yesterday

Etymology
From, , , , from , , ,. Compare 🇨🇬,, 🇨🇬. Compare further 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. .

Noun

 * 1) The day immediately before today; one day ago.
 * 2)  The past, often in terms of being outdated.
 * 1)  The past, often in terms of being outdated.
 * 1)  The past, often in terms of being outdated.
 * 1)  The past, often in terms of being outdated.

Usage notes

 * The plural is unusual and often poetic for the recent past, e.g. “all our yesterdays have come back to haunt us”.
 * While pronunciations with are now dialectal, they were formerly found in the standard language. For example, writer and orthoepist  prescribed such a pronunciation in his work.

Translations

 * Afar: kimal
 * Afrikaans: gister
 * Ainu: ヌマン
 * Albanian:
 * Aleut: yam
 * Amharic: ትናንት, ትናንትና
 * Andi: суни
 * Arabic: أَمْس
 * Cypriot Arabic: imps
 * Egyptian Arabic: امبارح
 * Hijazi Arabic: أمس
 * Moroccan Arabic: البارح
 * South Levantine Arabic: مبارح
 * Aragonese: ahier
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: երէկ
 * Aromanian: aeri, aieri, ieri, eri, asearã
 * Assamese: কালি (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context), যোৱাকালি
 * Asturian:
 * Avar: сон
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Baluchi: زی
 * Bashkir: кисә, кисәге
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: учо́ра, ўчо́ра
 * Bengali:
 * Bikol Central: kasu-udma, kasuhapon
 * Bislama: yestedei
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: မနေ့က
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: gahapon
 * Chechen: селхана
 * Chickasaw: oblaashaash
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 昨天,, ,
 * Eastern Min: 昨暝
 * Hakka: 昨晡日
 * Hokkien:, ,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Wu: 昨日
 * Chuvash: ӗнер
 * Crimean Tatar: dün, tünevin
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: jere
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:, eilnepäev
 * Faroese: í gjár, gjárdagur
 * Fijian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: îr
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: გუშინ
 * German: gestriger Tag,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χθές
 * Greenlandic: ippassaq
 * Gujarati: ગઈ કાલ
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Higaonon: gabi-a
 * Hindi: (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context),
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: gester
 * Icelandic: gærdagur (often with a definite article; gærdagurinn; the adverb is much more frequently used than the noun equivalent)
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: egliin päivä, eglelliin päivä
 * Ingush: селхан
 * Interlingua:
 * Inuktitut: ᐃᑉᐸᒃᓴᖅ
 * Irish:
 * Istriot: ièri
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kaingang: rãké tá
 * Kannada:
 * Kapampangan: napun
 * Kazakh: кеше
 * Khmer: ម្សិលមិញ, ថ្ងៃម្សិល,
 * Konkani: कालि
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladin: inier
 * Lakota: htalehã
 * Lao:
 * Latin:, hesternus
 * Latvian:, vakardiena
 * Laz: ღომა
 * Ligurian: vêi
 * Lithuanian:, vakardiena, vakarykštė diena
 * Livonian: eggiļ
 * Lombard:
 * Luganda: jjo
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macanese: onte
 * Macedonian: вче́ра
 * Malay: ,
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: bieraħ, ilbieraħ
 * Mansaka: kagabi
 * Maori: nanahi
 * Marathi: काल
 * Middle English: yesterday
 * Mongolian:
 * Nauruan: ngago nane, nanahi
 * Navajo: adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ
 * Ndzwani Comorian: vojana
 * Ngazidja Comorian: djana
 * Norman: hièr
 * Northern Sami: ievttá
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: gårdag, gårsdag
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Ojibwe: bijiinaago
 * Oromo: kaleessa
 * Papiamentu: ayera (á)
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Piedmontese: ier
 * Polabian: ceră
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: qayna
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: ier, her
 * Russian:
 * Saho: kumal
 * Samoan: ananafi
 * Sanskrit:
 * Sardinian: aiseru, deris
 * Scots: yestreen
 * Scottish Gaelic: an-dè
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ју̀че̄р, ју̀че
 * Roman: ,
 * Shona: nezuro
 * Sicilian:
 * Sidamo: bero
 * Sindhi:
 * Sinhalese:
 * Skolt Sami: jåhtta
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Somali: shalay
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: cora
 * Upper Sorbian: wčera
 * Sotho:
 * Southern Sami: jååktan
 * Spanish:
 * Svan: ლა̄თ
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Sylheti: ꠇꠣꠁꠟ (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context)
 * Tagalog: kahapon
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil:
 * Tarantino: ajère
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: เมื่อวานนี้
 * Tibetan: ཁ་སང
 * Tok Pisin:
 * Tswana: maabane
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: düýn
 * Ukrainian: учо́ра,
 * Urdu: کل (may refer to tomorrow, depending on the context)
 * Uyghur: تۈنۈگۈن
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venda: mulovha, mba-mulovha
 * Venetian: geri
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Votic: egle
 * Vurës: nonor
 * Welsh: ddoe
 * West Frisian:
 * Western Bukidnon Manobo: gevi'i
 * Wolof:, demba
 * Xhosa: izolo
 * Yagnobi: пиён
 * Yakut: бэҕэһээ
 * Yao: liiso
 * Yiddish: נעכטן
 * Yup'ik: unuamek, akwaugaq
 * Zazaki:
 * Zhuang: ngoenzlwenz, ngoenzvaz, ŋɵnƨlɯenƨ
 * Zulu: izolo


