wind/translations

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

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Translations

movement of air

Abaza: пша (pša)
Abkhaz: аԥша́ (apŝá)
Acehnese: angèn
Adyghe: жьыбгъэ (źəbğɛ)
Afar: caacay
Afrikaans: wind (af)
Aghwan: 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕐 (muš)
Ahom: 𑜎𑜤𑜪 (luṃ)
Ainu: レラ (rera)
Akan: mframa
Aklanon: hangin
Alabama: mahli
Albanian: erë (sq) f
Aleut: slagux
Amharic: ነፋስ (näfas)
Apalaí: tyryrykane
Arabic: رِيح f (rīḥ)
Egyptian Arabic: ريح f (rīḥ)

Hijazi Arabic: رياح f (riyāḥ), هوا f (hawa)

Moroccan Arabic: ريح m (rīḥ)

South Levantine Arabic: ريح f (rīḥ), هوا f (hawa)
Aragonese: viento m
Argobba: ነፋስ (näfas)
Armenian: քամի (hy) (kʻami)
Old Armenian: հողմ (hołm), քամի (kʻami)
Aromanian: vimtu
Assamese: বতাহ (botah)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܦܵܘܚܵܐ m (pawḳa)
Asturian: vientu (ast) m
Avar: гьури (huri)
Avestan: 𐬬𐬁𐬙𐬀 m (vāta)
Aymara: saxra
Azerbaijani: külək (az), yel (az)
Bahnar: kial
Balinese: angin
Baluchi: گوات (gwát)
Bashkir: ел (yel)
Basque: haize
Bau Bidayuh: sobak
Baure: vir
Belarusian: ве́цер (be) m (vjécjer)
Bengali: বায়ু (bn) (baẏu), হাওয়া (bn) (haōẇa), বাতাস (bn) (bataś)
Bhojpuri: हवा (havā)
Bikol Central:
Bikol Legazpi: paros

Bikol Naga: duros (bcl)
Bislama: win
Bouyei: ndumx, rumx
Breton: avel (br)
Old Breton: auel
Brunei Bisaya: angin
Brunei Malay: angin
Buginese: anging
Bulgarian: вя́тър (bg) m (vjátǎr)
Burmese: လေ (my) (le)
Buryat: һалхи (halxi), һалхин (halxin)
Caló: barbán m
Carpathian Rusyn: вѣ́тор m (vî́tor), вї́тор m (vjítor)
Catalan: vent (ca) m
Cebuano: hangin
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⴹⵓ m (aḍu)
Central Melanau: pangai
Cham:
Eastern Cham: angin, ngin
Chamicuro: timili
Chechen: мох (mox)
Chepang: मारुः
Cherokee: ᎦᏃᎸᎥᏍᎬ (ganolvvsgv), ᎤᏃᎴ (unole)
Chichewa: mphepo
Chickasaw: mahli
Chinese:
Cantonese: 風／风 (yue) (fung¹)

Dungan: фын (fɨn)

Eastern Min: 風／风 (hŭng)

Gan: 風／风 (fung¹)

Hakka: 風／风 (fûng)

Hokkien: 風／风 (zh-min-nan) (hong, hoang)

Jin: 風／风 (feng¹)

Mandarin: 風／风 (zh) (fēng)

Northern Min: 風／风 (hó̤ng)

Wu: 風／风 (¹fon)

Xiang: 風／风 (hong¹)
Chuvash: ҫил (śil)
Cornish: awel f, gwyns m
Corsican: ventu m
Crimean Tatar:
Latin: yel, ruzgâr
Czech: vítr (cs) m
Dakota: tate
Dalmatian: viant m
Danish: vind (da) c, blæst c, luftstrøm c
Dhivehi: ވައި (dv) (vai)
Dolgan: тыал (tıal)
Drung: nvmbeung
Dupaningan Agta: paras
Dutch: wind (nl) m
Dzongkha: རླུང་མ། (rlung ma)
Eastern Arrernte: rlke
Egyptian:

