The emotion of happiness is universal, yet the way we express it varies wonderfully across cultures and languages. The term “happy” in different languages encapsulates the diversity and beauty of linguistic expression worldwide. In this piece, we will journey through the globe to learn how to say “happy” in 70 different languages, exploring the unique phonetic and cultural nuances that make each language special.
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – I lumtur | Pronunciation: Ee loom-tour
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – سعيد (Sa’id) | Pronunciation: Sah-eed
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Ուրախ (Urakh) | Pronunciation: Oo-rakh
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Xoşbəxt | Pronunciation: Khosh-bekht
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Zoriontsu | Pronunciation: Zor-yon-tsu
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Шчаслівы (Shchaslivy) | Pronunciation: Shchas-lee-vy
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – খুশি (Khushi) | Pronunciation: Khu-shee
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Sretan | Pronunciation: Sreh-tan
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Щастлив (Shtastliv) | Pronunciation: Shtast-liv
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Feliç | Pronunciation: Feh-lees
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Šťastný | Pronunciation: Shtas-nee
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Lykkelig | Pronunciation: Loo-klee
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Gelukkig | Pronunciation: Geh-look-kikh
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Happy | Pronunciation: Hap-pee
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Õnnelik | Pronunciation: Ern-ne-lik
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – خوشحال (Khoshhal) | Pronunciation: Khosh-hal
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Onnellinen | Pronunciation: On-nel-line-en
- French (🇫🇷) – Heureux | Pronunciation: Uh-reuh
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – ბედნიერი (Bednieri) | Pronunciation: Bed-knee-eh-ree
- German (🇩🇪) – Glücklich | Pronunciation: Glook-lich
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Ευτυχισμένος (Eftychismenos) | Pronunciation: Ef-tee-khee-smeh-nos
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – מאושר (Meushar) | Pronunciation: Meh-oo-shar
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – खुश (Khush) | Pronunciation: Koosh
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Boldog | Pronunciation: Bol-dog
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Hamingjusamur | Pronunciation: Ha-ming-yu-sa-mur
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Bahagia | Pronunciation: Bah-hah-ghee-ah
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Sona | Pronunciation: Suh-nah
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Felice | Pronunciation: Fe-lee-che
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 幸せな (Shiawasena) | Pronunciation: Shee-ah-wah-seh-nah
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Бақытты (Baqytty) | Pronunciation: Bah-kyt-ty
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – សប្បាយ (Sabbay) | Pronunciation: Sah-bay
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 행복한 (Haengbokhan) | Pronunciation: Heng-bok-han
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – خۆشحاڵ (Xoşhal) | Pronunciation: Khosh-hal
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Бактылуу (Baktyluu) | Pronunciation: Bak-ty-loo
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ສຸກ (Suk) | Pronunciation: Soo-k
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – La
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Laimingas | Pronunciation: Lai-ming-as
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Frou | Pronunciation: Froh
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Среќен (Srećen) | Pronunciation: Srek-ken
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Bahagia | Pronunciation: Bah-hah-ghee-ah
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Ferħan | Pronunciation: Fer-han
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 快乐 (Kuàilè) | Pronunciation: Kwai-le
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – आनंदी (Anandi) | Pronunciation: Ah-nun-dee
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Баяртай (Bayartai) | Pronunciation: Bah-yar-tai
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – खुशी (Khusi) | Pronunciation: Khoo-shee
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Lykkelig | Pronunciation: Loo-klee
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – خوشحاله (Khoshhala) | Pronunciation: Khosh-ha-la
- Persian (Farsi) (🇮🇷) – خوشحال (Khoshhal) | Pronunciation: Khosh-hal
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Szczęśliwy | Pronunciation: Sh-chen-slee-vy
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Feliz | Pronunciation: Feh-leez
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Fericit | Pronunciation: Feh-ree-cheet
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Счастливый (Sчastlivy) | Pronunciation: Schas-tlee-vy
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Срећан (Srećan) | Pronunciation: Sreh-chan
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සතුටු (Sathutu) | Pronunciation: Sa-thoo-too
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Šťastný | Pronunciation: Shtas-nee
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Srečen | Pronunciation: Sre-chen
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Farax | Pronunciation: Fah-rahx
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Feliz | Pronunciation: Feh-lees
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Furaha | Pronunciation: Foo-rah-ha
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Lycklig | Pronunciation: Loo-klee
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Хушбахт (Khushbakht) | Pronunciation: Khush-bakht
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – மகிழ்ச்சி (Magizhchi) | Pronunciation: Mah-gizh-chi
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – సంతోషం (Santosham) | Pronunciation: San-toe-sham
- Thai (🇹🇭) – สุข (Suk) | Pronunciation: Sook
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Mutlu | Pronunciation: Moot-loo
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Щасливий (Shchaslyvy) | Pronunciation: Shchas-lee-vy
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – خوش (Khush) | Pronunciation: Koosh
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Baxtli | Pronunciation: Bakh-tlee
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Hạnh phúc | Pronunciation: Hahn fook
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Hapus | Pronunciation: Hap-iss