Words

ārya आर्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "Aryan, noble".

ʿasa עָשָׂה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to do, to make".

āśā आशा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wish, desire, hope".

ʾasad أسد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "lion".

ʿasal عسل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "honey".

ʿaṣama عصم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to protect".

ašarēdu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "preeminent".

asc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ash tree".

ascia Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "axe".

ʿāsha عاش Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to live".

ʾashar אָשַׁר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be happy, to be blessed".

ʾashya אָשְׁיָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "support, column, buttress".

ʾaṣīl أصيل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "pure, noble".

asil асыл Kazakh
Kazakh word meaning "precious, noble".

asīman असीमन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boundless, limitless".

āśiṣa आशिष Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "prayer, blessing".

ask Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "ash tree".

askaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ash tree".

ʾaṣl أصل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "origin, source".

ʾaslama أسْلم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to surrender, to submit".

áss Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "god", referring to one of the Æsir.

assumo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to take up, to receive, to assume".

aster ἀστήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "star".

ʾaṣula أصل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to become rooted".

aśvin अश्विन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "possessed of horses".

ʾaʿṭā أعطى Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to give, to offer".

ʿaṭāʾ عطاء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "gift".

ata Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "father, ancestor".

ʿaṭafa عطف Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to incline, to be fond of".

ʿaṯal עֲתַל Ancient Hebrew (Hypothetical)
Unattested Hebrew word possibly meaning "exalted".

aðal Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "nobility".

aþal Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "nobility".

aþalaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "noble".

aþals 𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "nobility".

aþn 𐌰𐌸𐌽 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "year".

aþnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "year".

ātman आत्मन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "soul, spirit, life".

atta 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "father".

atto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "father".

attô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "father".

aud Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "wealth, fortune".

audaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wealth, fortune".

auds 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "wealth, fortune".

aują Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wellness".

aujō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "island, wetland".

aur Welsh
Welsh word meaning "gold" (of Latin origin).

aura αὔρα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "breeze".

aurum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "gold".

austr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "east".

austrą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "east".

australis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "southern".

austro Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "dawn".

auðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wealth, fortune".

auxiliator Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "helper".

ʾav אָב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "father".

ʿavaḏ עָבַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to serve, to work, to worship".

avalok अवलोक् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "to look down".

avanī अवनी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "earth".

ave Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "greetings, salutations, hello".

avināśa अविनाश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "indestructible".

avorŭ аворъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "maple tree".

awahaimaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "maternal uncle".

awǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "grandmother".

ay 2 Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "moon, month".

ʿāyana عاين Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to see".

ayāna अयान Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "not moving, natural disposition".

ayana अयन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "path, progress, going".

ayauly аяулы Kazakh
Kazakh word meaning "beloved, dear".

ayaz Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "dry and cold air".

ayé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "life, world".

ʿayin עַיִן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "eye".

āyneh آینه Persian
Persian word meaning "mirror".

ayọ̀ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "joy".

ʾayyal אַיָּל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "deer, gazelle".

azaleos ἀζαλέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dry".

ʿaẓama عظمة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "majesty, glory".

ʿazar עָזַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to help".

azat Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "free", ultimately from Persian.

azata 𐎠𐏀𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
Old Persian word meaning "free, noble".

ʿazaz עָזַז Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be strong".

ʾazhar أزهر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "shining, brilliant, bright".

ʿazīz عزيز Arabic
Arabic word meaning "powerful, excellent".

àzụ́ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "back, posterior".

ʿaẓuma عظم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be great".

azurium Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "lapis lazuli, azure".

ʿazza عزّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be powerful, to be cherished".

ʾb Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic root meaning "father".

ba 1 Igbo
Igbo suffix meaning "continue".

ba 2 Hausa
Hausa prefix meaning "belonging to".

bá Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "meet, find".

baatar баатар Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "hero".

baba 1 баба Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "grandmother, old woman".

baba 2 Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "father".

baban Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "baby, infant".

babu బాబు Telugu
Telugu word meaning "father".

backere Medieval Dutch
Middle Dutch word meaning "baker".

badan بدن Persian
Persian word meaning "body", of Arabic origin.

badr بدر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "full moon".

badu Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frankish word meaning "battle".

badwō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "battle".

bæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "stream".

bæcere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "baker".

bærnan Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "to burn".

bærnet Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "a burning".

