Celebrating a birthday is a universally cherished occasion, though the word for “birthday” varies across the world’s languages. Here’s how to say “birthday” in 70 different languages, reflecting the diverse ways this special day is acknowledged globally:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Ditëlindje | Pronunciation: Dee-tel-ind-jeh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – عيد ميلاد (Eid milad) | Pronunciation: Aeed mee-lad
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ծնունդ (Tsnund) | Pronunciation: Tz-nund
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Ad günü | Pronunciation: Ad goo-nyoo
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Urtebetetze | Pronunciation: Oor-teh-beh-teh-zeh
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Дзень народзінаў (Dzen naradzinaŭ) | Pronunciation: Dzen na-rod-zee-nau
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – জন্মদিন (Jonmodin) | Pronunciation: Jon-mo-deen
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Rođendan | Pronunciation: Rod-jen-dan
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Рожден ден (Rozhden den) | Pronunciation: Rozh-den den
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Aniversari | Pronunciation: An-nee-ver-sa-ree
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Narozeniny | Pronunciation: Na-ro-ze-nee-nee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Fødselsdag | Pronunciation: Fur-sels-dah
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Verjaardag | Pronunciation: Ver-yar-dahg
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Birthday | Pronunciation: Birth-day
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Sünnipäev | Pronunciation: Soon-nee-pa-ev
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – تولد (Tavalod) | Pronunciation: Ta-vo-lod
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Syntymäpäivä | Pronunciation: Seen-tu-ma-pai-va
- French (🇫🇷) – Anniversaire | Pronunciation: An-nee-ver-sair
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – დაბადების დღე (Dabadebis dge) | Pronunciation: Dah-bah-deh-bees dgeh
- German (🇩🇪) – Geburtstag | Pronunciation: Geh-burts-tahg
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Γενέθλια (Genethlia) | Pronunciation: Yeh-neh-thlee-ah
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – יום הולדת (Yom Huledet) | Pronunciation: Yom hoo-le-det
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – जन्मदिन (Janmadin) | Pronunciation: Jan-ma-deen
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Születésnap | Pronunciation: Sue-leh-tehs-nap
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Afmæli | Pronunciation: Af-may-lee
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Ulang tahun | Pronunciation: Oo-lang tah-hoon
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Lá breithe | Pronunciation: Law breh-ha
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Compleanno | Pronunciation: Com-play-anno
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 誕生日 (Tanjōbi) | Pronunciation: Tan-joh-bee
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Туған күні (Tuğan küni) | Pronunciation: Too-gan koo-nee
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ថ្ងៃកំណើត (Thngai kamnaet) | Pronunciation: Tngai kam-nat
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 생일 (Saeng-il) | Pronunciation: Saeng-il
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Rojbûn | Pronunciation: Roj-boon
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Туулган күн (Tuulgan kün) | Pronunciation: Tool-gan koon
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ວັນເກີດ (Wan kèèt) | Pronunciation: Wan keet
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Dzimšanas diena | Pronunciation: Dzim-sha-nas dee-eh-na
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Gimtadienis | Pronunciation: Gim-ta-dye-nis
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Gebuertsdag | Pronunciation: Geh-buerts-dahg
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Роденден (Rodenden) | Pronunciation: Ro-den-den
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Hari jadi | Pronunciation: Ha-ree ja-dee
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Għeluq | Pronunciation: Aay-looq
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 生日 (Shēngrì) | Pronunciation: Sheng-ree
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – वाढदिवस (Vāḍhdivas) | Pronunciation: Vaadh-divas
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Төрсөн өдөр (Törsön ödör) | Pronunciation: Tur-sun ur-dur
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – जन्मदिन (Janmadin) | Pronunciation: Jan-ma-din
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Fødselsdag | Pronunciation: Fur-sels-dah
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – زېږدنۍ ورځ (Zēṛdni warz) | Pronunciation: Zay-ruh-nee warz
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – تولد (Tavalod) | Pronunciation: Ta-vo-lod
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Urodziny | Pronunciation: U-rod-zee-nee
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Aniversário | Pronunciation: Ah-nee-ver-sar-ee-oh
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Zi de naștere | Pronunciation: Zee de na-sh-te-re
- Russian (🇷🇺) – День рождения (Den’ rozhdeniya) | Pronunciation: Den rozh-dee-nya
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Рођендан (Rođendan) | Pronunciation: Rod-jen-dan
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – උපන් දිනය (Upan dinaya) | Pronunciation: Oo-pan dee-na-ya
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Narodeniny | Pronunciation: Na-ro-de-nee-ny
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Rojstni dan | Pronunciation: Royst-nee dan
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Dhalasho | Pronunciation: Dha-lash-o
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Cumpleaños | Pronunciation: Coom-play-ahn-yos
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Siku ya kuzaliwa | Pronunciation: See-koo ya koo-za-lee-wa
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Födelsedag | Pronunciation: Fur-del-se-dag
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Зодрӯз (Zodrūz) | Pronunciation: Zo-drooz
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பிறந்த நாள் (Piraṇta nāḷ) | Pronunciation: Pee-ran-ta naal
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – పుట్టిన రోజు (Puṭṭina rōju) | Pronunciation: Poo-ti-na ro-ju
- Thai (🇹🇭) – วันเกิด (Wan gèrd) | Pronunciation: Wan gerd
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Doğum günü | Pronunciation: Doe-oom goo-noo
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – День народження (Den narodzhennya) | Pronunciation: Den na-rod-zhen-ya
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – سالگرہ (Salgirah) | Pronunciation: Sal-gi-rah
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Tug’ilgan kun | Pronunciation: Too-gil-gan koon
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Sinh nhật | Pronunciation: Sin nhaat
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Pen-blwydd | Pronunciation: Pen-bloo-ith