Ancestor in Different Languages. Learn How to Say and Translate
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Ancestor in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say ancestor in different languages. This page features translation of the word "ancestor" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce ancestor and how to read it.
Saying Ancestor in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say ancestor | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | paraardhës | |
| Basque | arbasoa | |
| Belarusian | продак [prodak] | |
| Bosnian | predak | |
| Bulgarian | прародител [praroditel] | |
| Catalan | avantpassat | |
| Corsican | antenatu | |
| Croatian | predak | |
| Czech | předek | |
| Danish | forfader | |
| Dutch | Voorouder | |
| Estonian | esivanem | |
| Finnish | esi-isä | |
| French | ancêtre | |
| Frisian | foarâlder | |
| Galician | antepasado | |
| German | Vorfahr | |
| Greek | πρόγονος [prógonos] | |
| Hungarian | ős | |
| Icelandic | forföður | |
| Irish | sinsear | |
Saying Ancestor in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say ancestor | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | նախահայր [nakhahayr] | |
| Azerbaijani | əcdad | |
| Bengali | পূর্বপুরুষ [pūrbapuruṣa] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 祖先 [zǔxiān] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 祖先 [zǔxiān] | |
| Georgian | წინაპარი [ts’inap’ari] | |
| Gujarati | પૂર્વજ [pūrvaja] | |
| Hindi | पूर्वज [poorvaj] | |
| Hmong | yawg koob | |
| Japanese | 祖先 | |
| Kannada | ಪೂರ್ವಜ [pūrvaja] | |
| Kazakh | арғы ата [arğı ata] | |
| Khmer | បុព្វបុរស | |
| Korean | 선조 [seonjo] | |
| Kyrgyz | баба [baba] | |
| Lao | ບັນພະບຸລຸດ [ banphabulud] | |
| Malayalam | പൂർവ്വികൻ [poorvvikan] | |
| Marathi | पूर्वज [pūrvaja] | |
| Mongolian | өвөг дээдэс [övög deedes] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | ဘိုးဘေး [ bhoebhayy] | |
| Nepali | पुर्खा [purkhā] | |
| Odia | ପୂର୍ବଜ | |
| Pashto | پلار | |
| Punjabi | ਪੂਰਵਜ [pūravaja] | |
| Sindhi | ابا ڏاڏا | |
| Sinhala | මුතුන් මිත්තන් [mutun mittan] | |
| Tajik | ниёгон | |
| Tamil | மூதாதையர் [mūtātaiyar] | |
| Telugu | పూర్వీకుడు [pūrvīkuḍu] | |
| Thai | บรรพบุรุษ | |
| Turkish | Ata | |
| Turkmen | ata-babasy | |
| Urdu | پرکھا | |
| Uyghur | ئەجداد | |
| Uzbek | ajdod | |
| Vietnamese | Tổ tiên | |
Saying Ancestor in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say ancestor | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | سلف [salaf] | |
| Hebrew | אָב קַדמוֹן | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | pêşî | |
| Persian | جد | |
Saying Ancestor in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say ancestor | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | voorvader | |
| Amharic | ቅድመ አያት [k’idime āyati] | |
| Chichewa | kholo | |
| Hausa | kakanni | |
| Igbo | nna nna | |
| Kinyarwanda | abakurambere | |
| Sesotho | moholoholo | |
| Shona | tateguru | |
| Somali | awow | |
| Swahili | babu | |
| Xhosa | ukhokho | |
| Yoruba | baba ńlá | |
| Zulu | idlozi | |
Saying Ancestor in Austronesian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say ancestor | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | katigulangan | |
| Filipino | ninuno | |
| Hawaiian | kupuna | |
| Indonesian | leluhur | |
| Javanese | leluhur | |
| Malagasy | razana | |
| Malay | moyang | |
| Maori | tupuna | |
| Samoan | tuaa | |
| Sundanese | karuhun | |
Saying Ancestor in Other Foreign Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say ancestor | |
|---|---|---|
| Esperanto | prapatro | |
| Haitian Creole | zansèt | |
| Latin | antecessor | |
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