- Abkhaz: аҟазаара (aqʼazaara)
- Adyghe: щыӏэныгъ (śəʼɛnəğ), гъашӏэ (ğašʼɛ), щыӏакӏэ (śəʼakʼɛ)
- Afrikaans: lewe (af)
- Ahom: 𑜋𑜄𑜫 (chat)
- Akkadian: 𒍣 (napištu)
- Albanian: jetë (sq) f, roni f (archaic)
- Amharic: ህይወት (am) (həywät)
- Amis: 'orip
- Apache:
- Western Apache: ʼihiʼda
- Arabic: حَيَاة (ar) f (ḥayāh)
- Egyptian Arabic: حياة f (ḥayē)
- Lebanese Arabic: حياة (ar) f (ḥayēt)
- Moroccan Arabic: حياة (ar) f (ḥayēt)
- South Levantine Arabic: حياة f (ḥayā)
- Tunisian Arabic: حياة (ar) f (ḥayēt)
- Aramaic:
- Hebrew: חיא m pl (ħayē)
- Syriac: ܚܝܐ m pl (ħayē)
- Armenian: կյանք (hy) (kyankʻ)
- Aromanian: banã f, yeatsã f, etã f (figuratively)
- Assamese: জীউ (ziu), জীৱন (ziwon), জান (zan), পৰাণ (poran)
- Asturian: vida (ast) f
- Ateso: akijara
- Avar: гӏумру (ʻumru)
- Avestan: 𐬔𐬀𐬌𐬌𐬊 m (gaiio)
- Aymara: jakaña, jaka
- Azerbaijani: həyat (az), yaşam, dirim, ömür (az), can (az)
- Balinese: ᬚᬶᬯ (jiwa)
- Bashkir: тормош (tormoş), ғүмер (ğümer)
- Basque: bizi, bizitza (eu)
- Belarusian: жыццё n (žyccjó), жыцьцё n (žycʹcjó) (Taraškievica)
- Bengali: জীবন (bn) (jibon), জিন্দেগী (bn) (jindegi)
- Berber:
- Tashelhit: tudrt f
- Bhojpuri: जीवन m (jīvan)
- Bikol Central: buhay (bcl)
- Bonggi: nyawa
- Breton: buhez (br) f
- Bulgarian: живо́т (bg) m (živót)
- Burmese: အသက် (my) (a.sak), ဇီဝ (my) (jiwa.), ဇာတ် (my) (jat)
- Buryat: амин (amin), амидарал (amidaral), ажамидарал (ažamidaral)
- Carpathian Rusyn: жыво́т m (žŷvót)
- Catalan: vida (ca) f
- Cebuano: kinabuhi
- Chechen: дахар (daxar), са (sa)
- Cherokee: ᎥᎴᏂᏙᎲ (vlenidohv)
- Chichewa: moyo
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 生命 (sang1 ming6), 生活 (sang1 wut6)
- Dungan: сынхуә (sɨnhuə), вумур (vumur)
- Eastern Min: 生命 (sĕng-mêng), 生活 (sĕng-uăk)
- Hakka: 生命 (sên-miang), 生活 (sên-fa̍t)
- Hokkien: 性命 (zh-min-nan) (sèⁿ-miā, sìⁿ-miā), 生活 (zh-min-nan) (seⁿ-o̍ah, seng-o̍ah)
- Mandarin: 生命 (zh) (shēngmìng), 生活 (zh) (shēnghuó)
- Wu: 生命 (1sen-min), 生活
- Chukchi: ягтаԓгыргын (jagtaḷgyrgyn)
- Chuukese: manau
- Chuvash: пурнӑҫ (purnăś)
- Classical Nahuatl: yōliliztli, nemiliztli
- Coptic: ⲱⲛϧ m (ōnx), ⲱⲛϩ m (ōnh)
- Cornish: bewnans m, bownans m, bêwnans m, bôwnans m
- Corsican: vita (co) f
- Crimean Tatar: ayat
- Czech: život (cs) m, žití n
- Dalmatian: vaita f
- Danish: liv (da) n
- Dhivehi: ޙަޔާތު (ḥayātu)
- Dongxiang: amin
- Dutch: leven (nl) n
- Eastern Mari: илыш (ilyš)
- Egyptian: (ꜥnḫ m)
- Elfdalian: liv n
- Erzya: эрямо (eŕamo)
- Esperanto: vivo (eo), vivado
- Estonian: elu (et)
- Ewe: agbe
- Faroese: lív n, ævi f
- Fiji Hindi: jindagi (hif)
- Fijian: bula (fj)
