| Part of speech | unknown part of speech |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ʔàraj/ |
| Afrikaans | wat |
|---|---|
| Albanian | çka; ç’ |
| Catalan | què |
| Czech | co |
| Danish | hvad |
| Dutch | wat |
| English | what |
| Esperanto | kio |
| Faeroese | hvat |
| French | quoi; que |
| German | was |
| Hawaiian | aha |
| Hungarian | mi; mit |
| Icelandic | hvað |
| Italian | che cosa |
| Jamaican Patois | wa; we |
| Kabylian | d acu (ⴷ?ⴰⵛⵓ) |
| Low German | wat |
| Luxemburgish | wat |
| Malay | apa |
| Norwegian | hva |
| Papiamento | ki; kiko |
| Russian | что |
| Saterland Frisian | wät |
| Scots | whit |
| Scottish Gaelic | ciod; dè |
| Spanish | qué; que cosa |
| Sranan | san |
| Swahili | nini |
| Swedish | vad |
| Ukrainian | що |
| West Frisian | wat |
| Yiddish | װאָס |