian	ose		Austronesian
Dhivehi	އަސް	as	Indo-European
Ingush	ды	dy	Nakh-Daghestanian
Papiamento	kabai		Indo-European
Icelandic	hestur		Indo-European
Friulian	cjaval		Indo-European
Mapuche	kawej		Araucanian
Muna	adhara		Austronesian
Tuvinian	аът	àt	Turkic
Khowar	اِستور	istór	Indo-European
Udmurt	вал	val	Uralic
Ao Naga	kor		Sino-Tibetan
Plautdietsch	Pieet		Indo-European
Nama	hab		Khoe-Kwadi
Laz	ცხენი	ʒxeni	Kartvelian
Kuanyama	onghambe		Atlantic-Congo
Kambera	njara		Austronesian
Dzongkha	རྟ	rta	Sino-Tibetan
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic	ܣܘܼܣܹܐ	sūsē	Afro-Asiatic
Zeelandic	paerd		Indo-European
Buriat	адуу	aduu	Mongolic-Khitan
Māori	hōiho		Austronesian
Dongxiang	morei		Mongolic-Khitan
Abkhaz	аҽы	aĉə	Abkhaz-Adyge
Garifuna	xuval		Arawakan
Tonga (Tonga Islands)	hoosi		Austronesian
Chol	cawayuʼ		Mayan
Navajo	łį́į́ʼ		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Komi	вӧв	vöv	Uralic
Lak	чву	čwu	Nakh-Daghestanian
Corsican	cavaddu		Indo-European
Bantoanon	kabayo		Austronesian
Solu-Khumbu Sherpa	རྟ	rta	Sino-Tibetan
Gagauz	beygir		Turkic
Pennsylvania German	Gaul		Indo-European
Irish	capall		Indo-European
Ladino	kavayo		Indo-European
Aromanian	cal		Indo-European
Kashubian	kóń		Indo-European
Breton	marc'h		Indo-European
Judeo-Tat	гӀэсб	ⱨəsb	Indo-European
Gallurese Sardinian	cabaddu		Indo-European
Sassarese Sardinian	cabaddu		Indo-European
Erzya	лишме	lišme	Uralic
Seselwa Creole French	seval		Indo-European
Zapotec	maniʼ		Otomanguean
Võro	hopõń		Uralic
Tabasaran	гъяйван	ġjajvan	Nakh-Daghestanian
Salar	ate		Turkic
Tinà Sambal	kabayo		Austronesian
Faroese	hestur		Indo-European
Tahitian	puaʻarehenua		Austronesian
Komi-Permyak	вӧв	vöv	Uralic
Scottish Gaelic	each		Indo-European
Ngad'a	dzara		Austronesian
Mansaka	kabayo		Austronesian
Southern Altai	ат	at	Turkic
Chuukese	arus		Austronesian
Sanskrit	अश्व	aśva	Indo-European
Khakas	ат	at	Turkic
Dungan	ма	ma	Sino-Tibetan
Romansh	chaval		Indo-European
Gurani	ئەسپ	esp	Indo-European
Tlaxcala-Puebla-Central Nahuatl	cahuayoh		Uto-Aztecan
Karelian	hebo		Uralic
Plains Cree	ᑳᐸᓚᑲᔅᑴᐤ	kaapalakaskwew	Algic
Higaonon	kabayo		Austronesian
Kagayanen	kabayo		Austronesian
Ladin	ciaval		Indo-European
Bau-Jagoi Bidayuh	kuda		Austronesian
Hawaiian	lio		Austronesian
North Saami	heasta		Uralic
Kajtak	йябу́	jəbú	Nakh-Daghestanian
Rarotongan	ʻoroʻenua		Austronesian
Palauan	uos		Austronesian
Evenki	мурин	murin	Tungusic
Tohono O'odham	kaviyu		Uto-Aztecan
Svan	ჩა̈̄ჟ	čǟž	Kartvelian
Tuamotuan	puarenua		Austronesian
Leh Ladakhi	རྟ	rta	Sino-Tibetan
Drung	mvgeu		Sino-Tibetan
Western Apache	łį́į́ʼ		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Upper Sorbian	kóń		Indo-European
Cherokee	ᏐᏈᎵ		Iroquoian
Yagnobi	асп	asp	Indo-European
Fala	cabalu		Indo-European
Rukai	rigi		Austronesian
Northern Frisian	hingst		Indo-European
Louisiana Creole	shval		Indo-European
Xavánte	awaru		Nuclear-Macro-Je
Choctaw	issuba		Muskogean
Aragonese	caballo		Indo-European
Mi'kmaw	te'sipow		Algic
Udi	еък	e̱k	Nakh-Daghestanian
Chitral Kalasha	hãš		Indo-European
Hopi	kawayo		Uto-Aztecan
Lower Sorbian	kóń		Indo-European
North Marquesan	puaka piki ènana		Austronesian
Even	му̣ри̣н	mụrịn	Tungusic
Chukchi	конэкон	konėkon	Chukotko-Kamchatkan
Jejueo	ᄆᆞᆯ	mawl	Koreanic
Megleno-Romanian	cal		Indo-European
Rapanui	hoi		Austronesian
Dolgan	ат		Turkic
Saisiyat	hanowan		Austronesian
Muscogee	rakko		Muskogean
East Yugur	mörë		Mongolic-Khitan
Bats	დოჼ	dõ	Nakh-Daghestanian
Teribe	kabayo		Chibchan
Mrassu Shor-Tutal	ат	at	Turkic
Yatzachi Zapotec	cabey		Otomanguean
Algonquin	pejòshkwe		Algic
Cheyenne	mo'éhno'ha		Algic
Tsou	ʼuma		Austronesian
Moksha	алаша	alaša	Uralic
Lakota	tȟašúŋke		Siouan
Manx	cabbyl		Indo-European
Dogrib	tłı̨cho		Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit
Interlingua	cavallo		Artificial Language
Nanai	морин	morin	Tungusic
Oroqen	mʊrɪn		Tungusic
Pipil	cahuayoh		Uto-Aztecan
Istriot	caval		Indo-European
Istro-Romanian	co		Indo-European
Khinalug	пши	pši	Nakh-Daghestanian
Sakizaya	kabayu		Austronesian
Comanche	puuku		Uto-Aztecan
Seri	caay		Isolates
Taos Northern Tiwa	kówena		Kiowa-Tanoan
Guugu Yimidhirr	yarraman		Pama-Nyungan
Apalaí	kawaru		Cariban

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