“Poor” is a word used to describe someone who lacks sufficient money to live at a standard considered comfortable or normal in a society. It can also refer to something that is of low quality or deficient in some way. The term for “poor” varies across different languages and cultures. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “poor” 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 “poor” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – I varfër | Pronunciation: Ee var-fur
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – فقير (Faqir) | Pronunciation: Fa-keer
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Աղքատ (Aghkat) | Pronunciation: Ah-khat
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Kasıb | Pronunciation: Ka-sib
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Pobrea | Pronunciation: Po-bre-ah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Бедны (Bedny) | Pronunciation: Byed-ny
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – দরিদ্র (Doridro) | Pronunciation: Do-ree-dro
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Siromašan | Pronunciation: Si-ro-ma-shan
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Беден (Beden) | Pronunciation: Be-den
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Pobre | Pronunciation: Poh-breh
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Chudý | Pronunciation: Khu-dee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Fattig | Pronunciation: Fa-tee
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Arm | Pronunciation: Ahrm
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Poor | Pronunciation: Poor
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Vaene | Pronunciation: Vah-neh
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – فقیر (Faqir) | Pronunciation: Fa-keer
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Köyhä | Pronunciation: Keu-hah
- French (🇫🇷) – Pauvre | Pronunciation: Poh-vruh
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ღარიბი (Gharib) | Pronunciation: Gha-ree-bi
- German (🇩🇪) – Arm | Pronunciation: Ahrm
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Φτωχός (Ftochos) | Pronunciation: Fto-khos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – עני (Ani) | Pronunciation: Ah-nee
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – गरीब (Gareeb) | Pronunciation: Ga-reeb
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Szegény | Pronunciation: Seh-gain
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Fátækur | Pronunciation: Fau-ty-kur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Miskin | Pronunciation: Mis-kin
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Bocht | Pronunciation: Bohkt
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Povero | Pronunciation: Po-ve-ro
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 貧しい (Mazushii) | Pronunciation: Ma-zoo-shee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Кедей (Kedey) | Pronunciation: Ke-dey
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ក្រីក្រ (Krey-kra) | Pronunciation: Krey-kra
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 가난한 (Gananhada) | Pronunciation: Ga-nan-ha-da
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Zor | Pronunciation: Zor
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Кедей (Kedey) | Pronunciation: Ke-dey
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຍາກຈົນ (Nyakjon) | Pronunciation: Nyak-jon
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Nabags | Pronunciation: Na-bags
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Vargšas | Pronunciation: Var-gshas
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Aarm | Pronunciation: Ahrm
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Сиромашен (Siromashen) | Pronunciation: Si-ro-ma-shen
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Miskin | Pronunciation: Mis-kin
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Fqir | Pronunciation: Fuh-keer
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 贫穷 (Pínqióng) | Pronunciation: Pin-chyong
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – गरीब (Gareeb) | Pronunciation: Ga-reeb
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Ядуу (Yadoo) | Pronunciation: Ya-doo
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – गरिब (Garib) | Pronunciation: Ga-reeb
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Fattig | Pronunciation: Fa-tee
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – غريب (Gharib) | Pronunciation: Gha-reeb
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – فقیر (Faqir) | Pronunciation: Fa-keer
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Biedny | Pronunciation: Byed-ny
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Pobre | Pronunciation: Poh-bray
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Sărac | Pronunciation: Suh-rak
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Бедный (Bedny) | Pronunciation: Byed-ny
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Сiромашан (Siromašan) | Pronunciation: Si-ro-ma-shan
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – දුප්පත් (Duppath) | Pronunciation: Doo-pat
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Chudobný | Pronunciation: Khu-dob-nee
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Reven | Pronunciation: Reh-ven
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Faqiir | Pronunciation: Fa-keer
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Pobre | Pronunciation: Poh-breh
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Maskini | Pronunciation: Mas-kee-nee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Fattig | Pronunciation: Fa-tee
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Камбизоат (Kambizoat) | Pronunciation: Kam-bi-zo-at
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – ஏழை (Ezhai) | Pronunciation: Eh-zhai
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పేద (Peda) | Pronunciation: Pe-da
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ยากจน (Yaakjon) | Pronunciation: Yaak-jon
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Fakir | Pronunciation: Fa-keer
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Бідний (Bidnyy) | Pronunciation: Beed-nee
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – غریب (Ghareeb) | Pronunciation: Gha-reeb
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Kambag’al | Pronunciation: Kam-ba-gal
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Nghèo | Pronunciation: Ngeow
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Tlawd | Pronunciation: Tlah-ood