Jerky is a popular snack made from dried and often seasoned meat, enjoyed by people around the world. The word “jerky” can be expressed differently across various languages. In this article, we’ll explore how the word “jerky” is expressed in 70 different languages, from the most commonly spoken languages to some of the lesser-known ones.
Here is a list of how to say “jerky” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Thata mish | Pronunciation: Tha-ta mish
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – لحمة مجففة (Lahma mujafafa) | Pronunciation: Lah-ma moo-ja-fa-fa
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Չոր միս (Chor mis) | Pronunciation: Chor mis
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Qurudulmuş ət | Pronunciation: Qoo-roo-dool-mush at
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Haragi lehortua | Pronunciation: Ha-ra-gi leh-or-too-a
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Сушанае мяса (Sushanae myasa) | Pronunciation: Soo-sha-na-ye mya-sa
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – শুকনা মাংস (Shukna mangsho) | Pronunciation: Shook-na mang-sho
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Suho meso | Pronunciation: Soo-ho me-so
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Сушено месо (Susheno meso) | Pronunciation: Soo-she-no me-so
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Carn seca | Pronunciation: Karn se-ka
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Sušené maso | Pronunciation: Soo-she-ne ma-so
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Tørret kød | Pronunciation: To-rret kood
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Gedroogd vlees | Pronunciation: Ge-droo-gt vlees
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Jerky | Pronunciation: Jer-kee
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Kuivatatud liha | Pronunciation: Koo-ee-va-ta-tood lee-ha
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – گوشت خشک (Goosht-e khoshk) | Pronunciation: Goosht-e khoshk
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Kuivaliha | Pronunciation: Koo-ee-va-lee-ha
- French (🇫🇷) – Viande séchée | Pronunciation: Vee-ond se-she
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – გამხმარი ხორცი (Gamkhmari khortsi) | Pronunciation: Gam-kh-ma-ri khor-tsi
- German (🇩🇪) – Dörrfleisch | Pronunciation: Dorr-fly-sh
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Αποξηραμένο κρέας (Apoxirameno kreas) | Pronunciation: Apo-khira-meno kre-as
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – בשר מיובש (Basar meyubash) | Pronunciation: Ba-sar me-yu-bash
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – सूखा मांस (Sookha maans) | Pronunciation: Soo-kha maans
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Szárított hús | Pronunciation: Saa-ree-tott hoos
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Þurrkað kjöt | Pronunciation: Thoorr-kath kyot
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Daging kering | Pronunciation: Da-ging ke-ring
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Feoil thirim | Pronunciation: Fe-ol hi-rim
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Carne essiccata | Pronunciation: Kar-ne es-si-ca-ta
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 干し肉 (Hoshiniku) | Pronunciation: Ho-shi-ni-ku
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Кептірілген ет (Kep-tirilgen yet) | Pronunciation: Kep-tir-il-gen yet
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – សាច់គ្រឿងស្ងួត (Sach kreung snguot) | Pronunciation: Sach kroong sngu-ot
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 육포 (Yukpo) | Pronunciation: Yuk-po
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – گوشت خشک (Goosht-e khoshk) | Pronunciation: Goosht-e khoshk
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Кургатылган эт (Kurgatylgan et) | Pronunciation: Koor-ga-tyl-gan et
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຊີ້ນແຫ້ງ (Sin haeng) | Pronunciation: Sin haeng
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Žāvēta gaļa | Pronunciation: Zhaa-ve-ta ga-lya
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Džiovinta mėsa | Pronunciation: Joo-vin-ta me-sa
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gedréchent Fleesch | Pronunciation: Ge-dree-shent flesh
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Сушено месо (Susheno meso) | Pronunciation: Soo-she-no me-so
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Daging kering | Pronunciation: Da-ging ke-ring
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Laħam imnixxef | Pronunciation: La-ham im-ni-shef
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 牛肉干 (Niúròu gān) | Pronunciation: Nyo-row gan
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – सुकं मांस (Suka maans) | Pronunciation: Soo-ka maans
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Хатаасан мах (Khatagsan makh) | Pronunciation: Kha-tah-san makh
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – सुकेको मासु (Sukeko masu) | Pronunciation: Soo-ke-ko ma-soo
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Tørket kjøtt | Pronunciation: Tor-ket kyott
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – وچ غوښه (Wach ghosha) | Pronunciation: Wach gho-sha
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Suszone mięso | Pronunciation: Soo-sho-ne myen-so
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Carne seca | Pronunciation: Kar-ne se-ka
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Carne uscată | Pronunciation: Kar-ne oo-ska-ta
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Вяленое мясо (Vyalenoe myaso) | Pronunciation: Vya-le-no-ye mya-so
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Сушено месо (Sušeno meso) | Pronunciation: Soo-she-no me-so
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – වියලි මස් (Viyali mas) | Pronunciation: Vee-ya-lee mas
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Sušené mäso | Pronunciation: Soo-she-ne mya-so
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Suho meso | Pronunciation: Soo-ho me-so
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Hilib qallalan | Pronunciation: Hi-lib qal-la-lan
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Carne seca | Pronunciation: Kar-ne se-ka
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Nyama iliyokaushwa | Pronunciation: Nya-ma i-liyo-ka-ush-wa
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Torkat kött | Pronunciation: Tor-kat shutt
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Гӯшт хушк (Gusht khushk) | Pronunciation: Goosht khooshk
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – உலர்ந்த மாமிசம் (Ularnda maamisam) | Pronunciation: Oo-lar-da maa-mi-sam
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పొడిబడి మాంసం (Podibadi maansam) | Pronunciation: Po-di-ba-di maan-sam
- Thai (🇹🇭) – เนื้อแห้ง (Nuea haeng) | Pronunciation: Neu-a haeng
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Kurutulmuş et | Pronunciation: Koo-roo-tool-moosh et
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Сушене м’ясо (Sushene m’yaso) | Pronunciation: Soo-she-ne mya-so
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – خشک گوشت (Khushk gosht) | Pronunciation: Khooshk gosht
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Quritilgan go‘sht | Pronunciation: Qoo-ri-til-gan gosh-t
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Thịt khô | Pronunciation: Tit kho
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Cig sych | Pronunciation: Kig sikh
- Yoruba (🇳🇬) – Ẹran gbígbóná | Pronunciation: Eh-ran gbee-gbo-na