The term “goddess” refers to a divine female deity, revered in many cultures around the world, each with its own unique name and connotation. Understanding how to say “goddess” in different languages provides insight into the spiritual beliefs and cultural importance associated with female deities globally.
Here are translations of “goddess” in various languages:
- Afrikaans: godin
- Albanian: perëndeshë
- Amharic: እግዚት (egzit)
- Arabic: إلهة (ilaha)
- Armenian: դիցուհի (dits’uhi)
- Azerbaijani: ilahə
- Basque: jainkosa
- Belarusian: багіня (bahinya)
- Bengali: দেবী (debi)
- Bosnian: božica
- Bulgarian: богиня (boginya)
- Catalan: deessa
- Cebuano: diyosa
- Chichewa: mungu wamkazi
- Chinese (Simplified): 女神 (nǚshén)
- Chinese (Traditional): 女神 (nǚshén)
- Corsican: dea
- Croatian: božica
- Czech: bohyně
- Danish: gudinde
- Dutch: godin
- Esperanto: diino
- Estonian: jumalanna
- Finnish: jumalatar
- French: déesse
- Galician: deusa
- Georgian: ქალღმერთი (kalghmerti)
- German: Göttin
- Greek: θεά (theá)
- Gujarati: દેવી (devi)
- Haitian Creole: dye fanm
- Hausa: allah mai mace
- Hawaiian: akua wahine
- Hebrew: אלה (elah)
- Hindi: देवी (devi)
- Hmong: tus poj huab tais
- Hungarian: istennő
- Icelandic: gyðja
- Igbo: chi nwanyi
- Indonesian: dewi
- Irish: bandia
- Italian: dea
- Japanese: 女神 (megami)
- Javanese: dewi
- Kannada: ದೇವಿ (dēvi)
- Kazakh: құдай ана (quday ana)
- Khmer: អាទិទេព (aatideip)
- Korean: 여신 (yeosin)
- Kurdish: xweza
- Kyrgyz: кудай эне (kuday ene)
- Lao: ນາງເທວະດາ (nang thevada)
- Latin: dea
- Latvian: dieviete
- Lithuanian: deivė
- Luxembourgish: Gottin
- Macedonian: богиња (boginja)
- Malagasy: andriambavy
- Malay: dewi
- Malayalam: ദേവി (devi)
- Maltese: alla
- Maori: atua wahine
- Marathi: देवी (devi)
- Mongolian: бурхан эх (burkhan ekh)
- Myanmar (Burmese): နတ်မယ် (nat ma)
- Nepali: देवी (devi)
- Norwegian: gudinne
- Odia (Oriya): ଦେବୀ (devi)
- Pashto: الهه (elaha)
- Persian: الهه (elahe)
- Polish: bogini
- Portuguese: deusa
- Punjabi: ਦੇਵੀ (devi)
- Romanian: zeiță
- Russian: богиня (boginya)
- Samoan: atua fafine
- Sanskrit: देवी (devi)
- Scottish Gaelic: ban-dia
- Serbian: богиња (boginja)
- Sesotho: modimo oa basali
- Shona: mwarikadzi
- Sindhi: ديوي (devi)
- Sinhala: දේවිය (deviya)
- Slovak: bohyňa
- Slovenian: boginja
- Somali: ilaah haweeney
- Spanish: diosa
- Sundanese: dewi
- Swahili: mungu mwanamke
- Swedish: gudinna
- Tajik: худоёни (khudoyon)
- Tamil: தேவியை (teviyai)
- Telugu: దేవత (devata)
- Thai: เทพี (thephii)
- Turkish: tanrıça
- Ukrainian: богиня (bohynya)
- Urdu: دیوی (devi)
- Uzbek: ma’bud
- Vietnamese: nữ thần
- Welsh: duwies
- Yoruba: oriṣa obinrin