Taitai - Non-English Equivalents

Non-English Equivalents

  • Afrikaans: Mevrou (Mev.)
  • Albanian: Zonjë (Znj.)
  • Amharic: ወይዘሮ (Woyzero, Wrz.)
  • Arabic: سيدتي (Sayedati)
  • Armenian: Տիկին (Tikin)
  • Assyrian: ܡܝܩܪܬܐ (Myaqarto/Myaqurta)
  • Azerbaijani: Xanım
  • Balochi: Baanok
  • Bangladeshi: জনাবা (jonaba)
  • Belarusian: Спадарыня Spadarynia (read: -nya), Панi (Pani)
  • Bosnian: Gospođa, (Bosnian Cyrillic Госпођа) (G-đa or Gđa., Г-ђа or Гђа.) (Vocative Gospođо, Госпођo)
  • Brazil: Senhora (Sra.)
  • Bulgarian: Госпожа (Gospozha) (Г-жа -ja) (Vocative Госпожо),
  • Burmese: Daw
  • Catalan: Senyora (Sra.)
  • Chinese 太太 (Tàitai), 夫人 (Fūren)
  • Czech: Paní ()
  • Croatian: gospođa (gđa)
  • Danish: Fru (Fr.)
  • Dholuo: Min
  • Dutch: Mevrouw (Mevr. or Mw.)
  • Esperanto: Sinjorino (S-ino)
  • Estonian: Proua (Pr.)
  • Finnish: Rouva (Rva)
  • Filipino: Ginang (Gng.)
  • French: Madame (Mme)
  • Galician: Dona (Dna.)
  • Georgian: ქალბატონი (K'albatoni)
  • German: Frau (Fr., abbreviation rarely used)
  • Greek: Κυρία, Kyría, (abbr. Κα, Ka) literally: Lady; plural Κυρίες, Kyríes (abbr. Κες, kes), literally: Ladies. Unlike English practice, these styles are never to be used for the deceased; in such cases, styles of religious connotation (the blessed or forgiven, etc.) are used.
  • Hebrew: גברת (Gveret)
  • Hindi: श्रीमती (Śrīmatī)
  • Hungarian: asszony, -né
  • Icelandic: Frú (Fr.)
  • Ido: Sioro or Siorino (Sro.; Sr-no.), the former being used both for men or women, and the latter being specific for (usually married) women.
  • Indonesian: Nyonya (Ny.)
  • Irish: Bean (Bn)
  • Italian: Signora (Sig.ra)
  • Japanese: 夫人 (ふじん) (Fujin), literary and somewhat archaic, now carrying an air of upper-class sophistication and primarily used for the wives of prominent men, such as Dewi Sukarno (デヴィ夫人, Devi fujin?, née Naoko Nemoto). See also: -san; -sama.
  • Kannada: ಶ್ರೀಮತಿ (Śrīmatī)
  • Kazakh: Ханым (Khanym)
  • Khmer: អ្នកស្រី (Neak Srey), លោកស្រី (Lork Srey)
  • Korean: 부인 (Buin)
  • Kotava: weltikya
  • Kurdish: Brajn, Xanm
  • Latvian: Kundze
  • Lithuanian: Ponia
  • Macedonian: Госпоѓа, (Gospogja) (abbreviation: Gga or G-ga; in Cyrilic: Г-ѓа or Гѓа). Used for all married women.
  • Malay: Puan
  • Malayalam: ശ്രീമതി (Śrīmati)
  • Maltese: Sinjura
  • Marathi: सौभाग्यवती Saubhāgyavatī (सौ Sau)
  • Mongolian: Хатагтай (Hatagtai)
  • Norwegian: Fru (Fr.)
  • Occitan: Dòna (Da.)
  • Oriya: Srimati
  • Persian: خانم (Khanum), formal: بانو (Banu)
  • Polish: Pani (P.)
  • Portuguese: Senhora (Srª.)
  • Punjabi: ਸਰਦਾਰਨੀ (Sardarni) (ਸਦਨ Sdn.)
  • Romanian: Doamnă (Dna)
  • Russian: Госпожа (Gospozha) (Г-жа G-zha)
  • Sanskrit: श्रीमती (Śrīmatī)
  • Scots Gaelic: Bean (Be.)
  • Serbian: Gospodja, Gospođa (Госпођа) (Gdja. Gđa. Гђа.)
  • Sinhala: මහත්මිය (Mahathmiya), Honorary address මැතිණිය (Mäthiniya)
  • Slovak: Pani (p.)
  • Slovenian: gospa (ga.)
  • Somali: Marwo (Marwo)
  • Spanish: Señora (Sra.)
  • Swahili: Bibi (Bi.)
  • Swedish: Fru (Fr.)
  • Tagalog (Filipino): Ginang (Gng.)
  • Tamil: திருமதி (Thirumathi)
  • Telugu: శ్రీమతి (Śrīmatī)
  • Thai: นาง (Nang)
  • Tswana: Mma
  • Turkish: Bayan (Byn.), Hanım, Hanımefendi
  • Ukrainian: Пані (Pani)
  • Urdu: Begum, Mohatarma
  • Vietnamese: (B.)
  • Welsh: Bonesig
  • Yoruba: Iyaafin

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