honour killing

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Compound of honour + killing.

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: جَرِيمَة الشَّرَفِ — murder as a cultural practice
• Arabic: قَتْل الشَّرَفِ (qatl aš-šarafi) — murder as a cultural practice
• Azerbaijani: namus qətli — murder as a cultural practice
• Bengali: সম্মান রক্ষার্থে হত্যা (śomman rokkharthe hotta) — murder as a cultural practice
• Bulgarian: убийство на честта (ubijstvo na čestta) — murder as a cultural practice
• Chinese Mandarin: 名譽殺害 /名誉杀害 (míngyù shāhài) — murder as a cultural practice
• Chinese Mandarin: 榮譽殺害 /荣誉杀害 (róngyù shāhài) — murder as a cultural practice
• Chinese Mandarin: 名譽殺人 /名誉杀人 (míngyù shārén) — murder as a cultural practice
• Chinese Mandarin: 榮譽謀殺 /荣誉谋杀 (róngyù móushā) — murder as a cultural practice
• Czech: vražda ze cti — murder as a cultural practice
• Danish: æresdrab — murder as a cultural practice
• Dutch: eerwraak — murder as a cultural practice
• Dutch: eermoord — murder as a cultural practice
• Esperanto: honormurdo — murder as a cultural practice
• Finnish: kunniamurha — murder as a cultural practice
• French: crime d'honneur — murder as a cultural practice
• West-Frisian: earwraak — murder as a cultural practice
• West-Frisian: earmoard — murder as a cultural practice
• Georgian: ღირსების მკვლელობა (ɣirsebis mḳvleloba) — murder as a cultural practice
• German: Ehrenmord — murder as a cultural practice
• Hebrew: רֶצַח עַל חִלּוּל כָּבוֹד הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה (rétzakh al khilúl kavód hammishpakhá) — murder as a cultural practice
• Hindi: सम्मान हत्या (sammān hatyā) — murder as a cultural practice
• Hindi: सम्मान हेतु हत्या (sammān hetu hatyā) — murder as a cultural practice
• Hungarian: becsületgyilkosság — murder as a cultural practice
• Italian: delitto d'onore — murder as a cultural practice
• Japanese: 名誉の殺人 (meiyo-no satsujin) — murder as a cultural practice
• Korean: 명예 살인 (myeong'ye sarin) — murder as a cultural practice
• Latin: homicīdium honōrābile — murder as a cultural practice
• Malayalam: അഭിമാനക്കൊല (abhimānakkola) — murder as a cultural practice
• Malayalam: ദുരഭിമാനക്കൊല (durabhimānakkola) — murder as a cultural practice
• Norwegian Bokmål: æresdrap — murder as a cultural practice
• Norwegian Nynorsk: æresdrap — murder as a cultural practice
• Persian: قتل ناموسی (qatl-e nâmusi) — murder as a cultural practice
• Persian: جنایت ناموسی (jenâyat nâmusi) — murder as a cultural practice
• Polish: zabójstwo honorowe — murder as a cultural practice
• Portuguese: morte de honra — murder as a cultural practice
• Portuguese: assassinato de honra — murder as a cultural practice
• Portuguese: homicídio de honra — murder as a cultural practice
• Punjabi: ਅਣਖ ਖ਼ਾਤਰ ਕਤਲ (aṇakh xātar katal) — murder as a cultural practice
• Romanian: crimă de onoare — murder as a cultural practice
• Russian: уби́йство че́сти (ubíjstvo čésti) — murder as a cultural practice
• Serbo-Croatian: у̀бо̄јство збо̏г части — murder as a cultural practice
• Serbo-Croatian: убиство збо̏г части — murder as a cultural practice
• Serbo-Croatian: ùbōjstvo zbȍg časti — murder as a cultural practice
• Serbo-Croatian: ubistvo zbȍg časti — murder as a cultural practice
• Spanish: crimen de honor — murder as a cultural practice
• Spanish: asesinato de honor — murder as a cultural practice
• Swedish: hedersmord — murder as a cultural practice
• Tamil: கெளரவக் கொலை (keḷaravak kolai) — murder as a cultural practice
• Telugu: పరువు హత్యలు (paruvu hatyalu) — murder as a cultural practice
• Turkish: namus cinayeti — murder as a cultural practice
• Turkish: töre ve namus suçları — murder as a cultural practice
• Turkish: onur suçları — murder as a cultural practice
• Ukrainian: уби́вство че́сті (ubývstvo čésti) — murder as a cultural practice
• Ukrainian: вби́вство че́сті (vbývstvo čésti) — murder as a cultural practice
• Urdu: ناموسی قتل (namusi qatl) — murder as a cultural practice
• Walloon: moude d' oneur — murder as a cultural practice
• Zazaki: cınayetê namusi — murder as a cultural practice
• Zazaki: qetlê namusi — murder as a cultural practice
• Zealandic: eerwraek — murder as a cultural practice