Words

iris ἶρις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "rainbow". The genitive form is ἴριδος (iridos).

írú Igbo
Igbo word meaning "front, face" (íhú in Central dialect).

is Old High German, Old Dutch (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "ice".

īśa ईश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "ruler, lord, husband".

īsą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ice".

isarn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "iron".

īsarną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "iron".

ísí Igbo
Igbo word meaning "head, foremost".

isifiso Nguni
Nguni word meaning "wish".

isipho Nguni
Nguni word meaning "gift, present".

isizwe Nguni
Nguni word meaning "nation".

ʾIslām إسلام Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Islam", referring to the religion.

isos ἴσος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "equal".

iṣṭafā اصطفا Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to choose".

īśvara ईश्वर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lord, god".

iʿtadala اعتدل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be balanced, to be moderate".

iʿtamada اعتمد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to depend, to rely on".

ìtàn Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "history, story".

iʿtaṣama اعتصم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to hold fast, to adhere".

ithemba Nguni
Nguni word meaning "trust, hope".

ìtọwo Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "taste".

itztli Aztec
Nahuatl word meaning "obsidian".

iudd Old Welsh, Medieval Breton
Old Welsh and Old Breton word meaning "lord".

iunius Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "June".

iuvenis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "youth, young adult".

iw Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "yew tree".

iwa 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "yew tree".

iwájú Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "front, forward, ahead".

īwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "yew tree".

ìyá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "mother".

ʿizz عزّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "power, strength, glory, honour".

ja 1 ज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "born".

ja 5 Swahili
Swahili word meaning "come, arrive".

jabara جبر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to force, to compel, to restore, to console, to set a bone".

jabbār جبّار Arabic
Arabic word meaning "almighty, powerful".

jāda جاد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be excellent, to be generous".

jade French, English
French and English word meaning "jade", ultimately from Spanish ijada.

jagat जगत् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "world, universe".

jagon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to hunt".

jahada جهد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to struggle, to strive".

jahān جهان Persian
Persian word meaning "world".

jaina जैन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "Jain, follower of Jainism".

jalāl جلال Arabic
Arabic word meaning "greatness, splendour".

jalīl جليل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "great, important, exalted".

jalla جلّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be great".

jamāl جمال Arabic
Arabic word meaning "beauty".

jamala جمل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be beautiful".

jamīl جميل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "beautiful".

jān جان Persian
Persian word meaning "soul, life" or "darling".

janna 1 جنّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to cover, to hide".

janna 2 جنّة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "paradise, garden".

jardin Medieval French
Old French word meaning "garden", of Frankish origin.

jargal жаргал Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "happiness, blessing".

jarl Old Norse
Old Norse noble title.

jarŭ ꙗръ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "bitter, fierce, energetic".

järvi Finnish
Finnish word meaning "lake".

jāta जात Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "born, grown".

jats Basque
Basque word meaning "sorghum".

jaya जय Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victory, conquest".

jayanta जयन्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victorious".

jenga Swahili
Swahili word meaning "build, construct".

jetë Albanian
Albanian word meaning "life".

jí 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "awake".

jì 3 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "forgive".

jì 4 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "hold, take".

jĭskra Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "spark".

jita जित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "conquered".

jiti जिति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "victory, conquering".

jĭva Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "willow".

jĭzbyti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to remain, to dispel".

jj 𓇋𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to come".

jó Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "good".

jǫfurr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "boar, prince".

joinen Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "to join".

joki Finnish
Finnish word meaning "river".

joli Medieval French
Old French word meaning "pretty".

jonchere Medieval Dutch
Dutch noble title meaning "young lord".

jonë Albanian
Albanian word meaning "our".

jór Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "horse".

jǫrð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "earth, soil".

jouel Medieval French
Old French word meaning "jewel".

jrj 𓇋𓂋𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "with respect to".

js 𓇋𓋴 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "that, for".

jt 𓇋𓏏 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "father".

jumʿa جمعة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Friday", usually written with the definite article: الجمعة (al-jumʿa).

jung 1 Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "young".

jungaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "young".

jyotis ज्योतिस् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light, brightness".

jyotiśa ज्योतिश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "astronomer".

jyotsnā ज्योत्स्ना Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "moonlight".

ka 10 𓎡𓄿 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "soul".

ka 12 Igbo
Igbo comparative suffix meaning "exceed, surpass, greater".

ka 9 Hawaiian
Hawaiian definite article ("the").

kaan хаан Mongolian
Mongolian title meaning "khan, ruler, leader".

kabīr كبير Arabic
Arabic word meaning "great, big".

kağan Turkish
Turkish form of kaan.

kai 2 Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "sea".

kaisaraz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "emperor", derived from the Roman name Caesar.

