Meow and Purr in Different Languages

Meow

Purr

Afrikaans Mjaullin Purr
Albanian Mjau Kerrmëz
Amharic Meow T’inik’uk’i
Arabic Mawa’ Kharkhara
Azerbaijani Meow Purr
Bangla Meow Purir
Belarusian Miaŭ Varkatać
Bengali Mi’u Garagara ā’ōẏāja
Bosnian Mjau Purr
Bulgarian Myaukane Mŭrkane
Burmese Nyaung Purr
Catalan Meu Purr
Cebuano Meow Purr
Chinese (simplified) Miāo Fāchū hóu yīn
Chinese (traditional) Miāo Fāchū hóu yīn
Corsican Meow Meow
Croatian Mijau Presti
Czech Mňoukat Předení
Danish Meow Meow
Dutch Mauw Spinnen
Esperanto Miaŭ Purr
Estonian Mjäu Purr
Filipino Meow Purr
Finnish Miau Kehrätä
French Miaou Ronronner
Galician Meow Purr
German Miau Schnurren
Greek Niáou Gourgoúrisma
Gujarati Mē’ōva Pura
Haitian Creole Meow Purr
Hausa Meow Purr
Hawaiian ʻO Meow Purr
Hindi Miyaanu Myaoon
Hmong Mauv Purr
Hungarian Miaú Dorombolás
Icelandic Mjá Purr
Igbo Meow Purr
Indonesian Meong Dengung
Italian Miao Fusa
Japanese Nyā
Javanese Meong Purr
Kannada Miyānv Purr
Kazakh Mïyawlaw Purr
Khmer Me​ v Purr
Korean Yaong Puleuleu
Kurdish Meow Purr
Kyrgyz Myau Purr
Lao Meow Purr
Latin Meow Puer
Latvian Mjau Purr
Lithuanian Miau Purr
Luxembourgish Meow Purr
Macedonian Meow Purr
Malay Meow Purr
Malayalam Myāvu Purr
Maltese Mjaw Purr
Marathi Mēva Purāṇa
Mongolian Khööye Purr
Norwegian Mjau Purr
Polish Miau Mruczeć
Portuguese Miau Ronronar
Romanian Miau Tors
Russian Myau Murlykat’
Serbian Mjau Purr
Sinhala Miyāv Purr
Slovak Mňau Pradenie
Slovenian Mijav Malo
Spanish Maullar Ronroneo
Swahili Meow Purr
Swedish Mjau Spinna
Tajik Mijav Pur
Tamil Miyāv Purr
Telugu Mi’av Guraka
Thai H̄emīyw S̄eīyng fī̂ xỳāng mæw
Turkish Miyav mırlamak
Ukranian Myau Purr
Uzbec Myau Purr
Vietnamese Meo Tiếng rít
Welsh Miaw Canu grwndi
Xhosa i-Meow Purr
Yiddish Meov Purr

 

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  • Julia Wilson, 'Cat World' Founder

    Julia Wilson is the founder of Cat-World, and has researched and written over 1,000 articles about cats. She is a cat expert with over 20 years of experience writing about a wide range of cat topics, with a special interest in cat health, welfare and preventative care. Julia lives in Sydney with her family, four cats and two dogs. Full author bio