(ṯꜣw)
Elfdalian: wind m
Emilian: vänt m (Bolognese)
Erzya: варма (varma)
Esperanto: vento (eo)
Estonian: tuul (et)
Even: хунӊэ, эдэн (ədən)
Evenki: эдын (ədin)
Ewe: aya
Extremaduran: vientu m
Fala: airi m, ventu m (Mañegu, Valverdeñu)
Faroese: vindur (fo) m
Fijian: cagi
Finnish: tuuli (fi)
Franco-Provençal: vinse m
French: vent (fr) m
Middle French: vent m
Friulian: vint m
Gagauz: lüzgär
Galician: vento (gl) m
Ge'ez: ነፋስ (näfas)
Georgian: ქარი (kari)
German: Wind (de) m
Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐍃 m (winds)
Greek: άνεμος (el) m (ánemos), αέρας (el) m (aéras)
Ancient: ἄνεμος m (ánemos)
Greenlandic: anori
Guaraní: yvytu
Gujarati: પવન (pavan)
Haitian Creole: van
Hausa: iska (ha)
Hawaiian: makani
Hebrew: רוּחַ (he) m or f (rúakh)
Higaonon: kalamag
Hiligaynon: hangin
Hindi: हवा (hi) f (havā), पवन (hi) m (pavan)
Hungarian: szél (hu)
Iban: angin
Icelandic: vindur (is) m
Ido: vento (io)
Ilocano: angin
Indonesian: angin (id)
Ingrian: tuuli
Ingush: мух (mux)
Interlingua: vento
Inuktitut: ᐊᓄᕆ (anori)
Iranun: andu'
Irish: gaoth (ga) f
Old Irish: feth, gáeth f
Isthmus Zapotec: bi
Istriot: vento m
Italian: vento (it) m
Iu Mien: nziaaux
Japanese: 風 (ja) (かぜ, kaze)
Javanese: angin (jv)
Jingpho: nbung
Kabuverdianu: vent'
Kalmyk: салькн (salʹkn)
Kannada: ಗಾಳಿ (kn) (gāḷi)
Kapampangan: angin
Karachay-Balkar: жел (jel), джел (cel)
Karaim: йэль (yel')
Karelian: tuuli
Kashubian: wiater m
Kaurna: warri
Kazakh: жел (kk) (jel)
Ket: бей (bej)
Khakas: чил (çil)
Khmer: ខ្យល់ (km) (khyɑl)
Kildin Sami: пӣӈӈк (pīŋŋk)
Kimaragang: sarup
Komi-Permyak: тӧв (töv)
Komi-Zyrian: тӧв (töv)
Kongo: tembo
Korean: 바람 (ko) (baram)
Koryak: кытэг (kəteɣ)
Kumyk: ел (yel)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: با (ba)

Laki: ڤا (ku) (va)

Northern Kurdish: ba (ku) m

Southern Kurdish: وا (ku) (wa)
Kven: tuuli
Kyrgyz: жел (ky) (jel), шамал (ky) (şamal)
Ladino: ayre m, viento m
Lak: марч
Lao: ລົມ (lo) (lom)
Latgalian: viejs m
Latin: ventus (la) m
Latvian: vējš (lv) m
Laz: ixi
Lezgi: гар (gar)
Lithuanian: vėjas (lt) m
Livonian: tūļ
Lombard: vent (lmo) m
Lotud: tongus
Lü: ᦟᦳᧄ (lum)
Luganda: embuyaga
Luxembourgish: Wand
Macedonian: ветер m (veter)
Maguindanao: endu, sambel
Makasar: anging
Malay:
Jawi: اڠين (ms), باد, بايو, ڤاوان, ريح

Rumi: angin (ms), bad (ms), bayu, pawana (ms), rih
Malayalam: കാറ്റ് (ml) (kāṟṟŭ)
Maltese: riħ f
Manchu: ᡝᡩᡠᠨ (edun)
Manx: geay f
Maori: hau (mi), matangi
Mapudungun: kvrvf
Maranao: ndo'
Marathi: वारा (vārā)
Mari:
Eastern Mari: мардеж (mardež)

