How to say “path” around the world
5,292 languages · 111 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 | 小路 | xiǎolù | Sino-Tibetan |
| English | path | Indo-European | |
| Spanish | senda | Indo-European | |
| Hindi | रास्ता | rāstā | Indo-European |
| Arabic | طَرِيق | ṭarīq | Afro-Asiatic |
| Bengali | পথ | poth | Indo-European |
| Indonesian | jalan | Austronesian | |
| Portuguese | trilha | Indo-European | |
| French | sentier | Indo-European | |
| Russian | тропа́ | tropá | Indo-European |
| Japanese | 道 | michi | Japonic |
| Marathi | पथ | path | Indo-European |
| Swahili | njia | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Turkish | patika | Turkic | |
| Telugu | కాలిబాట | kālibāṭa | Dravidian |
| Korean | 길 | gil | Koreanic |
| German | Pfad | Indo-European | |
| Vietnamese | đường mòn | Austroasiatic | |
| Tamil | பாதை | pātai | Dravidian |
| Cantonese | 路 | lou⁶ | Sino-Tibetan |
| Urdu | راستہ | rāstā | Indo-European |
| Italian | sentiero | Indo-European | |
| Western Farsi | راه | râh | Indo-European |
| Polish | ścieżka | Indo-European | |
| Malayalam | പാത | pāta | Dravidian |
| Burmese | လမ်း | lam: | Sino-Tibetan |
| Ukrainian | сте́жка | stéžka | Indo-European |
| Uzbek | yoʻl | Turkic | |
| Romanian | cărare | Indo-European | |
| Dutch | pad | Indo-European | |
| Thai | ทาง | thaang | Tai-Kadai |
| Lingala | nzila | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Serbian-Croatian-Bosnian | пу̑т | Indo-European | |
| Khmer | ផ្លូវ | phləw | Austroasiatic |
| Turkmen | ýol | Turkic | |
| Greek | μονοπάτι | monopáti | Indo-European |
| Tajik | роҳ | roh | Indo-European |
| Kazakh | жол | jol | Turkic |
| Hungarian | ösvény | Uralic | |
| Nyanja | njira | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Southern Pashto | لار | lār | Indo-European |
| Czech | stezka | Indo-European | |
| Uighur | يول | yol | Turkic |
| Haitian | chemen | Indo-European | |
| Swedish | stig | Indo-European | |
| Azerbaijani | yol | Turkic | |
| Bulgarian | път | păt | Indo-European |
| Belarusian | сце́жка | scjéžka | Indo-European |
| Central Kurdish | ڕێ | rê | Indo-European |
| Danish | sti | Indo-European | |
| Slovak | cestička | Indo-European | |
| Finnish | polku | Uralic | |
| Lao | ຮອຍ | hǭi | Tai-Kadai |
| Norwegian | sti | Indo-European | |
| Catalan | sendera | Indo-European | |
| Kirghiz | жол | jol | Turkic |
| Riffian | abrid | Afro-Asiatic | |
| Armenian | ուղի | uġi | Indo-European |
| Lithuanian | takas | Indo-European | |
| Georgian | ბილიკი | biliḳi | Kartvelian |
| Albanian | shteg | Indo-European | |
| Mongolian | зам | zam | Mongolic-Khitan |
| Galician | senda | Indo-European | |
| Slovenian | pot | Indo-European | |
| Esperanto | aleo | Artificial Language | |
| Macedonian | пат | pat | Indo-European |
| Venetian | troi | Indo-European | |
| Latvian | taka | Indo-European | |
| Estonian | rada | Uralic | |
| Bashkir | һуҡмаҡ | huqmaq | Turkic |
| Western Frisian | paad | Indo-European | |
| Basque | bide | Isolates | |
| Welsh | llwybr | Indo-European | |
| Walloon | pî-sinte | Indo-European | |
| Kara-Kalpak | soqpaq | Turkic | |
| Occitan | camin | Indo-European | |
| Ligurian | sentê | Indo-European | |
| Icelandic | leið | Indo-European | |
| Aromanian | cãrari | Indo-European | |
| Mwani | njira | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Paiwan | djalan | Austronesian | |
| Faroese | leið | Indo-European | |
| Scottish Gaelic | slighe | Indo-European | |
| Southern Altai | јол | ǰol | Turkic |
| Sanskrit | पथ | patha | Indo-European |
| Western Bukidnon Manobo | enug | Austronesian | |
| Western Apache | ʼintin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit | |
| Cherokee | ᏅᏃᎯ | nvnohi | Iroquoian |
| Pitjantjatjara | iwara | Pama-Nyungan | |
| Nyunga | bidee | Pama-Nyungan | |
| Ingrian | troppa | Uralic | |
| Prussian | lunki | Indo-European | |
| Bobangi | nzela | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Gothic | 𐍅𐌹𐌲𐍃 | wigs | Indo-European |
| Ancient Greek | τρίβος | tríbos | Indo-European |
| Hebrew | דֶּרֶךְ | dérekh | Afro-Asiatic |
| Kawi | hĕnu | Austronesian | |
| South-Central Koongo | nzila | Atlantic-Congo | |
| Latin | sēmita | Indo-European | |
| Lautu | luopuv | Sino-Tibetan | |
| Malay | jalan | Austronesian | |
| San Francisco Bay Ohlone | 'ín̄u' | Miwok-Costanoan | |
| Church Slavic | пѫть | pǫtĭ | Indo-European |
| Old Russian | путь | putĭ | Indo-European |
| Tagalog | landas | Austronesian | |
| Rio Grande Tewa | pʼôe | Kiowa-Tanoan | |
| Ugaritic | 𐎐𐎚𐎁 | ntb | Afro-Asiatic |
| Woiwurrung-Thagungwurrung | barring | Pama-Nyungan | |
| Yámana | ruta | Isolates | |
| Yapese | woq | Austronesian | |
| Yiddish | שליאַך | shlyakh | Indo-European |