kajjala कज्जल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "kohl, collyrium".

kake κάκη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "evil".

kalina Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "viburnum tree".

kallos κάλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beauty".

kalos καλός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beautiful".

kalpana कल्पन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "imagining, fantasy".

kalŭ калъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "dirt, mud".

kalyāṇa कल्याण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "beautiful, lovely, auspicious".

kāma काम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "love, desire".

kama Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "child".

kamāl كمال Arabic
Arabic word meaning "perfection".

kamala كمل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to become perfect".

kambos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Old Celtic word meaning "crooked, twisted".

kāmil كامل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "perfect, complete".

kampijō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "soldier" (from Latin campus).

kán Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "drop".

kanan כָּנַן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to plant, to establish".

kañcana कञ्चन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "gold".

kānta कान्त Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "desired, beloved, beautiful".

kānti कान्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "beauty".

kantos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Old Celtic word meaning "border, edge, rim".

kara 1 कर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "maker".

kara 2 Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "black, dark".

karabo Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "answer".

karāma كرامة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "nobility, generosity, miracle, wonder".

karaṇa करण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "clever, skillful".

kareti Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Old Celtic word meaning "to love, to desire".

karil Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "man".

karīm كريم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "generous, noble".

karl Old High German, Old Norse
Old High German (also spelled karal) and Old Norse word meaning "man".

karlaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "man".

karpos καρπός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "fruit".

kárr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "curly, curved".

karuma كرم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be generous".

karuṇā करुणा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "compassion, mercy".

kasih Malay
Malay word meaning "love".

kasto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "crate".

katilaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "kettle, cauldron".

katleho Sotho
Sotho-Tswana word meaning "prosperity, success".

katus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "battle".

kaûã Tupi
Tupi word meaning "hawk, falcon".

kaupōną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to buy, to trade" (related to Latin caupo).

kavaḏ כָּבַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be heavy, to be glorious".

kavitā कविता Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "poem, poetry".

kavŭka Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "jackdaw".

kay 2 Medieval French
Old French word meaning "wharf, quay".

kaya Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "rock, mountain".

kazav כָּזַב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to lie, to deceive".

kaziti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to destroy".

kè 2 Igbo
Igbo word meaning "create".

kẹ́ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "cherish, care".

kea Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "white".

kẹ́hìn Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "final, last".

keisar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "emperor", derived from the Roman name Caesar.

kekasmai κέκασμαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to excel, to shine".

kemphio Old High German
Old High German word meaning "champion, warrior".

kentus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "first".

kerasion κεράσιον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "cherry".

ketill Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "kettle, cauldron" (later also acquiring the meaning "helmet").

keulaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ship, keel".

khaj 𓐍𓂝𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to appear".

khalada خلد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to last forever".

khalīfa خليفة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "successor, caliph".

kham ຄຳ Lao
Lao word meaning "gold".

khamīs خميس Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Thursday", usually written with the definite article: الخميس (al-khamīs).

khamsa خمسة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "five".

khandīdan خندیدن Persian
Persian word meaning "to laugh".

khanya Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to shine".

khāra خار Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to choose".

khayr خير Arabic
Arabic word meaning "goodness, charity".

khazimula Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to shine, to be bright".

khitai Medieval Turkic
Old Turkic word referring to the Khitan people.

khodā خدا Persian
Persian word meaning "god, lord".

khorram خرّم Persian
Persian word meaning "happy, pleasant".

khwj 𓐍𓅱𓇋 Ancient Egyptian
Ancient Egyptian word meaning "to protect".

ki 10 𒆠 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "place, ground, earth".

ki 9 כִּי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "that, because, since".

kind Old High German, Old Saxon
Old High German and Old Saxon word meaning "child".

kindą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "child".

kīnu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "legitimate, true".

kiraṇa किरण Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "dust" or "thread" or "sunbeam".

kirihha Old High German
Old High German word meaning "church" (from Greek).

kirkja Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "church" (via Old English from Greek).

kīrti कीर्ति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fame, renown".

kis Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "small".

kiśora किशोर Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "colt".

kista Old High German
Old High German word meaning "chest, box" (via Latin from Greek).

kjarr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "thicket, brush".

kleini Old High German
Old High German word meaning "small, little".

kleitos κλειτός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "splendid, famous".

kleos κλέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "glory".

klytos κλυτός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "famous, noble".

kneht Old Germanic (Hypothetical), Old High German
West Germanic and Old High German word meaning "servant, apprentice".

knif Old Saxon
Old Saxon word meaning "knife".

knopf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "button".

kó Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "gather".

koa Hawaiian
Hawaiian word meaning "warrior".

kǫdrĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "curl".

