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 (pí)
• 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: Bà (B.)
• Welsh: Bonesig
• Yoruba: Iyaafin