What are the names of cats in different countries. How cats are called around the world

Everyone knows that a cat is considered a freedom-loving animal. They have lived with people for centuries. In all countries, there are those who simply adore these pets, come up with the most unusual names for them. In this article, we will tell you how cats are called in different countries, what names they come up with, and in general, what kind of relationship people have with these animals.

This is how the history of cats began

According to one version of historians, the first cats were tamed by people in ancient Egypt more than two thousand years BC. In those days, the exterminator of rodents was considered in this country. Cats were strictly guarded and guarded. Taking them abroad was punishable by death.

In those days, the safety of crops played a big role, only cats were serious exterminators of rodents. In Greece and Rome, they even tried to tame ferrets and snakes for these purposes, but nothing came of it. Somehow, Greek smugglers managed to import tame hunters for mice and rats into the country.

So cats appeared in the Roman Empire and in Greece. Now it does not matter how cats are called in different countries, the fact remains that they all come from Egypt.

Cats in our world

Later, from Italy, cats came to Britain. Here they were allowed to keep even in monasteries. Their main purpose remained the same - to protect the granaries from rodents. During the Middle Ages in Europe, cats fell out of favor. They were accused of being connected with witches, they were called minions of the devil and even burned at the stake. There was a real war with cats. Poor animals were blamed for all epidemics, accidents, diseases. This continued until the middle of the 18th century, when the Inquisition was a thing of the past.

In Russia, the first mention of cats dates back to the 14th century. The pet was very much appreciated, it was an indispensable assistant in the fight against mice and rats. For stealing a cat, a fine was imposed, equal to that for stealing an ox. Then it was a very impressive amount.

Recognition in Europe was returned to cats in the middle of the 19th century. Pet lovers began to unite, create clubs. The first unusual breeds began to appear. The beginning of the history of the modern cat can be called 1871, then the first official cat show was held, which was a huge success. At that time, people did not yet know how cats were called in different countries of the world, and maybe that's why each locality had its own call signs.

Why do Russian cats respond to "kis-kis"

Each of us, for sure, wondered why the call "kit-kit" is so attractive to our pussies. As soon as the cat hears these sounds, it rushes towards you, sweeping away everything in its path. The answer, however, will surprise you. This is how our Russian pets relate to these sounds.

In our country, it is customary to call the cat "kiss-kiss". To a greater extent, she reacts precisely to the sound "s". The cat's ear is very sensitive to high frequency sounds. Even if you say “ps-ps” loudly and clearly, the cat will surely come running.

Our cats also react simply to hissing sounds. But what is surprising, if from birth a kitten is called to feed only by name, he will associate the feeding process with these sounds and then "kiss-kiss" will not attract him in any way.

What words call cats in different countries

Scientists have long been struggling with the riddle of what call all the cats of the world respond to, but the answer has not been found. There is only one conclusion - they all catch whistling, hissing sounds, which attract their attention. Some animals are wary of the call. Maybe they pick up mouse rustling or the hiss of other cats in high-pitched sounds. Although there are instances that do not respond to anything other than their name.

And now about the most interesting. Do you know how cats are called in different countries? In each country in its own way:

• If in France, for example, you call a cat with the Russian "kiss-kiss", she will not even turn around. There cats are accustomed to "min-min". Sophisticated French call them with such affectionate words.
• In Israel, cats also do not react to Russian. They respond to the strange for us "smack-smack".
• An Italian cat will run to you with great pleasure if you call "michu michu".
• Korean cats respond to a very strange "nabiya-nabiya".
• In Japan, cats, as if by magic, run up to the calls "oide-oide". Quite strange for us.
• The call was treated very felinely in India. There, imitating pets, people call "meow-meow".
• Both in America and in England, cats are called "kiri-kiri".
• Thinking about how cats are called in different countries, it should be noted that there are states where calls are very similar to Russian, their cats can even respond to your sounds. Germany - "ks-ks", Sweden "kys-kys", Finland "kisu-kisu".
• In Arab countries, one may get the impression that, on the contrary, cats are driven away. Their call is "shoo-shoo".
• Dutch cats will only respond to "pus-pus".
• In Bulgaria, Serbia, a cat is a matska, a cat is a matze. Accordingly, they are called there very simply "matz-matz-matz".

How do cats treat people?

Many ordinary people still believe that a cat is a freedom-loving animal and does not care about a person. But a dog is a friend who vividly expresses his emotions. To some extent, this may be so. But those who really love cats, keep them in their home, will categorically disagree with this statement.

Everyone knows how the cat meets the owner from work if she spent the whole day alone in the apartment. She faithfully looks into your eyes, rubs against your legs and even gently hits you with a paw, asks her to caress and stroke. Those who raised a kitten from birth into an adult cat know what a friend and affectionate family member he becomes. No well-bred domestic cat will harm a baby, will either endure his attacks, or simply hide.

What is the best name for a cat?