 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:
 * Catalan: dia d'ahir
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * Icelandic: gærdagur (often with a definite article; gærdagurinn)
 * Middle English: yesterday
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forleden dag
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Zazaki:

Adverb

 * 1) On the day before today.
 * 2)  As soon as possible.
 * 1)  As soon as possible.
 * 1)  As soon as possible.
 * 1)  As soon as possible.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: gister
 * Albanian:
 * Alviri-Vidari: ایزیره
 * Amharic: ትናንትና
 * Arabic: أَمْسِ
 * Egyptian Arabic: امبارح
 * Moroccan Arabic: البارح
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: երէկ
 * Asturian:
 * Avar: сон
 * Azerbaijani:, , ötən gün
 * Bashkir: кисә
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian: учо́ра, ўчо́ра
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: မနေ့က
 * Buryat: үсэгэлдэр
 * Carpathian Rusyn: вче́ра, уче́ра, вчо́ра, учо́ра
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: gahapon
 * Chamicuro: likajpe'ta
 * Chechen: селхана
 * Chichewa: dzulo
 * Chickasaw: oblaashaash
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese:, , 昨天
 * Dungan: зуәр, зуәргә, ели, елигә
 * Eastern Min: 昨暝
 * Gan: 昨日
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Wu: 昨日
 * Xiang: 昨日
 * Chuvash: ӗнер
 * Cornish: de
 * Crimean Tatar: dün, tünevin
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: jere
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Egyptian:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Extremaduran: ayel
 * Faroese: í gjár
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: îr
 * Georgian: გუშინ
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: χθές
 * Greenlandic: ippassaq
 * Guerrero Amuzgo: bja
 * Gujarati: ગઇકાલે
 * Gurani: ھیزی
 * Haitian Creole: yè
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Ingrian: egle
 * Interlingua:
 * Irish:
 * Istriot: ièri
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: кеше
 * Khmer:, ពីម្សិលមិញ, ថ្ងៃម្សិលមិញ
 * Komi-Permyak: тӧн
 * Korean: ,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lakota:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Livonian: eggiļ
 * Luxembourgish:
 * Macanese: onte
 * Macedonian: вче́ра
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: lbieraħ
 * Manx: jea
 * Marathi: काल
 * Middle English: yesterday
 * Mòcheno: gester
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠥᠴᠦᠭᠡᠳᠦᠷ
 * Nanai: чисэниэ
 * Navajo: adą́ą́dą́ą́ʼ
 * Neapolitan: ajere
 * Ngan'gityemerri: kultyinimbi
 * Ngazidja Comorian: djana
 * Norman: hiaer, hièr
 * Northern Mansi:
 * Northern Sami: ikte
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: i går
 * Nynorsk: i går
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Ojibwe: bijiinaago
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: вьчера
 * Old East Slavic: вьчера
 * Old English: geostran
 * Ossetian: знон
 * Papiamentu: ayera
 * Pashto:
 * Persian:
 * Dari:
 * Iranian Persian:
 * Pipil: yalua
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਕੱਲ੍ਹ
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: ier
 * Russian:
 * Rwanda-Rundi: ejo
 * Sanskrit:
 * Scottish Gaelic: an-dè
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ју̀че̄р, ју̀че
 * Roman: ,
 * Sicilian:
 * Sindhi:
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: cora
 * Upper Sorbian: wčera
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: kahapon
 * Tajik:
 * Talysh: ایزر
 * Tamil:
 * Tarantino: ajère
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai: เมื่อวานนี้
 * Tibetan: ཁེ་སང, ཁ་སང
 * Tigrinya:
 * Tok Pisin:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: düýn
 * Ukrainian: учо́ра,
 * Urdu: کَل, دِیروز
 * Uyghur: تۈنۈگۈن
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Venetian: geri
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: ddoe
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: נעכטן
 * Zhuang: ngoenzlwenz, ngoenzvaz
 * Zulu: izolo


 * Polish: na wczoraj

Etymology
From ; equivalent to.

Adverb

 * 1) On the preceding day
 * 2) At another preceding point in time; in the past

Noun

 * 1) The preceding day;
 * 2) A preceding point in time; the past