bagatur Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "hero, warrior, brave".

baggi Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bundle, pack, bag".

bagmaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beam, tree".

bah Old High German
Old High German word meaning "stream".

bahār بهار Persian
Persian word meaning "spring (season)".

bahija بهج Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be happy, to rejoice in".

baiovarii Late Roman
Late Latin word referring to a Germanic tribe (see Bavaria).

bairgo 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌲𐍉 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "help, protection".

baiulus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "porter, carrier", later acquiring the meaning "manager, steward".

bakari Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "baker".

bakārijaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "baker".

bakht بخت Persian
Persian word meaning "fortune, happiness".

bakiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "stream".

bakki Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bank, ridge".

bal Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "left".

bāla बाल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "young".

bala बल Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "strength, might".

bald Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bold, brave".

balneum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "bath".

balþaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bold, brave".

ban Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bone".

bana בָּנָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to build".

banastre Anglo-Norman
Norman French word meaning "basket".

banda 𒌉𒁕 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "young, wild, fierce".

Bānglā বাংলা Bengali
Bengali word for the Bengali people.

baniere Medieval French
Old French word meaning "banner".

bann Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "peak".

bānû 𒆕 Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "creator, builder".

bānū بانو Persian
Persian word meaning "lady".

banzi Nguni
Nguni word meaning "wide, broad".

baraka 1 برك Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to kneel down, to be blessed".

baraka 2 بركة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "blessing".

bārān باران Persian
Persian word meaning "rain".

baranŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "ram, male sheep".

barat Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "trouble, deception" (of Old French origin).

barba Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beard".

bardaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beard".

bardǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "axe".

baro Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "man, freeman" (of Frankish origin).

barr Old Irish, Old Welsh
Old Irish and Old Welsh word meaning "top, head".

barre Medieval French
Old French word meaning "bar, barrier".

barros Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "point, top".

barrum Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Vulgar Latin word meaning "clay, mud".

bart Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "beard".

barta Old High German
Old High German word meaning "axe".

baš Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "head".

basama بسم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to smile".

bashshara بشّر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to bring good news".

baso Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "uncle, kinsman".

bassus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "thick, low, stumpy".

baswô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "uncle, kinsman".

bat Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "boat".

baṯ בַּת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "daughter".

baṯa בָּתָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "destruction, end".

battalia Late Roman
Vulgar Latin word meaning "battle".

batu 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "battle".

batu 2 бат Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "strong, firm".

baugaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ring, bracelet, armlet, something bent".

baunō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bean".

bayar баяр Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "joy".

bayiṯ בַּיִת Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "house, home".

ʿbd 𐤏𐤁𐤃 Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical), Phoenician
Semitic root meaning "servant, slave".

bd 𐤁𐤃 Phoenician
Phoenician prefix meaning "on behalf of".

bé Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "woman".

bẹ̀ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "beg, pray".

beadu Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "battle".

beald Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bold, brave".

beall Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ball".

bean Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bean".

bearn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "child, son".

beau Medieval French
Variant of bel.

beburaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beaver".

bec Medieval French
Old French word meaning "bird beak".

bece Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beech tree".

beckari Old High German
Old High German word meaning "baker".

beg Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "chieftain, master".

beh به Persian
Persian word meaning "good".

beki Old Dutch, Old Saxon
Old Dutch and Old Saxon word meaning "stream".

bekkr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "stream".

bel Medieval French
Old French word meaning "beautiful".

beliyaʿal בְּלִיַעַל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew term meaning "worthless". This term is used in later Christian tradition as a name for an evil angel associated with lawlessness and lust.

bella Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beautiful" (feminine).

bellus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beautiful" (masculine).

bělŭ бѣлъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "white".

ben 1 בֵּן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "son".

ben 2 Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "woman".

bendigaid Welsh
Welsh word meaning "blessed".

beo Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bee".

beofor Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "beaver".

beonet Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

beorc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "birch tree".

beorg Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "mountain, hill".

beorht Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bright".

beorn Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "warrior, man", probably originally meaning "bear".

beos Anglo-Saxon (Hypothetical)
Old English word meaning "bent grass" (genus Agrostis).

bera Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "bear (animal)".

beraht Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bright".

bere Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "barley".

berg Old High German, Old Dutch, Old Norse
Old High German, Old Dutch and Old Norse word meaning "mountain, hill".

bergaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mountain, hill, shelter".

bergō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "help, salvation".

