How is 'bitcoin' written in different languages?

[auzaar]

बिटकॉइन
in hindi, marathi any language which uses http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devanagari

[Spekulatius]

Computer can be translated to/used as "Rechner" (calculator), internet sometimes gets jokingly called "Internetz" ("Netz" = engl. net) in German.
Bitcoin(s) however are probably never going to be translated as "Bitmünze" - sounds weird to my ears and not "sexy" at all.

Actually, one could even dig deeper into the matter and try to dissect every part of the term "Bitcoin".
"coin" is being translated alright into "Münze", which is the commonly used translation in German.
"Bit" however is an actual portmanteau consisting of "binary" for "binär, dual, dyadisch or zweistellig" and "digit" for "Zahl, Ziffer or Stelle".
Possible translations for it would be:

- Binärzahl(en)münze
- Binärziffer(n)münze
- Binärstelle(n)münze
- Dualzahl(en)münze
- Dualziffer(n)münze
- Dualstelle(n)münze
- Dyadzahl(en)münze
- Dyadziffer(n)münze
- Dyadstelle(n)münze
- Zweistellenzahl(en)münze
- Zweistellenziffer(n)münze
- Zweistelle(n)münze

 or "Münze" with the corresponding attribute, like: duale Zahlenmünze or dyadische Zahlenmünze

[meowmeowbrowncow]

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- Dualziffer(n)münze
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Dualziffer.  Gotta love German.

[almwaysa]

Arabic: بتكوين

[casascius]

Greek is a transliteration of "bitcoin" and I don't anticipate it being changed to "bit-kerma" or anything else: μπίτκoϊν

Do you guys also translate "computer" and "internet" btw?

"Computer" is a word that existed before the invention of the machine we commonly call a computer as a derivative of "compute", sort of a synonym for "calculate".  So for Greek for example, the word for "computer" doesn't sound like the English word, but sounds more like the word suggesting something that calculates.  But "computer" would be well-understood as well.

[casascius]

"Bit" however is an actual portmanteau consisting of "binary" for "binär, dual, dyadisch or zweistellig" and "digit" for "Zahl, Ziffer or Stelle".

I always considered the "Bit" in Bitcoin to be an invocation of "BitTorrent" rather than an actual reference to a bit.  I suspect that if BitTorrent were invented and originally had become popular under the name "ZitTorrent" instead of its actual known name, then Bitcoin would have been named Zitcoin.

[deepceleron]

In Japanese it is ビットコイン

Pronounced BEE-TTO-KOI-N, this is the Japanese Katakana alphabet for phonetically writing foreign words, not quite as interesting as Chinese where you can choose characters of different root meanings that together sound like Bitcoin.

Most non-roman language writers still tend to write Bitcoin in English (random example: https://btcchina.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=152), but less so in Arabic due to right-to-left writing making inserting English words awkward (http://www.ed3s.com/%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86-bitcoin/)

[becoin]

Spelled in Russian: биткoин

биткoин or биткoйн?

[becoin]

This is what we have so far:

Latin: bitcoin
Japanese: ビットコイン
Chinese: 比特币
Hebrew: ביטקוין
Cyrillic: биткoйн
Hindi, Marathi: बिटकॉइन
Arabic: بتكوين
Greek: μπίτκoϊν

There are a lot more alphabet sets actively used on this Planet. What else?

[John (John K.)]

I suppose it should be still called as bitcoin in the Malay/Indonesian language due to its frequent borrowing of foreign words in its dictionary. I could be wrong, though.

[becoin]

I suppose it should be still called as bitcoin in the Malay/Indonesian language

I'm not interested so much in how it is called, but how it is written? How it is written in بهاس ملايو ?

[deepceleron]

"Bit" however is an actual portmanteau consisting of "binary" for "binär, dual, dyadisch or zweistellig" and "digit" for "Zahl, Ziffer or Stelle".

I always considered the "Bit" in Bitcoin to be an invocation of "BitTorrent" rather than an actual reference to a bit.  I suspect that if BitTorrent were invented and originally had become popular under the name "ZitTorrent" instead of its actual known name, then Bitcoin would have been named Zitcoin.

I think the etymology is different, that usage of "bit" implies that information is stored digitally, and "bit"+"coin" is synonymous with "digital" + "currency". Just like Bittorrent is a "torrent" (def: A sudden, violent, and copious outpouring) of "bits" (digital data).

[John (John K.)]

I suppose it should be still called as bitcoin in the Malay/Indonesian language

I'm not interested so much in how it is called, but how it is written? How it is written in بهاس ملايو ?

It should be still written as bitcoin (the Malay language uses the alphabet too). The only possible variation would be bit-syiling (syiling = coin in Malay), but that's just plain weird.

[EskimoBob]

Do not forget Farsi!  Be warned, this can cause loads of drama: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=128532.msg1368808#msg1368808 LOL
 

[becoin]

It should be still written as bitcoin (the Malay language uses the alphabet too).

Okay, in Malayan bitcoin is the same as in Latin.

Do not forget Farsi!  Be warned, this can cause loads of drama:

I know. How is it written in Farsi? Don't be shy!  

[arlumba]

correct: БиткoИн, not БиткoЙн.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=10.0

[bitkoyun]

Latin: bitcoin
Japanese: ビットコイン
Chinese: 比特币
Hebrew: ביטקוין
Cyrillic: биткoйн
Hindi, Marathi: बिटकॉइन
Arabic: بتكوين
Greek: μπίτκoϊν
Turkish: bitkoyun