Paper is an essential item in our daily lives, used for writing, printing, packaging, and many other purposes. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “paper” is expressed in different languages around the world, highlighting the linguistic diversity and cultural richness.
Here is a list of how to say “paper” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Letër | Pronunciation: Leh-ter
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – ورق (Waraq) | Pronunciation: Wa-raq
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Թուղթ (T’ułt’) | Pronunciation: T-oo-kht
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Kağız | Pronunciation: Ka-ghiz
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Paper | Pronunciation: Pa-per
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Папера (Papera) | Pronunciation: Pa-pe-ra
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – কাগজ (Kagoj) | Pronunciation: Ka-goj
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Papir | Pronunciation: Pa-pir
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Хартия (Khartiya) | Pronunciation: Khar-tee-ya
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Paper | Pronunciation: Pa-per
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Papír | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Papir | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Papier | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Paper | Pronunciation: Pay-per
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Paber | Pronunciation: Pa-ber
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – کاغذ (Kaghaz) | Pronunciation: Ka-ghaz
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Paperi | Pronunciation: Pa-pe-ri
- French (🇫🇷) – Papier | Pronunciation: Pa-pee-ay
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ქაღალდი (K’aghldi) | Pronunciation: K’a-ghal-di
- German (🇩🇪) – Papier | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Χαρτί (Chartí) | Pronunciation: Khar-tee
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – נייר (Niyar) | Pronunciation: Nee-yar
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – कागज़ (Kāgaz) | Pronunciation: Ka-gaz
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Papír | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Pappír | Pronunciation: Pap-peer
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Kertas | Pronunciation: Ker-tas
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Páipéar | Pronunciation: Paa-pee-ar
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Carta | Pronunciation: Kar-ta
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 紙 (Kami) | Pronunciation: Ka-mee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Қағаз (Qagaz) | Pronunciation: Kha-ghaz
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ក្រដាស (Kradahs) | Pronunciation: Kra-dahs
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 종이 (Jongi) | Pronunciation: Jong-ee
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – کاغذ (Kaghaz) | Pronunciation: Ka-ghaz
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Кагаз (Kagaz) | Pronunciation: Ka-ghaz
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ເຈ້ຍ (Cheuy) | Pronunciation: Cheu-y
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Papīrs | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Popierius | Pronunciation: Po-pye-ree-us
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Pabeier | Pronunciation: Pa-bay-er
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Хартија (Hartija) | Pronunciation: Har-tee-ya
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Kertas | Pronunciation: Ker-tas
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Karta | Pronunciation: Kar-ta
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 纸 (Zhǐ) | Pronunciation: Zhuh
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – कागद (Kāgad) | Pronunciation: Ka-gad
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Цаас (Tsaas) | Pronunciation: Tsahs
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – कागज (Kāgaj) | Pronunciation: Ka-gaj
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Papir | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – کاغذ (Kaghaz) | Pronunciation: Ka-ghaz
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – کاغذ (Kaghaz) | Pronunciation: Ka-ghaz
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Papier | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Papel | Pronunciation: Pa-pel
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Hârtie | Pronunciation: Hur-tee-eh
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Бумага (Bumaga) | Pronunciation: Boo-mah-ga
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Папир (Papir) | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – කඩදාසි (Kadadasi) | Pronunciation: Ka-da-da-see
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Papier | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Papir | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Warqad | Pronunciation: War-qad
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Papel | Pronunciation: Pa-pel
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Karatasi | Pronunciation: Ka-ra-ta-see
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Papper | Pronunciation: Pa-per
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Қоғаз (Qoghaz) | Pronunciation: Kho-ghaz
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – காகிதம் (Kākitam) | Pronunciation: Kaa-kee-tham
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – కాగితం (Kāgitam) | Pronunciation: Kaa-gee-tham
- Thai (🇹🇭) – กระดาษ (Kradaat) | Pronunciation: Kra-daht
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Kağıt | Pronunciation: Kah-it
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Папір (Papir) | Pronunciation: Pa-peer
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – کاغذ (Kaghaz) | Pronunciation: Ka-ghaz
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Qog’oz | Pronunciation: Qo-ghoz
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Giấy | Pronunciation: Zay
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Papur | Pronunciation: Pa-peer