Gifts are a universal way of expressing affection, gratitude, celebration, and sometimes apology. The act of giving is deeply ingrained in human culture and transcends geographic and cultural boundaries. Here’s how to say “gift” in 70 different languages, highlighting the rich diversity of linguistic expression across the globe.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Dhuratë | Pronunciation: Dhu-ra-të
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – هدية (Hadiya) | Pronunciation: Ha-dee-ya
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Նվեր (Nver) | Pronunciation: Nuh-ver
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Hədiyyə | Pronunciation: Hə-di-yə
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Opari | Pronunciation: Oh-pah-ree
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Падарунак (Padarunak) | Pronunciation: Pa-da-roo-nak
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – উপহার (Upohar) | Pronunciation: U-po-har
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Poklon | Pronunciation: Po-klon
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Подарък (Podarăk) | Pronunciation: Po-da-rŭk
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Regal | Pronunciation: Re-gal
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Dárek | Pronunciation: Dah-rek
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Gave | Pronunciation: Gah-ve
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Cadeau | Pronunciation: Ka-doh
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Gift | Pronunciation: Gift
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Kingitus | Pronunciation: Kin-gi-tus
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – هدیه (Hediye) | Pronunciation: He-di-ye
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Lahja | Pronunciation: Lah-ya
- French (🇫🇷) – Cadeau | Pronunciation: Ka-doh
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – საჩუქრის (Sachukris) | Pronunciation: Sa-chu-kris
- German (🇩🇪) – Geschenk | Pronunciation: Geh-shenk
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Δώρο (Doro) | Pronunciation: Tho-ro
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – מתנה (Matana) | Pronunciation: Ma-ta-na
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – उपहार (Upahaar) | Pronunciation: U-pa-har
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Ajándék | Pronunciation: A-yahn-dek
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Gjöf | Pronunciation: Yof
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Hadiah | Pronunciation: Ha-di-ah
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Bronntanas | Pronunciation: Bron-ta-nas
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Regalo | Pronunciation: Re-ga-lo
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 贈り物 (Okurimono) | Pronunciation: Oh-ku-ree-mo-no
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сыйлық (Syilyq) | Pronunciation: See-luhk
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – អំណោយ (Amnoy) | Pronunciation: Am-noy
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 선물 (Seonmul) | Pronunciation: Seon-mool
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – هدیە (Hediye) | Pronunciation: He-di-ye
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Белек (Belek) | Pronunciation: Be-lek
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຂອງຝັນ (Khong fan) | Pronunciation: Khong-fan
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Dāvana | Pronunciation: Dah-va-na
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Dovana | Pronunciation: Do-va-na
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Kaddo | Pronunciation: Kad-do
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Подарок (Podarok) | Pronunciation: Po-da-rok
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Hadiah | Pronunciation: Ha-di-ah
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Rigal | Pronunciation: Ree-gal
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 礼物 (Lǐwù) | Pronunciation: Lee-woo
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – भेट (Bhet) | Pronunciation: Bhayt
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Бэлэг (Beleg) | Pronunciation: Be-leg
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – उपहार (Upahaar) | Pronunciation: U-pa-har
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Gave | Pronunciation: Gah-ve
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – ډالۍ (Dālai) | Pronunciation: Dah-lai
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – هدیه (Hadiyeh) | Pronunciation: Ha-di-ye
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Prezent | Pronunciation: Pre-zent
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Presente | Pronunciation: Pre-zen-te
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Cadou | Pronunciation: Ca-dou
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Подарок (Podarok) | Pronunciation: Po-da-rok
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Поклон (Poklon) | Pronunciation: Pok-lon
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – තෑගි (Thægi) | Pronunciation: Tha-gee
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Dar | Pronunciation: Dar
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Darilo | Pronunciation: Da-ree-lo
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Hadiyad | Pronunciation: Ha-di-yad
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Regalo | Pronunciation: Re-ga-lo
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Zawadi | Pronunciation: Za-wa-di
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Gåva | Pronunciation: Goh-va
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Тӯҳфа (Tohfa) | Pronunciation: Toh-fa
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – பரிசு (Parisu) | Pronunciation: Pa-ri-su
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – బహుమతి (Bahumati) | Pronunciation: Ba-hu-ma-ti
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ของขวัญ (Khong khwan) | Pronunciation: Khong-kwan
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Hediye | Pronunciation: He-di-ye
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Подарунок (Podarunok) | Pronunciation: Po-da-roo-nok
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – تحفہ (Tohfa) | Pronunciation: Toh-fa
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Sovg’a | Pronunciation: Sov-gah
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Quà | Pronunciation: Qua
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Anrheg | Pronunciation: An-hreg