- Finnish: elämä (fi), henki (fi) (When its safety is questioned), nirri (fi) (colloquial), elo (fi)
- Franco-Provençal: via f
- French: vie (fr) f
- Friulian: vite f
- Fula: nguurndam
- Gagauz: ömür
- Galician: vida (gl) f
- Garifuna: ibagari
- Georgian: სიცოცხლე (sicocxle), ცხოვრება (cxovreba)
- German: Leben (de) n
- Alemannic German: Läbe n
- Pennsylvania German: Lewe n
- Gothic: 𐌻𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (libains)
- Greek: ζωή (el) f (zoḯ), βίος (el) m (víos)
- Ancient: ζωή f (zōḗ), βίος m (bíos), ψῡχή f (psūkhḗ)
- Greenlandic: inuuneq
- Gujarati: જીવન n (jīvan), જિંદગી f (jindgī)
- Haitian Creole: lavi
- Hausa: rai m
- Hawaiian: ola
- Hebrew: חַיִּים (he) m pl (khayím)
- Higaonon: gahinawa
- Hiligaynon: kabuhi
- Hindi: ज़िंदगी (hi) f (zindagī), जीवन (hi) m (jīvan), हयात (hi) f (hayāt), जी (hi) m (jī), प्राण (hi) f (prāṇ), जीना (hi) (jīnā), लाइफ (hi) m (lāiph), लाइफ़ m (lāif), जीव (hi) m (jīv), जीवित (hi) m (jīvit), जान (hi) f (jān), उमर (hi) f (umar)
- Hopi: qatsi
- Hungarian: élet (hu)
- Hunsrik: Leve n
- Icelandic: líf (is) n, fjör n, lífdagar (is) m pl, ævi (is) f
- Ido: vivo (io)
- Igbo: ndụ (ig)
- Ilocano: biag
- Indonesian: hidup (id)
- Ingrian: elo
- Interlingua: vita (ia)
- Inupiaq: iñuggun, iñuułiq
- Irish: saol m, beatha f, beo (ga) m
- Istriot: veîta f
- Italian: vita (it) f
- Itelmen: соњԓэс (soňɬes)
- Japanese: 命 (ja) (いのち, inochi), 生命 (ja) (せいめい, seimei)
- Javanese: urip (jv), nyawa (jv), umur (jv)
- Judeo-Italian: וִיטַה (viṭah /vita/)
- Kabardian: гъащӏэ (kbd) (ğaśʼɛ)
- Kannada: ಜೀವನ (kn) (jīvana), ಪ್ರಾಣ (kn) (prāṇa), ಜೀವ (kn) (jīva)
- Kapampangan: kabilian, bie
- Kaqchikel: k’aslemal
- Karachay-Balkar: джашау (caşau)
- Karelian: eländy
- Kashubian: żëcé n, żëwòt m
- Kazakh: өмір (kk) (ömır), тұрмыс (tūrmys)
- Khakas: чуртас (çurtas)
- Khmer: ជីវិត (km) (ciivɨt), ជីព (km) (ciip), ជន្មា (km) (cŭənmiə), ឋិតិ (km) (theteʼ)
- Kikuyu: muoyo class 3
- Komi-Permyak: олӧм (olöm)
- Korean: 생명(生命) (ko) (saengmyeong), 삶 (ko) (sam), 생활(生活) (ko) (saenghwal)
- Kumyk: оьмюр (ömür)
- Kunigami: 命 (いぬちー, inuchī, ぬちー, nuchī)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: ژین (ckb) (jîn)
- Northern Kurdish: jiyan (ku) f
- Kyrgyz: өмүр (ky) (ömür), турмуш (ky) (turmuş), жашоо (ky) (jaşoo)
- Ladin: vita f
- Ladino: vida f
- Lakota: wičhóni
- Lao: ຊີວິດ (lo) (sī wit)
- Latgalian: dzeive f
- Latin: anima (la) f, vīta (la) f, lūx (la) f
- Latvian: dzīve (lv) f, mūžs m
- Laz: skidala
- Lezgi: уьмуьр (ümür), ччан (č̄an)
- Limburgish: laeve (li) n
- Lingala: bomɔi class 14
- Lithuanian: gyvenimas (lt) m, gyvybė (lt) f
- Low German:
- German Low German: Lȩben n, Läwen n, Lewen n, Liäwen n (Westphalian), Lewend n; Liiw n
- Lule Sami: iellem
- Luo: ngima
- Luxembourgish: Liewen n
- Macedonian: живот (mk) m (život), живеење n (živeenje), живеачка f (živeačka)
- Maguindanao: kauyag
- Malagasy: fahavelomana (mg)
- Malay: hidup (ms), kehidupan (ms), nyawa (ms), hayat
- Malayalam: ജീവിതം (ml) (jīvitaṁ)
- Maltese: ħajja f
- Manchu: ᡝᡵᡤᡝᠨ (ergen), ᠰᡠᡵᡝ
ᡶᠠᠶᠠᠩᡤᠠ (sure fayangga)
- Mandaic: ࡄࡉࡉࡀ (haije)
- Manx: bea f
- Maori: koiora, ora
- Mapudungun: mogen
- Maranao: niyawa
- Marathi: जीवन m (jīvan)
- Mbyá Guaraní: eko
- Mingrelian: თელარა (telara)
- Mirandese: bida f
- Miyako: 命 (んぬつ, nnutsu)
- Mizo: nunna, damchhûng
- Mòcheno: lem n
- Moksha: эряф (eŕaf)
- Mon: လမျီူ (pəyɜ̀m), ဂယိုၚ် (həyàŋ)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: амь (mn) (amʹ), амьдрал (mn) (amʹdral)
- Nahuatl: yōliztli, yolistli, nemiliztli (nah)
- Navajo: iiná
- Neapolitan: vita f
- Nepali: जीवन (ne) (jīvan), जिन्दगी (jindagī)
- Nganasan: нилу (nilu)
- Ngazidja Comorian: hayati class 9/10, maesha class 9/10
- North Frisian: laawen n (Mooring)
- Northern Catanduanes Bicolano: buhay
- Northern Sami: eallin, heagga
- Northern Yukaghir: эдьил (ed̦il)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: liv (no) n
- Nynorsk: liv n
- Occitan: vida (oc) f
- Odia: ଜୀବନ (or) (jibana)
- Ojibwe: bimaadiziwin
- Okinawan: 命 (いぬち, inuchi, ぬち, nuchi)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: животъ m (životŭ), жизнь f (žiznĭ), жить f (žitĭ), житьѥ n (žitĭje)
- Old East Slavic: жизнь f (žiznĭ), животъ m (životŭ)
- Old English: līf n
- Old High German: ferah
- Old Javanese: hurip
- Old South Arabian: 𐩢𐩺𐩥 (ḥyw)
- Oromo: jiruu, lubbuu
- Oroqen: bardilga
- Oscan: 𐌁𐌉𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌌 (biitam)
- Ossetian: цард (card)
- Pali: jīvita
- Pangasinan: bilay
- Pannonian Rusyn: живот m (život), житиє n (žitije)
- Papiamentu: bida
- Pashto: ژوند (ps) m (žwənd), حيات (ps) m (hayãt)
- Persian:
- Dari: زِنْدَگِی (fa) (zindagī), زِنْدَه (fa) (zinda), حَیَات (fa) (hayāt), زِیسْت (fa) (zīst), زِنْدَگَانِی (fa) (zindagānī)
- Iranian Persian: زِنْدِگی (fa) (zendegi), زِنْدِه (fa) (zende), حَیات (fa) (heyât), زیسْت (fa) (zist), زِنْدِگانی (fa) (zendegâni)
- Piedmontese: vita f
- Polabian: zaivăt m
- Polish: życie (pl) n, żywot (pl) m
- Portuguese: vida (pt) f
- Punjabi: ਜੀਵਨ m (jīvan)
- Quechua: kawsay (qu)
- Romani: trajo m, ʒivipen m, ʒivimos m, ʒivibo m
- Romanian: viață (ro) f
- Romansch: vita f
- Russian: жизнь (ru) f (žiznʹ), житие́ (ru) f (žitijé) (archaic, poetic), живо́т (ru) m (živót) (archaic, poetic, now means "belly"), житьё (ru) n (žitʹjó) (colloquial)
