What is Quilt in other languages – I share what the word quilt is in other languages. #quilt
What is Quilt in other languages
Before we look at what a quilt is in other languages, let’s look at a definition of quilt.

Noun: a bed coverlet of two layers of cloth filled with padding (such as down or batting) held in place by ties or stitched designs
Merriam-Webster
A-D
- Arabic – لحاف lihaf
- Bulgarian – юрган yurgan
- Chinese – 被子 Bèizi
- Croatian – jorgan
- Czech – deka
- Danish – quilt
- Dutch – quilt
E-H
- English – quilt
- Filipino – kubrekama
- Finnish – peitto
- French – courtepointe
- German – Decke
- Greek – πάπλωμα páploma
- Hawaiian – kāhili
- Hebrew – שמיכה
- Hindi – रज़ाई razaee
- Hungarian – paplan
I-L
- Icelandic – teppi
- Indonesian – selimut
- Irish – chuilt
- Italian – trapunta
- Japanese – キルト Kiruto
- Korean – 이불 ibul
- Latin – pellem pilosam
- Lithuanian – antklodė
- Luxembourgish – decken
M-P
- Macedonian – јорган jorgan
- Nepali – रजाई Rajā’ī
- Persian – لحاف
- Polish – kołdra
- Portuguese – colcha
Q-T
- Romania – pilota
- Russian – одеяло odeyalo
- Scottish Gaelic – cuibhrig
- Spanish – edtedón
- Swahili – mto
- Thai – ผ้าห่ม P̄ĥāh̄̀m
- Turkish – täcke
U-W
- Ukrainian – ковдру kovdru
- Vietnamese – may chăn
- Welch – cwilt
X-Z
- Yiddish – קאָלדרע koldre
Got a language I didn’t share? Let me know and I will look into it and add it to this list. Check back often! Share this post with your quilting people!
I am no expert in quilting, I’m just learning to quilt, and sharing quilting and sewing on here.
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