The words for “gold” and “silver” in a range of languages spoken around the world.
| Name | Gold | Silver |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Goud | Silwer |
| Albanian | Ari | Argjend |
| Amharic | ወርቅ | ብር |
| Arabic | ذهب [dhahab] | فضة [fiddtan] |
| Armenian | Ոսկի [voski] | արծաթ [artsat’] |
| Azeribaijani | Qızıl | Gümüş |
| Bangla | সোনা | সিলভার |
| Basque | Urrea | Zilarra |
| Bosnian | Zlato | Srebro |
| Bulgarian | злато [zlato] | Сребро [srebro] |
| Burmese | ရွှေ [shway] | ငွေ [ngway] |
| Catalan | Or | Plata |
| Chinese | 金子 [jīnzi] | 银 [yín] |
| Croatian | Zlato | Srebro |
| Czech | Zlato | Stríbrný |
| Danish | Guld | Sølv |
| Dutch | Goud | Zilver |
| Dzongkha | གསེར | དངུལ་ |
| English | Gold | Silver |
| Estonian | Kuld | Hõbe |
| Fijian | Koula | Siliva |
| Filipino | Ginto | Pilak |
| Finnish | Kulta | Hopea |
| French | Or | Argent |
| Gaelic | Ór | Airgead |
| Georgian | ოქრო | ვერცხლისფერი |
| German | Gold | Silber |
| Greek | Χρυσός [chrysós] | Ασήμι [asími] |
| Gujarati | સોનું | ચાંદી |
| Hebrew | זהב | כסף |
| Hindi | सोना [sona] | चाँदी [chaandee] |
| Hmong Daw | Kub | Nyiaj |
| Hungarian | Arany | Ezüst |
| Icelandic | Gull | Silfur |
| Indonesian | Emas | Perak |
| Italian | Oro | Argento |
| Japanese | 金 | 銀 |
| Kannada | ಚಿನ್ನ [cinna] | ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ [beḷḷi] |
| Kazakh | Алтын | Күміс |
| Khmer | មាស សុខសោភា | ប្រាក់ |
| Korean | 금 [geum] | 은 |
| Latin | Aurum | Argentum |
| Latvian | Zelts | Sudrabs |
| Macedonian | Zlato | Srebro |
| Malagasy | volamena | silver |
| Malay | Perak | Emas |
| Maltese | Deheb | Fidda |
| Maori | Kōura | Hiriwa |
| Mongolian | алтан | мөнгө |
| Montenegrin | Zlato | Srebro |
| Nepali | सुन | चाँदी |
| Norwegian | Gull | Sølv |
| Pashto | سرو زرو | نقره یی |
| Persian | طلا | نقره |
| Polish | Złoto | Srebro |
| Portugese | Ouro | Prata |
| Punjabi | ਸੋਨਾ | ਚਾਂਦੀ |
| Romanian | Aur | Argint |
| Russian | Золото | Серебро |
| Serbian | Zlato | Srebro |
| Slovak | Zlato | Striebro |
| Slovene | Zlato | Srebro |
| Spanish | Oro | Plata |
| Swahili | Dhahbu | Fedha |
| Swedish | Guld | Silver |
| Tamil | தங்கம் [taṅkam] | வெள்ளி [veḷḷi] |
| Thai | ทอง | เงิน |
| Tigrinya | ወርቂ | ብሩር |
| Turkish | Altin | Gümüş |
| Ukranian | Золото | Срібло |
| Urdu | سونا | چاندی |
| Vietnamese | Vàng | Bạc |
For a full list, refer to https://www.indifferentlanguages.com/