koh Old High German
Old High German word meaning "a cook".

kok Old Saxon, Old Dutch
Old Saxon and Old Dutch word meaning "a cook".

kokkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "rooster, cock".

kokotŭ кокотъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "rooster".

kol Old High German
Old High German word meaning "coal".

kollo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "head, peak".

kolo 1 коло Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "wheel".

kolo 2 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "cabbage".

kom Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "with".

kondwa Chewa
Nyasa word meaning "be happy".

köngül Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "heart".

konĭčĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "end".

kōniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "skillful, clever".

konr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "son, descendant".

kopf Old High German
Old High German word meaning "head".

koppel Medieval Low German
Middle Low German word meaning "paddock, pasture".

kor Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "ember".

korallion κοράλλιον Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "coral".

Kord کرد Persian
Persian word meaning "Kurd".

kore κόρη Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "maiden".

korkem көркем Kazakh
Kazakh word meaning "beautiful, elegant, graceful, artistic".

korľĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "king", derived from the given name Karl, in reference to Charlemagne.

korn Old High German
Old High German word meaning "kernel, grain".

koufon Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to buy, to trade".

kovati ковати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to forge".

koza коза Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "goat".

közel Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "beautiful".

kozĭlŭ козьлъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "male goat".

kram Old High German
Old High German word meaning "tent, trading post".

kranz Old High German
Old High German word meaning "wreath".

krasa краса Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "beauty, adornment".

kratos κράτος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "power, strength".

krěsiti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to spark, to flare up, to bring to life, to resurrect".

krĭstŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "cross".

krites κριτής Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "judge, critic".

kroch Medieval German
Middle High German word meaning "tavern".

krojiti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to cut".

krona Old High German
Old High German word meaning "crown", ultimately from Latin corona.

kṛta कृत Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "done, accomplished".

kṛti कृति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "action, deed, work".

Kṛttikā कृत्तिका Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring the constellation of the Pleiades.

kruna Croatian
Croatian word meaning "crown", ultimately from Latin corona.

kruog Old High German
Old High German word meaning "jug, pot".

krupa крꙋпа Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "grain, groats".

krus Medieval German
Middle High German word meaning "curly".

kruša Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pear".

krystallos κρύσταλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "ice".

kṣiti क्षिति Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "earth".

kṣitija क्षितिज Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "earth-born, horizon".

ktaomai κτάομαι Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to acquire".

kū 1 Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "dog".

kučera Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "curl of hair".

kudurru Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "eldest son".

kukkaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "rooster, cock".

kula 1 कुल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "family".

kula 2 Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "hole, bump".

kullaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "head, peak".

kūlǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "hole, bump".

kumāra कुमार Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boy, son, prince".

kumārī कुमारी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "girl".

kún Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "to fill, to be full, replenish".

kun כּוּן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to establish, to prepare".

kǔnęzĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "prince", of Germanic origin.

kuni 1 Frankish (Hypothetical), Old High German
Frankish word meaning "clan, family". As an Old High German and Frankish prefix it meant "kingly, royal".

kuning Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "king".

kuningaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "king".

kuningrihhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "kingdom".

kuniz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "kingly, chiefly, race, descendant".

kunją Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "clan, family, lineage".

kunkel Medieval German
Middle High German word meaning "distaff, spindle".

kunni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "clan, family".

kunþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "known, familiar".

kuofa Old High German
Old High German word meaning "container, cask, barrel".

kuoni Old High German
Old High German word meaning "brave, bold".

kur 𒆳 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "mountain, land, underworld".

kūseh کوسه Persian
Persian word meaning "shark, beardless".

kut Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "luck, good fortune".

květŭ квѣтъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "flower, blossom".

kvistr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "twig, branch".

kwú Igbo
Igbo word meaning "speak".

kydos κῦδος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "glory, renown".

kyrgyz кыргыз Kyrgyz, English
Kyrgyz word meaning "Kyrgyz".

kyriakon κυριακόν Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "church".

kyrios κύριος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "lord".

ʾl Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "god".

lad Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "course, way".

láech Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "warrior".

lahhi Old High German
Old High German word meaning "doctor, healer".

laibō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "remainder, remnant, legacy".

laibu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "remainder, remnant, legacy".

laikaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "play, game, sport".

laineh Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "wave".

lakci Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "bay, cove".

laki Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "doctor, healer".

lakso Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "valley".

lala लल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "playing, caressing".

lāleh لاله Persian
Persian word meaning "tulip".

laleo λαλέω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to talk".

lalita ललित Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "playful, charming, desirable".

lamaʿa لمع Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to shine, to gleam".

lampo λάμπω Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "to shine".

lāna لان Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be soft".

land Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Old Saxon, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old English, Old Norse, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "land".

landą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "land".