berhan ብርሃን Amharic
Amharic word meaning "light".

berht Old Saxon, Old Dutch (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Saxon, Old Dutch and Frankish word meaning "bright".

berhtaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bright".

berk Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "mighty, firm, solid".

berkō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "birch tree".

bern Old High German, Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old High German and Frankish word meaning "bear (animal)".

bernuz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bear (animal)".

bero Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bear (animal)".

berô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bear (animal)".

beryllos βήρυλλος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "beryl", of Sanskrit origin.

besë Albanian
Albanian word meaning "pledge, faith".

beta Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "beet".

bethu Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "life".

beusu Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "reed, rush, bent grass".

bhadra भद्र Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "fortune, prosperity".

bhāṣā भाषा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "speech, language".

bhāsa भास Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "light".

bhaṭṭāra भट्टार Sanskrit
Sanskrit title meaning "noble lord".

bhāvana भावन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "producing, manifesting".

bhīma भीम Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "terrible, formidable".

bi Basque
Basque word meaning "two".

bí Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "to give birth, to beget".

bia βία Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "force, power".

bibar Old High German
Old High German word meaning "beaver".

biben Old High German
Old High German word meaning "to tremble".

bibēną Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "to tremble".

bilga 𒉋𒂵 Sumerian
Sumerian word meaning "male ancestor".

binut Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
West Germanic word meaning "reed, rush, bent grass".

bios βίος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "life".

bĭrati бьрати Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to take, to gather, to reap".

birka Old High German
Old High German word meaning "birch tree".

bis Medieval French
Old French word meaning "drab, dingy".

biser бисер South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "pearl", derived from the Bulgar language, of Arabic origin.

bjǫrg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "help, salvation".

bjǫrk Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "birch tree".

bjǫrn Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bear (animal)".

bʿl Ancient Semitic (Hypothetical)
Semitic word meaning "lord, master, possessor".

blac Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "pale, shining, white".

bladona Late Roman
Latin word meaning "mullein plant" (of Celtic origin).

blæc Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "black".

blagoroden благороден South Slavic
South Slavic word meaning "noble".

blanc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "white".

blancus Late Roman (Hypothetical)
Latin word meaning "white".

blank Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "white".

blankaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "white, blank".

blao Old High German
Old High German word meaning "blue".

bláth Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "flower".

blātus Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "flower".

blau Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "blue".

blaw Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "blue".

blawt Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "flowers, blossoms".

bleidd Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "wolf".

blēwaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "blue".

bliþe Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "happy, blithe".

blóm Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "bloom, flower".

blōmô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "bloom, flower".

blund Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "golden brown".

blundaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "mixed".

bluomo Old High German
Old High German word meaning "bloom, flower".

bó 2 Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "cow".

bọ̀ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "return".

bod Old Frisian, Old Saxon (Hypothetical), Frankish (Hypothetical)
Old Frisian, Old Saxon and Frankish word meaning "command, order".

bogŭ богъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "god".

boii Ancient Roman
Latin word referring to a Gaulish tribe, possibly from a Celtic word meaning "cow".

bojĭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "battle".

bōkō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "beech tree".

bokor Hungarian
Hungarian word meaning "bush".

bold 1 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "house".

bold 2 болд Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "steel".

boľe болѥ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "more, better".

bolgŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "good, pleasant".

bolor болор Mongolian
Mongolian word meaning "crystal".

bom Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "tree".

bon Medieval French
Old French word meaning "good".

bona Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "bean".

bona ventura Ancient Roman
Latin phrase meaning "good luck".

bonga Nguni
Nguni word meaning "to thank".

bonor Polynesian
Polynesian word meaning "good, moral".

bonus Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "good".

bord Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "board, plank".

borg Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "fortress, fortification, citadel".

borgne Medieval French
Old French word meaning "one-eyed".

borna Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "defence, protection".

borti Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "to fight".

borŭ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "pine tree".

bos Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "cow, bull, ox".

boscus Late Roman
Late Latin word meaning "bush" (of Germanic origin).

bosŭ босъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "barefoot".

bót Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "remedy, improvement".

bot 1 Old High German
Old High German word meaning "command, order".

bot 2 Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "remedy, help".

botecher Medieval German
Middle High German word meaning "cooper, barrel maker".

bǫð Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "battle".

both Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "hut, stall".

botm Anglo-Saxon
Old English word meaning "ground, soil, bottom".