Zulu Vocabulary
Welcome to the 9th lesson about the Zulu vocabulary. We're dedicating this page to the most important and most used words in Zulu. For example: clothes, languages, countries, travel, survival words, class, and house components.
shirt  ihembe |
sweater ijezi |
jacket ijakhethi |
coat ijazi |
socks amasokisi |
shoes izicathulo |
trousers ibhulukwe |
pajamas amaphijama |
belt ibhande |
underwear isambatho sangaphansi |
hat isigqoko |
skirt isiketi |
The following words are related to languages and countries.
| Language - Zulu - Country - Zulu |
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| Arabic isi-arabic |
| Morocco isimorokho |
| Chinese isishayina |
| China eshayina |
| English isingisi |
| England engilandi |
| French isi-french |
| France e-france |
| German isijalimani |
| Germany ejalimani |
| Greek isigrikhi |
| Greece egrisi |
| Portuguese isiputukezi |
| Portugal eputukezi |
| Hindi isihindi |
| India endiya |
| Italian isintaliyana |
| Italy entaliyana |
| Japanese isijaphani |
| Japan ejaphani |
| Russian isirashiya |
| Russia erushiya |
| Spanish isipanishi |
| Spain e-spain |
| Swedish isiswidi |
| Sweden eswidi |
The following vocabulary is related to travel and survival.
| Travel - Zulu |
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| airport esikhumulweni sezindiza |
| doctor udokotela |
| airplane ibhanoyi |
| medicines imithi |
| train isitimela |
| pharmacy ikhemesi |
| taxi itekisi |
| hospital isibhedlela |
| bus ibhasi |
| ambulance i-ambulensi |
| car imoto |
| poison ushevu |
| ticket ithikithi |
| help me ngisize |
| hotel ihhotela |
| danger ingozi |
| reservation okugciniwe |
| accident ingozi |
| passport i-passport |
| police amaphoyisa |
| luggage imithwalo |
| headache ukuphathwa ikhanda |
| tourism ukuvakasha |
| stomach ache ukuphathwa isisu |
The following list of words is related to a class environment and the components of a house.
| Class - Zulu |
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| books izincwadi |
| toilet indlu yangasese |
| pen ipeni |
| bed umbhede |
| dictionary isichazamazwi |
| bedroom ikamelo |
| library umtapowolwazi |
| furniture impahla yasendlini |
| desk itafula |
| house indlu yangasese |
| student umfundi |
| kitchen ikhishi |
| teacher uthisha |
| plate upuleti |
| chair isihlalo |
| refrigerator isiqandisi |
| paper iphepha |
| room igumbi |
| page ikhasi |
| table itafula |
| pencil ipensela |
| window iwindi |
| question umbuzo |
| television umabonakude |
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