stubborn

Etymology
From, , , , ,. Origin.

One theory is that the origin may come from *stybor, *stibor, from Old English + adj. formative  as in,.

Adjective

 * 1) Refusing to move or to change one's opinion; obstinate; firmly resisting; persistent in doing something.
 * 2) Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
 * 1) Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.
 * 1) Of materials: physically stiff and inflexible; not easily melted or worked.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:obstinate,, ,
 * See also Thesaurus:obstinate,, ,

Translations

 * Arabic: عَنِيد
 * Armenian:
 * Assamese: আঁকোৰগোঁজ, গোঁৱাৰ
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:, ,
 * Basque: kaskagogor
 * Belarusian: упа́рты
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, , caparrut,
 * Chamicuro: kashtakulu
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 固執, 硬頸, 牛皮
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Crimean Tatar: eriş
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: kangekaelne
 * Faroese: treiskur, stívrendur
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Galician:, , , ,
 * Georgian: ჯიუტი, შეუპოვარი, უდრეკი,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: αὐθάδης, σκληροτράχηλος
 * Hawaiian: nuha
 * Hebrew:, ,
 * Hindi:, ज़िद्दी,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ingrian: pero
 * Irish: stalcach, ceanndána, stalcánta, stuacach
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: бірбеткей
 * Korean: 고집이 세다,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: کەلە ڕەق
 * Latin: obstinātus
 * Latvian:
 * Lingala: mutu makasi
 * Lithuanian: užsispyręs
 * Macedonian: твр́доглав, у́порен, сво́еглав
 * Maori: kōioio, mōtohe, whakangutungutu, kakī mārō, taringa kōhatu, upoko mārō, whakatohe, kōioio, taringa mārō
 * Meru: ndemi
 * Norman: r'calcitrant, vithouard, hieux
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:, hardnakket, vrangvillig
 * Nynorsk: sta, hardnakka, vrangviljug
 * Old English: ānwille
 * Pashto:, ځيلی
 * Persian:, ,
 * Plautdietsch: baulstierich, hoatnakich
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, cabeça-dura, , ,
 * Quechua: thalu
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: rag-mhuinealach, rag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: тврдоглав
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: tvrdohlavý, neoblomný, zarytý, zaťatý, tvrdošijný, úporný
 * Slovene:, trdoglav
 * Spanish:, , cabezota , , , , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: malig-in, matigas ang ulo, maliwaliwa
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: впе́ртий
 * Urdu: ہٹھی
 * Vietnamese:, , ,
 * Walloon:, ,
 * Welsh: styfnig

Noun

 * 1)  Stubbornness.