隕石-Meteorite in Foreign Languages: ^©2007-2009            

      through time and cultural use...  NOW IN 110 LANGUAGES

            Meteorite:  "A meteor that reaches the surface of the earth without being completely vaporized."

                                  Meteorite formed by combining meteor + "ite" was first used in 1824.

                                 -- Merriam-Webster`s Dictionary

            Meteorite:  "The stony or metallic material of a meteoroid that survives passage through 

                   the atmosphere  and reaches the earth`s surface." --The American Heritage Dictionary

            Meteorite:  "1. a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space;

                   a fallen meteoroid

                                  2. a meteoroid." 
                                  Word Origin: 1815–25  

                               -- Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

*not all cultures/languages differentiate and include meteors, falling stars and shooting stars 

Afrikaans (Afrikaans): meteoriet

Alabama (Albaamo innaaɬiilka): (meteor) hochiili tammi, hochiili soofka ( "l" is not correct- font not available)

Albanian (Shqip): meteorit,  aerolit

Akkadian (lišānum akkadītum): kakkabu rabû 

Arabic (حَجَر نَيْزَكي ,‏الرجم :(العربية, naizak (نيزك)

Assamese: উল্কাপিণ্ড (ulka.pin.do)

Asturian (Asturianu): meteoritu

Aymara (Aymar): antawalla

Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan dili / آذربايجان ديلی )(Azerbaijani): meteorit

Basque (Euskara): meteorite

Belarusian (Беларуская): Метэарыт

Bengali (বাংলা): উল্কা  (ulkā), ̃পাত,  ̃পিণ্ড

Berber (Tamazight): azro iygnna ( stone of (from) sky)

Bosnian (Bosanki): Meteorit

Breton (Brezhoneg): maen-gurun, maen-kurun 

Bulgarian (Български): метеорит, meteorit

Burmese (Mranma ca/Myanmasa ): ou' ka ge, oʊʔ kà gé 

http://www.ats-group.net/dictionaries/dictionary-english-burmese.html

Cantonese (粵語): 隕石

Catalan (Català): Aeròlit

Catawba (Native American): wapi`tnu tusasa`' "star tailed" (meteor)

Cherokee (Tsalagi, tsa-la-gi ga-wo-ni-hi-is-di)(Native American): (meteor) Atsil-Tluntutsi (fire-panther)

Chinese (中文)(traditional): 隕石

Chinese (中文)(simplified): 陨石

Chinese (古文 / 文言文)(classical): 隕,  隕石,  天 犬 (Hounds of Heaven), 雷公石斧 (thunder god`s stone axe), 雷墨 (thunder(god`s) ink block)

Chinook (Chinookan): Tamanamas (Sky Person ) - name for the Willamette Meteorite

Chorti: yuch' e k'in  ("falling star", meteor)  http://www.utexas.edu/courses/stross/chorti/chortiy.htm

Clackamas (Chinookan):  Tomanowos (visitor from the moon, heavenly visitor) - name for the Willamette meteorite

Croatian (Hrvatski): meteorit

Czech (Česky): meteorit

Danish (Dansk): meteorit

Dutch (Nederlands): meteoriet, vallende ster (meteor-falling star), aëroliet

Egyptian: (ancient hieroglyphs)
 

bjaa-n-pt (iron meteorite); alternate spelling, bij-ni-pt

         (stone meteorite)  http://www7.pair.com/arthur/meteor/archive/archive7/April99/msg00167.html

English (mē'tē-ə-rīt'): meteorite (was first used  in English sometime between 1814-1825, a few years after the Weston meteorite fall of 1807), aerolite, aerolit, aerolith, meteor,  (in folklore: thunderstone, thunderegg, sacred stone, fall stone, stone falling from the Heavens) , omphaloi

Esperanto (Esperanto) : meteorito, aersxtono, meteorsxtono

Estonian (Eesti): meteoriit

Faeroese (Føroyskt): loftsteinur

Farsi (سنگ اسماني ، شخانه :(فارسی.
Finnish (Suomi): meteoriitti, meteoriittikivi 

Flemmish: meteoriet

French (Français): météorite (f.), aérolithe, aérolite, pierre de tonnerre (thunderstone)

Galician (Galego): aerólito

Georgian (ქართული): ძიება

German (Deutsch): der Meteorit (m.), Donnerstein (thunderstone) 

Greek (Ελληνικά): μετεωρίτης, ompholos, baitylos

Guarani (Avañe'ẽ): ararepoti, yva rat

Gujarati (ગુજરાતી):  ઉલ્કા 

Hausa (هَوُسَ): rugum (also sound of the fall of a meteorite)

Hawaiian (ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Hawaiʻi): (meteor)= Akua lele, hōkū lele, koli

Hebrew (ש"ע) מטאוריט, "כוכב נופל":(עברית), barad

Hindi (हिन्दी): उल्का-पिंड, उल्काश्म, आकाशी पत्थर,

Hmong: sa

Hopi (Hopilàvayi): soobosvu (meteorite), soohubosdoga (meteor)

Hungarian (Magyar): meteorkő

Icelandic (Íslenska): lítill, loftsteinn, stjörnuhrap (meteor) 

Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia): meteorit 

Italian (Italiano): meteorite (m.), meteoriti (pl.), aereolito, aerolite, uranolite 

Japanese (日本語): 隕石, inseki, いんせき,  隕鉄 (iron meteorite) intetsu

Khmer: jemer (star excrement?)