Western Mari: мардеж (mardež)
Mauritian Creole: labriz
Middle Persian: 𐭥𐭠𐭲 (ʿʾt /⁠wād⁠/)
Minangkabau: angin (min)
Mingrelian: ბორია (boria), ქარი (kari)
Mirandese: biento m
Miyako: カジ (kazi)
Mòcheno: bint m
Mohawk: ówera
Mohegan-Pequot: wutun
Moksha: варма (varma)
Mon: ကျာ (mnw)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: салхи (mn) (salxi)

Mongolian: ᠰᠠᠯᠬᠢ (salki)
Muong: xỏ
Nahuatl:
Central: ehecatl, ehcatl

Classical: ehecatl

Guerrero: ajakatl

Highland Puebla: ejekat

Mecayapan: ejecaꞌ

Michoacán: ijyecal

Northern Puebla: yehyecatl

Tetelcingo: yejyecatl

Tlamacazapa: yejyekatl
Nanai: хэдун (hedun)
Navajo: níłchʼi, níyol
Neapolitan: viento m
Negidal: эдын
Nepali: हावा (ne) (hāwā)
Newar: phē
Ngarrindjeri: mayi
Ngazidja Comorian: upepo class 11
Niuean: matagi
Norman: vent m
North Frisian: winj m (Föhr-Amrum)
Northern Mansi: ^{(please verify)} во̄т (vōt)
Northern Ohlone: túj̄e
Northern Sami: biegga
Northern Thai: ᩃᩫ᩠ᨾ
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vind (no) m

Nynorsk: vind m
Nuosu: ꃅꆳ (mu hly)
Occitan: vent (oc) m
Odia: ବାତ (or) (bāta), ପବନ (or) (pabana)
Ojibwe: noodin
Okinawan: 風 (かじ, kazi)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: вѣтръ m (větrŭ)

Glagolitic: ⰲⱑⱅⱃⱏ m (větrŭ)
Old Czech: vietr m
Old East Slavic: вѣтръ m (větrŭ)
Old English: wind m
Old French: vent m
Old Galician-Portuguese: vento m
Old Javanese: hangin
Old Polish: wiatr m
Old Slovak: vietor m
Oroch: эдин, эди
Orok: хэдун (hədun), хэду (hədu)
Oromo: bubbee
Ossetian: дымгӕ (dymgæ), уад (wad)
Ottoman Turkish: یل (yel)
Pali: vāta m, vāyu m, pavana m
Pangasinan: dagem
Pannonian Rusyn: витор m (vitor)
Papiamentu: bientu
Parthian: 𐭅𐭀𐭃 (wʾd /⁠wāδ⁠/)
Pashto: باد (ps) m (bād)
Paumarí: sirisiri
Pela: ləi⁵⁵, li⁵⁵
Persian:
Dari: بَاد (fa) (bād)

Iranian Persian: باد (fa) (bâd)
Phake: လုံ (luṃ)
Picard: vint m
Piedmontese: vent m
Pipil: ejekat
Pitjantjatjara: waḻpa
Plautdietsch: Wint m
Polabian: v́otĕr m
Polish: wiatr (pl) m
Portuguese: vento (pt) m
Pukapukan: matangi
Punjabi: ਹਵਾ (havā)
Quechua: wayra (qu), waira
Romagnol: vènt m
Romani: balval f
Romanian: vânt (ro) n
Romansch: vent m
Rungus: bbarat
Russian: ве́тер (ru) m (véter)
Rwanda-Rundi: umuyaga
S'gaw Karen: ကလံၤ (ka leē)
Saanich: SPW̱ELO¸
Saho: xaaxa
Samoan: matagi (sm)
Sanskrit: वात (sa) m (vāta), वायु (sa) m (vāyu), अनिल (sa) m (anila), पवन (sa) m (pavana), मारुत (sa) m (māruta)
Sardinian: bentu m, ventu m
Scottish Gaelic: gaoth f
Sebop: kepo, celevut
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ве̏тар m (Ekavian), вје̏тар m (Ijekavian)

