A ghost is often described as the spirit or soul of a deceased person that appears to the living. The term for “ghost” varies widely across different languages and cultures. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “ghost” is expressed in 70 different languages from around the world, from the most commonly spoken languages to some of the lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “ghost” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Fantazmë | Pronunciation: Fan-taz-muh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – شبح (Shabah) | Pronunciation: Sha-bah
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – ուրվական (Urvakan) | Pronunciation: Ur-va-kan
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Kabus | Pronunciation: Kah-boos
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Mamua | Pronunciation: Ma-moo-ah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Прывід (Pryvid) | Pronunciation: Pree-veed
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – ভূত (Bhut) | Pronunciation: Bhut
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Duh | Pronunciation: Doo-h
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Призрак (Prizrak) | Pronunciation: Pree-zrahk
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Fantasma | Pronunciation: Fan-taz-ma
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Duch | Pronunciation: Doo-h
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Spøgelse | Pronunciation: Spu-guh-lseh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Geest | Pronunciation: Gh-ayst
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Ghost | Pronunciation: Ghost
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Kummitus | Pronunciation: Koom-mee-tus
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – روح (Ruh) | Pronunciation: Roo-h
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Aave | Pronunciation: Ah-veh
- French (🇫🇷) – Fantôme | Pronunciation: Fan-tome
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – მოჩვენება (Mochveneba) | Pronunciation: Mo-chve-ne-ba
- German (🇩🇪) – Geist | Pronunciation: Gh-ayst
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Φάντασμα (Fántasma) | Pronunciation: Fan-tas-ma
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – רוח רפאים (Ruach Refa’im) | Pronunciation: Roo-akh Re-fa-eem
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – भूत (Bhoot) | Pronunciation: Bhut
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Szellem | Pronunciation: Szel-lem
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Draugur | Pronunciation: Droy-gur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Hantu | Pronunciation: Han-too
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Taibhse | Pronunciation: Tiv-sheh
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Fantasma | Pronunciation: Fan-taz-ma
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 幽霊 (Yūrei) | Pronunciation: Yoo-ray
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Елес (Yeles) | Pronunciation: Ye-les
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ប្របូក (Brabouk) | Pronunciation: Bra-bouk
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 유령 (Yuryeong) | Pronunciation: Yoo-ryung
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Rûh | Pronunciation: Roo-h
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Арбак (Arbak) | Pronunciation: Ar-bak
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຜີ (Pee) | Pronunciation: Pee
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Spoks | Pronunciation: Spoks
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Vaiduoklis | Pronunciation: Vay-duo-klis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gespenst | Pronunciation: Gesh-penst
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Дух (Duh) | Pronunciation: Doo-h
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Hantu | Pronunciation: Han-too
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Spettru | Pronunciation: Spet-troo
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 鬼 (Guǐ) | Pronunciation: Gway
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – भूत (Bhūt) | Pronunciation: Bhut
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Сүнс (Süns) | Pronunciation: Su-ns
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – भूत (Bhūt) | Pronunciation: Bhut
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Spøkelse | Pronunciation: Spu-kehl-seh
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – روح (Ruh) | Pronunciation: Roo-h
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Duch | Pronunciation: Doo-h
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Fantasma | Pronunciation: Fan-taz-ma
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Fantomă | Pronunciation: Fan-to-ma
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Призрак (Prizrak) | Pronunciation: Pree-zrahk
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Дух (Duh) | Pronunciation: Doo-h
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – භූතයා (Bhūthaya) | Pronunciation: Bhoo-tha-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Duch | Pronunciation: Doo-h
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Duh | Pronunciation: Doo-h
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Jini | Pronunciation: Jee-nee
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Fantasma | Pronunciation: Fan-taz-ma
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Pepo | Pronunciation: Peh-po
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Spöke | Pronunciation: Spu-keh
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Арвоҳ (Arvoh) | Pronunciation: Ar-voh
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பேய் (Pey) | Pronunciation: Pey
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – దెయ్యం (Deyyam) | Pronunciation: Dey-yam
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ผี (Phī) | Pronunciation: Pee
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Hayalet | Pronunciation: Ha-ya-let
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Привид (Pryvyd) | Pronunciation: Pree-vyd
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – بھوت (Bhoot) | Pronunciation: Bhut
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Arvoh | Pronunciation: Ar-voh
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Ma | Pronunciation: Ma
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Ysbryd | Pronunciation: Us-brid
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Idlozi | Pronunciation: Id-loh-zee