Korean (한국어): 운석, 별똥

Kurdish (Kumanji, Kurdî , كوردی): stêrrij

Laotian (ພາສາລາວ , Pháa-Sǎa Láo): Dao Hang ("star tail"-meteor)

Latin (Latīna): lapis qui caelo decidit, lapis meteoricus and caelo delapsus

Latvian (Latviešu): meteorīts, izskatîgs  

Lithuanian (Lietuvių): meteoritas

Lushai: ṭêk (vânhnûn chat ri, sound of an explosion of a meteorite in the air) 

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadict.pl?query=meteorite&table=lorrain

Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch): meteorit 

Malagasy (Malgache): Tai ny kintana (trash from the stars)

Malay (Bahasa Melayu): meteorit

Mapunzugun: lùpal

Marathi (मराठी): उल्का, (agnyutpata- a fiery meteor; a falling star)

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/romadict.pl?query=star&display=simple&table=molesworth 

Mongolian (монгол хэл, mongol khel): газарт унасан солир, солирын чулуулаг 

Norwegian (‪Norsk): meteoritt, meteorstein, stjerneskudd (meteor) 

Ow Olkola (Native Australian): algal (means shooting star, meteor)  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/olkola.htm

Pakanh (Native Australian): mumpa= shooting star http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/pakalpha.htm

Pāli (Pāli / पाली): Ukkā (meteor) 

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=pali&query=meteor&matchtype=exact&display=utf8

Pashto:  شهاب s̱ẖihāb (meteor) 

http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/search3advanced?dbname=raverty&query=meteor&matchtype=exact&display=utf8

Polish (Polski): meteoryt

Portuguese (Português): meteorito, meteoritos (pl.)

Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ پنجابی Pañjābī): ਉਲਕਾ

Quechua (Runa Simi): qollur, juch'uy pachakauri

Rapanui (Rapa Nui):  homo

Romanian (Română): meteorit

Russian (Русский): метеорит

Samogitian (Žemaitėška): Metėorits

Sanskrit (संस्कृत,संस्कृतम्): पतन्नक्षत्रं

Scots Gaelic (Gàidhlig): driug (meteorite), salchair (shooting star) http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/wentworth/faclair/dualchainnt/dualchainnt.doc

Semetic (שם, ساميّ) baetylus, bethel

Serbian (Српски / Srpski) : meteorit

Setswana: sedumedi

Slovak (Slovenčina): meteorit

Slovenian (Slovenščina): meteorit, izpodnebnik 

Spanish (Español): meteorito (m.), aerolito, astrolito, meteorita (f.), las meteoritas (pl.f.), Uranólito, Uranólitos (pl.), bólido 

Sumerian (Eme-ĝir, Eme-gi): An.Na (Heavenly Stone), An.Bar, anbar (Heavenly Metal(iron))

Sumerian cuneiform: MUL.GAL ((MUL (cuneiform representing three stars) and GAL ( cuneiform symbol means big or great)) http://www.garone.net/tony/fallenstar.html

Swahili (Kiswahili): Kimondo 

Swedish (Svenska): meteorit, stenmeteorit

Tagalog (Tagalog): tae ng bituwin (dung from the stars) // Ilokano dialect: tae ya bitiwon// Pangasinan dialect: taki tu bituin;// (mutya?)

Tamil (தமிழ்): விண்கல்

Thai (ไทย): อุกกาบาต òok-gaa-bàat, ดาวตก daao dtohk, siket daao, daao hin 

Turkish (Türkçe): yeryüzüne düşmüş küçük göktaşı, yere düşen meteor, göktaşı, aerolit

Ukrainian (Українська):Метеорит

Urdu (اُردو): shahaab-e-saaqib,    

Uw Oykangand (Native Australian): alkal (means shooting star, meteor)  http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/2970/olkola.htm

Uyghur (ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyƣurqə): météorit, метеорит

Valencian: meteorit  

Venetian: stela cadente  

Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt): đá trời, thiên thạch, vẫn thạch

Walpiri (Native Australian):  mirntiwarri (shooting star)  http://web.archive.org/web/20031220034506/members.ozemail.com.au/%7Eztraws/warldict.html%20

Welsh (Cymraeg): they awyrfaen

Wu (吴语): 隕石

Yanyuwa (Native Australian): baribari= falling star; (associated with a potent form of sorcery belongs to Wurdaliya semi-moiety (masculine) pg. 135; same term for comet) http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:11306

Yoruba (Yorùbá): benben (stones)

Personal thanks to: Senor Paolo Gallo, M.V.,Venezuela, for his help with some of the Spanish names for meteorites and Khmer (jemer); thank you to Senor Jose Campos of Portugal for his kind help with corrections and additions for Portuguese.  Thanks to Zelimir Gabelica and friends, Andi and Benoit Jacques, for the Egyptian, Tagalog/dialects, Madagascar, and French (pierre de tonnerre) entries.  Thanks to Bernd Pauli, Germany, for supplying the Egyptian glyphs and Donnerstein.  Thanks to Abdellah Oaaf  of Morocco for the Berber addition. Thanks to Piper Hollier of Holland for correcting  the Dutch entry.  Thank you to Dave Carothers, USA,  for his submissions for Esperanto, Slovene, and Urdu. Thanks to Walter L. Newton of Denver, Colorado for the Hopi entry.  Thank you to Dr. M. M. Shams, Cario, Egypt for the Arabic word naizak (نيزك).