Roman: vȅtar (sh) m (Ekavian), vjȅtar (sh) m (Ijekavian),
Seychellois Creole: labriz
Shan: လူမ်း (shn) (lúum)
Shona: mhepo class 9
Shor: салғын (salğın)
Sicilian: ventu (scn) m
Silesian: wiater m
Sindhi: هوا f (havā), پون (pavanu)
Sinhalese: හුළඟ (huḷaⁿga)
Slovak: vietor m
Slovene: veter (sl) m
Somali: dabayl (so)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wětš m

Upper Sorbian: wětřik m
Sotho: moya
Southern Altai: салкын (salkïn), јел (ǰel)
Southern Sami: bïegke
Spanish: viento (es) m, aire (es) m
Old Spanish: viento m
Sranan Tongo: winti
Sumerian: tumu
Sundanese: maruta, bayu
Svan: ბიქუ̂ (bikû)
Swahili: upepo (sw)
Swedish: vind (sv) c, blåst (sv) c (strong wind)
Tabasaran: микӏ (miḳ)
Tagal Murut: livut
Tagalog: hangin (tl)
Tahitian: matai
Tai Nüa: ᥘᥨᥛᥰ (löm)
Tajik: бод (tg) (bod)
Tamil: காற்று (ta) (kāṟṟu)
Taos: wǫ́nemą
Tarantino: viènde m
Tashelhit: ⴰⴹⵓ m (aḍu), ⴰⵊⴰⵡⵡⵏ m (ajawwn) (strong wind)
Tatar: җил (tt) (cil)
Tausug: hangin
Tày: lồm
Telugu: పవనము (te) (pavanamu), తెమ్మెర (te) (temmera)
Ternate: kore
Tetum: anin
Thai: ลม (th) (lom)
Tibetan: རླུང (rlung)
Tigrinya: ንፋስ (nəfas)
Timugon Murut: bagiu
Tocharian A: want
Tocharian B: yente
Tok Pisin: win
Tongan: matangi
Tulu: ಗಾಳಿ (gāḷi)
Tumbuka: mphepo
Turkish: rüzgâr (tr), yel (tr), esin (tr) (obsolete), esinti (tr) (diminutive 'light wind')
Turkmen: ýel
Tuvan: салгын (salgın), хат (xat)
Udi: муш (muš)
Udihe: эди
Udmurt: тӧл (töl)
Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎈 (rḥ)
Ukrainian: ві́тер (uk) m (víter)
Ulch: хэду
Urdu: ہَوا f (havā), پَوَن m (pavan)
Uyghur: شامال (ug) (shamal), يېل (yël)
Uzbek: shamol (uz), yel (uz)
Venetan: vent m, vènt (vec) m, vento (vec) m
Veps: tullei
Vietnamese: gió (vi)
Volapük: vien (vo)
Voro: tuul'
Votic: tuuli
Walloon: vint (wa) m, air (wa) f
Waray-Waray: hangin
Welsh: awel (cy) f, gwynt (cy) m
West Coast Bajau: beriu
West Frisian: wyn c
Western Bukidnon Manobo: keramag
White Hmong: cua
Wolof: ngelaw, ngelew
Xhosa: umoya
Yagara: buran
Yagnobi: шамол (šamol)
Yakut: тыал (tıal)
Yámana: uša
Yao (South America): pepeïte
Yiddish: ווינט m (vint)
Yoruba: afẹ́fẹ́, ẹ̀fúfú
Yucatec Maya: iik’
Yurok: rookw
Zazaki: va (diq) f
Zealandic: wind m
Zhuang: rumz
Zulu: umoya (zu) class 3
ǃXóõ: ǂqhùe

the force developed by the movement of air

Bulgarian: тече́ние (bg) n (tečénie)
Chickasaw: mahli
Chinese:
Cantonese: 風力／风力 (fung¹ lik⁶)