- Rwanda-Rundi: ubuzima class 14
- Sanskrit: जीवन (sa) (jīvana), जीवित (sa) n (jīvita), आयु (sa) m (āyu)
- Santali: ᱪᱳᱞᱚ (colô)
- Sardinian: bida f, vida f
- Campidanese: vida f
- Logudorese: bida f
- Scottish Gaelic: beatha f, saoghal m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: жѝвот m
- Roman: žìvot (sh) m
- Shan: ဢသၢၵ်ႈ (ʼǎ sāak)
- Sherpa: ཚེ (tshe)
- Shor: чадығ (çadığ)
- Siar-Lak: lalaun
- Sicilian: vita (scn) f
- Sidamo: heeshsho
- Sindhi: چِٺيِ (čiṫhī), خَطُ (xaṭu)
- Sinhalese: ජීවිතය (si) (jīwitaya), ජීවය (si) (jīwaya)
- Slovak: život (sk) m
- Slovene: življenje (sl) n
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: žywjenje n
- Upper Sorbian: žiwjenje n
- Southern Altai: јӱрӱм (ǰürüm), (Kizhi), туруш (turuš), јадыш (ǰadïš)
- Southern Amami Ōshima: 命 (っにゅち, 'nnyuuchi)
- Spanish: vida (es) f
- Sumerian: 𒍣 (ZI)
- Sundanese: ᮠᮤᮛᮥᮕ᮪ (hirup)
- Svan: ლიდრე (lidre)
- Swahili: uhai (sw) class 11/12, maisha (sw) class 5/6
- Swedish: liv (sv) n, levnad (sv) c
- Tagalog: buhay (tl)
- Tajik: ҳаёт (tg) (hayot), зиндагӣ (tg) (zindagi), зиндагонӣ (tg) (zindagoni)
- Tamil: உயிர் (ta) (uyir), வாழ்க்கை (ta) (vāḻkkai)
- Tarifit: tudart f
- Tatar: тереклек (tt) (tereklek), тормыш (tt) (tormış), гомер (tt) (ğomer)
- Telugu: జీవితము (te) (jīvitamu), ప్రాణము (te) (prāṇamu), ఉసురు (te) (usuru), జీవము (te) (jīvamu)
- Tetum: vida
- Thai: ชีวิต (th) (chii-wít)
- Tibetan: ཚེ (tshe), ཚེ་སྲོག (tshe srog)
- Tigrinya: ሂወት (hiwät)
- Tocharian B: śaul
- Tofa: олут (olut)
- Tok Pisin: laip
- Tsonga: vutomi class 14
- Tswana: botshelô class 14
- Turkish: yaşam (tr), hayat (tr), ömür (tr), dirim (tr)
- Turkmen: durmuş, ýaşaýyş, ömür
- Tzotzil: kuxlejal
- Udmurt: улон (ulon)
- Ugaritic: 𐎈𐎊𐎚 (ḥyt)
- Ukrainian: життя́ (uk) n (žyttjá)
- Urdu: زِنْدَگی (ur) f (zindagī), جِیوَن m (jīvan), حَیات (ur) f (hayāt), آرْبَل f (ārbal)
- Uyghur: ھايات (hayat)
- Uzbek: hayot (uz), umr (uz), turmush (uz)
- Venetan: vita f
- Veps: elo
- Vietnamese: sự sống (vi), cuộc sống (vi), sinh mệnh (vi), sinh mạng (vi)
- Vilamovian: łaowa n
- Võro: elo
- Votic: elo
- Vurës: ēs
- Walloon: veye (wa) f
- Waray-Waray: kinabuhi
- Welsh: bywyd (cy) m
- West Frisian: libben n
- White Hmong: txoj sia
- Yakut: олох (oloq)
- Ye'kwana: wenñö
- Yiddish: לעבן n (lebn), חיים m (khayem)
- Yola: lief
- Yonaguni: 命 (ぬてぃ, nuti)
- Yucatec Maya: kuxtal
- Zazaki: heyat (diq) c, cıwayış (diq)
- Zhuang: sengmingh, mingh, ndwenngoenz
- Zulu: ukuphila, impilo class 9
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