We figured out how cats are lured in different countries, and now we will discuss what name is better to give to your pet. Someone believes that a cat can only be Murka or Muska, and a cat - Vaska or Murzik. In the villages of our grandmothers, perhaps, it was so.

Now many owners try to name their pet with some strange or surprising word. Affectionately, tenderly, many call their kitty Nyasha, and someone gives the cat the formidable name Stifler. Some thoroughbred animals have names that are unique to their "blue bloods", those that are written in the passport.

However, this is not important, as well as the words with which cats are called in different countries of the world. The main thing is to love and take care of your pet, give him all your care and affection, and then your friend will always meet you with a cheerful purr.

"Calling cats is as useless as calling a hurricane."

(Neil Gaiman)

“You can't fool a cat with empty talk like a dog, no, sir! (Jerome K. Jerome)

“Call the dog - it will come running; cat - take note. (Mary Bly)

"Women and cats do not go when they are called, and come when they are not called." (Prosper Merimee)

Summer is a long-awaited time for vacations. Thousands of cat lovers begin to travel intensively in search of vivid impressions. Do you know how cats are called in different countries?

How to address a foreign purr?

“Kiss-kiss-kiss” is only our Murkas and Vaskas will understand. Well, maybe the Finnish cat will turn around.
Here is a picture to help you, telling you how to contact a cat abroad.

Indeed, in different countries, cats are called in different ways. The most commonly used letters are P, M, I, C, W, U, C. And, their cats hear better.

And an even more complete list:

AUSTRALIA "pus-pus-pus"

AZERBAIJAN "pshit-pshit-pshit" or "pish-pish-pish"
ENGLAND "pus-pus-pus", "mu-mu"
ARGENTINA "mouse-bear"
AFGHANISTAN "pish-pish-pish"
BULGARIA "mats-mats-mats" (from "matse, matska" - cat, kitty)
HUNGARY "tsits-tsits-tsits" (cat - "machka", kitten - "tsits")
GERMANY "mitz-mitz" or "biz-biz-biz"

GREECE "ps-ps-ps"
Holland "push-push"
GEORGIA "peace-peace"

DENMARK "Mis-Mis-Miss"

EGYPT "pys-pys-pys"
ISRAEL "ps-ps-ps"

INDIA "meow-meow-meow"

SPAIN "misu-misu" or "mini-mini",
ITALY "michu-michu-michu"
CHINA "mi-mi-mi" (here, it turns out where it came from!) or "ts-ts-ts"

KOREA "nabiya-nabiya-nabiya"
LATVIA "minka-minka-minka", "mitsi-mitsi-mitsi"
LITHUANIA "kats-kats-kats"

MACEDONIA "mats-mats-mats"

MEXICO "bishito bishito"
MOLDOVA "peace-peace-peace"

NEW ZEALAND "kitty kitty kitty" or "pus-pus-pus",

POLAND "pshe-pshe-pshe" or "kicha-kicha-kicha"
RUSSIA "kis-kis-kis", "kis-kis-kis", "kis-kis-kis"

ROMANIA
SERBIA "mats-mats-mats"
USA and CANADA "kitty kitty kitty", CALIFORNIA "kiri-kiri-kiri"
TATARSTAN

TUNISIA "besh-besh-besh"

TURKEY "pisi-pisi-pisi", but where there are many Russian tourists, they respond to "kis-kis"
UKRAINE "kyts-kyts-kyts", "kytsyu-kytsyu-kytsyu"

FINLAND "kiss-kiss-kiss"
FRANCE "min-min-min"
CZECH REPUBLIC "chi-chi-chi"

SWITZERLAND "Mitz-Mitz-Mitz"
ESTONIA "kisyu-kisyu-kisyu"
JAPAN: "shu-shu-shu"

The call that a cat willingly goes to will depend on the country where she lives. Of course, this does not mean at all that the “foreigner” will never learn to respond to sounds accepted in another part of the world. It just takes a little effort and time to train an animal. She needs to learn a foreign language

And a few jokes on the subject 😀

The psychiatrist asks the patient:

- And when did you begin to respond to the call “kiss-kiss-kiss?

“Even when I was a very small kitten.

Dad yelled at mom. The mother yelled at her son. The son yelled at the cat. The cat put everyone in slippers. Moral: disenfranchised does not mean safe! And you need to treat cats gently and with respect! 😀

***

When I say “kiss-kiss-kiss” to a cat, the probability that I want:
feed the cat - 5%
check if the cat is working - 95%

***

Two-legged nonentity, you were created for the sole purpose of serving me, your furry master! Obey me, or I will destroy you and your entire race!
- Kitty, kitty, what are you meowing there, do you want to eat? Come to me, kitty-kitty-kitty!

***

Sysadmin:
- Well, let them say that using the name of your cat as a password is bad form! RrgTt_fх32!b, kitty-kitty…

***

“Darling, it’s already getting colder, I would like something white and fluffy on my collar…

- It's high time! Kiss-kiss-kiss!

***

Listen, why does your cat obey you and come home? What are you calling him?