Mandarin: 風力／风力 (zh) (fēnglì)
Finnish: tuuli (fi), tuulenpaine
French: souffle (fr) m
Hindi: वात (hi) m (vāt)
Hungarian: szél (hu), szélerő (hu), szélerősség (hu), szélenergia (hu)
Japanese: 風力 (ja) (ふうりょく, fūryoku)
Kabuverdianu: bentu
Korean: 풍력(風力) (ko) (pungnyeok)
Russian: тече́ние (ru) n (tečénije), возду́шная струя́ f (vozdúšnaja strujá)
Swahili: upepo (sw)
Tabasaran: микӏ (miḳ)
Telugu: వాయు పీడనం (vāyu pīḍanaṁ)
Vietnamese: sức gió
Zulu: umoya (zu) class 3

ability to exert oneself without feeling short of breath

Bulgarian: дъх (bg) m (dǎh)
Finnish: henki (fi)
French: souffle (fr) m
Greek: ανάσα (el) f (anása)
Hungarian: lélegzet (hu), szufla (hu), szusz (hu)
Japanese: 息 (ja) (いき, iki)
Korean: 숨 (ko) (sum)
Manx: ennal f
Russian: дух (ru) m (dux), дыха́ние (ru) n (dyxánije)

flatus

Basque: haize, flatulentzia
Bengali: বায়ু (bn) (baẏu)
Bulgarian: пръдня́ (bg) f (prǎdnjá) (colloquial)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 屁 (zh) (pì), 放屁 (zh) (fàngpì)
Danish: fjert c, prut (da) c, vind (da) c
Dutch: wind (nl) m
Estonian: tuul (et), puhitus (et)
Finnish: pieru (fi), ilmavaivat (fi) pl
French: pet (fr) m, vent (fr) m (dated)
Greek: εκφύσημα n (ekfýsima), αέριο (el) n (aério)
Hungarian: gáz (hu), bélgáz (hu), szellentés (hu), (distension): felfúvódás (hu)
Italian: scoreggia (it) f, flatulenza (it) f, peto (it) m
Japanese: おなら (ja) (onara), 屁 (ja) (へ, he)
Korean: 방귀 (ko) (banggwi)
Manx: geay
Norwegian:
Bokmål: fjert m, fis (no) m, promp (no) m
Old English: wind
Ottoman Turkish: یل (yel)
Polish: wiatry (pl) m pl
Portuguese: flatulência (pt) f
Russian: ве́тры (ru) m pl (vétry), перде́ние n (perdénije) (colloquial), пу́кание (ru) n (púkanije) (colloquial), пердёж m (perdjóž) (colloquial), бздёж m (bzdjož) (colloquial)
Spanish: flatulencia (es) f, pedo (es) m, viento (es) m
Swedish: fis (sv) c
Venetan: pet m

(music) the woodwind section of an orchestra; occasionally also used to include the brass section

Bulgarian: ду́хова се́кция f (dúhova sékcija)
French: bois (fr) m pl, instruments à vent (fr) m pl
Hungarian: fúvósok pl, (woodwind section in particular): fafúvósok pl, (brass section in particular): rézfúvósok pl
Russian: духовы́е pl (duxovýje)
Spanish: viento (es) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} vindur (is) m
Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} angin (id)
Javanese: ^{(please verify)} bayu
Lithuanian: ^{(please verify)} vėjas (lt) m
Somali: ^{(please verify)} dabayl (so), ^{(please verify)} dabeyl
Swahili: ^{(please verify)} upepo (sw)

Verb

Translations

blow air through (a wind instrument)

Afrikaans: blaas (af)
Bulgarian: духам (bg) (duham)
Danish: blæse (da)
Dutch: blazen (nl)
Finnish: puhaltaa (fi)
French: souffler (fr)
German: blasen (de)
Greek: φυσώ (el) (fysó)
Japanese: 吹く (ja) (fuku)
Luxembourgish: blosen
Macedonian: дува (duva)
Portuguese: soprar (pt) f
Swedish: blåsa (sv)

cause (someone) to become breathless

Bulgarian: задъхвам (zadǎhvam), задъхвам се (zadǎhvam se)
Finnish: lyödä ilmat pihalle (literally “hit”) (verb can be substituted for something else)
French: essouffler (fr)
Ido: anheligar (io)
Italian: sventagliare
Japanese: 気を失う (ki o ushinau)

wind oneself: exhaust oneself to the point of being short of breath

Afrikaans: geblaas
Bengali: হাঁপিয়ে যাওয়া (hãpiẏe jaōẇa)
Finnish: hengästyä
French: s’essouffler (fr)
Japanese: 息が切れる (iki ga kireru)
Middle English: wynden
Russian: запыхаться (ru) pf (zapyxatʹsja), вы́дохнуться (ru) pf (výdoxnutʹsja)

Etymology 2

Verb

Translations

to turn coils of something around

Afrikaans: wen (af)
Arabic: لَفَّ (laffa)
Basque: bildu
Bengali: প্যাঁচানো (bn) (pễcanō)
Bulgarian: навивам (bg) (navivam)
Czech: obtočit pf, omotat pf, ovinout (cs) pf
Danish: sno, vikle
Dutch: winden (nl), wikkelen (nl)
Esperanto: volvi
Estonian: mässima, kerima
Finnish: keriä (fi), kelata (fi)
French: enrouler (fr), embobiner (fr) (thread)
German: aufwickeln (de)
Old High German: wintan
Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌹𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌽 (biwindan)
Greek: περιελίσσω (el) (perielísso), τυλίγω (el) (tylígo)
Hungarian: csavar (hu), felteker (hu), gombolyít (hu), göngyölít (hu)
Icelandic: vinda (is)
Ingrian: kääriä
Italian: avvolgere (it), arrotolare (it)
Japanese: 巻く (ja) (maku)
Luxembourgish: opwéckelen
Maori: whiwhi, whakawhiwhi, pōkuru, takatakai
Middle English: wynden
Old Saxon: windan
Ottoman Turkish: صارمق (sarmak)
Polish: nawijać (pl)
Portuguese: enrolar (pt)
Russian: обвивать (ru) impf (obvivatʹ), обвить (ru) pf (obvitʹ), навивать (ru) impf (navivatʹ), навить (ru) pf (navitʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: snìomh
Slovene: naviti
Spanish: enrollar (es), bobinar (es), embobinar (es)
Swedish: vinda (sv), rulla upp
Telugu: చుట్టు (te) (cuṭṭu)
Walloon: erôler

to tighten a clockwork mechanism

Afrikaans: opwen
Basque: estutu
Bengali: দম দেওয়া (dom deōẇa)
Bulgarian: навивам (bg) (navivam)
Danish: trække op
Dutch: opwinden (nl)
Finnish: vetää (fi)
French: remonter (fr)
German: aufziehen (de)
Greek: κουρδίζω (el) (kourdízo)
Hungarian: felhúz (hu)
Italian: caricare (it)
Japanese: 巻く (ja) (maku)
Luxembourgish: opzéien
Middle English: wynden
Polish: nakręcić (pl)
Portuguese: dar corda a
Russian: заводи́ть (ru) (zavodítʹ)
Slovene: naviti
Swedish: vrida upp, skruva upp

to entwist; enfold; encircle

Bengali: প্যাঁচানো (bn) (pễcanō)
Finnish: kietoa (fi)
French: envelopper (fr)
Middle English: wynden
Ottoman Turkish: صارمق (sarmak)
Swedish: nysta (sv)

to travel in a way that is not straight

Arabic: تَعَرَّجَ (taʕarraja), اِنْعَرَجَ (inʕaraja)
Basque: estutu
Bengali: ঘোরা (bn) (ghōra)
Bulgarian: заобикалям (bg) (zaobikaljam)
Czech: vinout se pf, klikatit se pf
Finnish: kiemurrella (fi), mutkitella (fi) (road), kierrellä (fi)
French: serpenter (fr)
German: sich winden, sich schlängeln
Greek: ελίσσομαι (el) (elíssomai)
Hungarian: kanyarog (hu), kígyózik (hu)
Japanese: 曲がりくねる (magarikuneru), 蛇行する (dakō suru)
Middle English: wynden
Portuguese: serpentear
Spanish: serpentear (es)
Swedish: slingra (sv)
Walloon: si winner (wa)

to have complete control over

Finnish: pyörittää (fi)
French: soumettre (fr)

to introduce by insinuation — see insinuate

to cover or surround with something coiled about

Bulgarian: увивам (bg) (uvivam)
Finnish: rihmata (to wind a rope with twine); kietoa jonkin ympäri
Middle English: wynden

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Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} menyusuri