- "Kiss-kiss-kiss" has not been active for a long time! Now I call this hairy fat brute "meat-meat-meat." It works. For now... I'm learning to imitate the rustle of a pack of food...

***

And here is what the word "CAT" looks like in some languages ​​of the world.

Note. This article uses photographs from open sources on the Internet, all rights belong to their authors, if you think that the publication of any photo violates your rights, please contact me using the form in the section, the photo will be deleted immediately.

It turns out that in different countries of the world cats are called to themselves in different ways. Such differences are due to the fact that the languages ​​are different, and the pet has been studying the way pets are called from childhood, therefore, for example, an American cat will not respond to the standard “kiss-kiss”. She's just not used to that kind of treatment.

Cats are more constant: to communicate with a person in any country, they use the only crown sound “meow”, and even continents or continents are not able to influence this “Esperanto”. If a cat is brought to the other end of the earth, he will perfectly understand another creature of his kind.

People have made it difficult. They cannot find a common language not only with representatives of other countries, but also with their pets. You can shout “kis-kis-kis” as much as you like, but apart from fright and surprise at this animal from another country, nothing can be achieved in this way.

Over the centuries allotted for the formation of the language, people managed to notice one important detail: cats respond better to a certain category of sounds, or rather, to combinations of sounds, so the words addressed to them should be short, so it will be easier to call them even in complete at a young age, when they are still kittens. It is easier for kids to remember a combination of two or three sounds. For this reason, we will not hear the appeal “respected animal with four paws, a tail and a mustache” in any country in the world.

Almost like Russians

The Russian address "kis-kis" is familiar to everyone since childhood. But not only Russians call their pets in this way. In countries such as Ukraine (“kyts-kyts-kyts”), Estonia (“kisyu-kysyu-kysyu”), Turkey (“kach-kach-kach”), Lithuania (kats-kats-kats), America (“kiti -kiti-kiti") and California ("kiri-kiri-kiri"), a cat is also called to itself with a word starting with the letter "k". This voiceless consonant sound perfectly attracts the attention of pets. Not only cats react to it, but also dogs.

What if you whistle?

Some people on the street draw attention to themselves by whistling. This makes sense: whistling sounds stand out from the rest. Cats are no exception, miraculously "snatching out" such whistling consonants as "C", "Z" or "C". “Sh” is also included in this category, which, when repeated quickly, sounds more like “S”.

Scientists consider this to be a regularity, since the cat's hearing perceives these overtones approximately to the frequency characteristics of small rodents. Nature itself “sharpened” their ears to the whistlers in order to provide food for animals of this species, and people unconsciously took advantage of this to call the cats to them.

It is by this principle that cats are called in such countries:

• England - "pus-pus-pus";
• Afghanistan - "pish-pish-pish";
• Hungary - "tsits-tsits-tsits" (from the word "kitten" - "tsits");
• Holland - "push-push-push";
• Israel - ps-ps-ps;
• Serbia - "mats-mats-mats";
• Tatarstan - "pes-pes-pes";
• Japan - "shu-shu-shu";
• Poland - "pshe-pshe-pshe";
• Norway - "psy - psy - psy";
• Armenia - "psho-psho-psho";
• Tunisia - bash-bash-bash.

Adjusting

The sound "M" for cats is a signal of normal communication, which is used by them within the species. They respond well to it, therefore, in different countries, in order to call this animal, combinations of sounds, including “M”, are often used. An example would be:

• Argentina - "mush-mush-mush";
• Italy - "michu michu michu";
• France - "min-min-min";
• Thailand - "miu-miu-miu."

One is not enough!

In a number of countries, they love cats so much that they call them not in one, but in two ways at once. This can be heard in Azerbaijan - "pshit-pshit-pshit" and "pish-pish-pish", as well as in Latvia - "minka-minka-minka" and "mitsi-mitsi-mitsi".

There are also a number of countries that are closer to each other than it seems, according to one common indicator: they call cats the same way. In Germany, Serbia and Montenegro, the combination "mitz-mitz-mitz" is used for this, in Bulgaria and Serbia - "mats-mats-mats" (from the word "cat" - "matze")

The main thing is not to laugh

Sometimes certain ways to call cats in foreign countries of the world sound ridiculous or comical to our ears. What is worth only "pis-pis-pis" used in Georgia and Moldova, or "chi-chi-chi" among the Czechs. But in terms of tenderness, the Chinese bypassed everyone - they use the sound combination “mi-mi-mi”.

In India, they did not become too tense and decided to call the cats, imitating their own sounds addressed to a person - “meow-meow-meow”.

There is hope

If you are unable to memorize new words or quickly reorganize, and if you need to call a cat, “kit-kit-kit” pops up in your head, you can hope that the animal will exceed you in terms of memory. Scientists have studied that in order to memorize a new important combination, cats need an average of two to three repetitions. You need to ignore the bewildered looks of animals and continue to insist with "kiss-kiss." They may be more teachable than you.