Happy in Different Languages
Discover 'Happy' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Happy
Afrikaans gelukkig | ||
Albanian i lumtur | ||
Amharic ደስተኛ | ||
Arabic سعيدة | ||
Armenian ուրախ | ||
Assamese সুখী | ||
Aymara kusisita | ||
Azerbaijani xoşbəxtəm | ||
Bambara ɲagali | ||
Basque pozik | ||
Belarusian шчаслівы | ||
Bengali সুখী | ||
Bhojpuri खुश | ||
Bosnian sretan | ||
Bulgarian щастлив | ||
Catalan feliç | ||
Cebuano malipayon | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 快乐 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 快樂 | ||
Corsican cuntentu | ||
Croatian sretan | ||
Czech šťastný | ||
Danish lykkelig | ||
Dhivehi އުފާ | ||
Dogri खुश | ||
Dutch gelukkig | ||
English happy | ||
Esperanto feliĉa | ||
Estonian õnnelik | ||
Ewe dzidzɔ kpɔm | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) masaya | ||
Finnish onnellinen | ||
French content | ||
Frisian lokkich | ||
Galician feliz | ||
Georgian ბედნიერი | ||
German glücklich | ||
Greek χαρούμενος | ||
Guarani vy'a | ||
Gujarati ખુશ | ||
Haitian Creole kontan | ||
Hausa farin ciki | ||
Hawaiian hauʻoli | ||
Hebrew שַׂמֵחַ | ||
Hindi खुश | ||
Hmong zoo siab | ||
Hungarian boldog | ||
Icelandic ánægður | ||
Igbo obi ụtọ | ||
Ilocano naragsak | ||
Indonesian senang | ||
Irish sásta | ||
Italian contento | ||
Japanese ハッピー | ||
Javanese seneng | ||
Kannada ಸಂತೋಷ | ||
Kazakh бақытты | ||
Khmer រីករាយ | ||
Kinyarwanda byishimo | ||
Konkani आनंदी | ||
Korean 행복 | ||
Krio gladi | ||
Kurdish şa | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) خۆشحاڵ | ||
Kyrgyz бактылуу | ||
Lao ມີຄວາມສຸກ | ||
Latin felix | ||
Latvian laimīgs | ||
Lingala esengo | ||
Lithuanian laimingas | ||
Luganda musanyufu | ||
Luxembourgish glécklech | ||
Macedonian среќен | ||
Maithili खुश | ||
Malagasy sambatra | ||
Malay gembira | ||
Malayalam സന്തോഷം | ||
Maltese kuntenti | ||
Maori koa | ||
Marathi आनंदी | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯅꯨꯡꯉꯥꯏꯕ | ||
Mizo hlim | ||
Mongolian аз жаргалтай | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ပျော်တယ် | ||
Nepali खुसी | ||
Norwegian lykkelig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) wokondwa | ||
Odia (Oriya) ଖୁସି | ||
Oromo gammadaa | ||
Pashto خوښ | ||
Persian خوشحال | ||
Polish szczęśliwy | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) feliz | ||
Punjabi ਖੁਸ਼ | ||
Quechua kusi | ||
Romanian fericit | ||
Russian счастливый | ||
Samoan fiafia | ||
Sanskrit प्रसन्नः | ||
Scots Gaelic toilichte | ||
Sepedi thabile | ||
Serbian срећан | ||
Sesotho thabile | ||
Shona kufara | ||
Sindhi خوشي | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සතුටු | ||
Slovak šťasný | ||
Slovenian vesel | ||
Somali faraxsan | ||
Spanish feliz | ||
Sundanese bagja | ||
Swahili furaha | ||
Swedish lycklig | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) masaya | ||
Tajik хушбахт | ||
Tamil சந்தோஷமாக | ||
Tatar бәхетле | ||
Telugu సంతోషంగా | ||
Thai มีความสุข | ||
Tigrinya ሕጉስ | ||
Tsonga tsaka | ||
Turkish mutlu | ||
Turkmen bagtly | ||
Twi (Akan) anigyeɛ | ||
Ukrainian щасливі | ||
Urdu خوش | ||
Uyghur خۇشال | ||
Uzbek baxtli | ||
Vietnamese vui mừng | ||
Welsh hapus | ||
Xhosa wonwabile | ||
Yiddish צופרידן | ||
Yoruba idunnu | ||
Zulu ngijabule |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Gelukkig" is derived from the Middle Dutch "geluckich", meaning "fortunate" or "lucky". |
| Albanian | "I lumtur" (happy) comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁le(w)- "light, shine," also found in Albanian "lum" (light), "lume" (world), and "lumturim" (illumination). |
| Amharic | Although generally accepted to imply a sense of joy and fulfillment, a less known use of ደስተኛ (destenya) carries a sense of fulfillment associated with vengeance and reprisal. |
| Arabic | The word "سعيدة" ("happy") in Arabic can also refer to a city in Tunisia, a district in Egypt, and a town in Saudi Arabia. |
| Armenian | The word "ուրախ" is also used to describe something that is pleasing or enjoyable. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "xoşbəxtəm" in Azerbaijani is derived from the Persian phrase "khosh bakht"," which means "good fortune" or "good luck." |
| Basque | The word "pozik" comes from the Basque word "poza", which means "joy". |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "шчаслівы" originates from the Proto-Slavic word "*sъčastije", which means "happiness" or "good luck". |
| Bengali | In Sanskrit, "sukh" means "painless", implying freedom from pain or discomfort. |
| Bosnian | The word "sretan" is also used to describe someone who has a good fortune or luck. |
| Bulgarian | The word щастлив is derived from the Old Church Slavonic word "съчастие", meaning "participation" or "communion". |
| Catalan | The word "feliç" in Catalan comes from the Latin word "felix," which also means "fertile" or "successful." |
| Cebuano | The word 'malipayon' comes from the Proto-Austronesian word for 'beautiful' or 'good', and also means 'joyful' or 'pleasant' in some dialects. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "Happy" (快乐 in simplified Chinese) is also used as a greeting, similar to "hello" in English |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 快樂, literally "quick joy," from Cantonese "faat3 lok6" meaning "quickly obtain joy". |
| Croatian | "Sretan" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sretъ, which originally meant "meeting" or "encounter". |
| Czech | The word "šťastný" originated from the verb "stihnouti," meaning "to reach," implying a sense of fulfillment. |
| Danish | The Danish word "lykkelig" is derived from the Old Norse word "lukka", meaning fortune or luck, and is etymologically related to the English word "lucky". |
| Dutch | Gelukkig derives from the Proto-Germanic word *gailaikaz, meaning "auspicious" or "favored by the gods". |
| Esperanto | Esperanto's "feliĉa" derives from the Latin "felix," meaning "fruitful, fortunate, happy, or lucky." |
| Estonian | The root of the word õnnelik is 'õnn', which can refer to luck, fortune, or blessedness, and can thus imply more than just a fleeting sensation of happiness. |
| Finnish | "Onnellinen" may also mean "fortunate" or "lucky." |
| French | The French word "content" can also mean "satisfied" or "pleased". |
| Frisian | The word "lokkich" also means "pleasant" or "funny" and is related to the word "lokkum", meaning "to laugh". |
| Galician | In Galician, "feliz" can also mean "lucky" or "fortunate". |
| Georgian | The word 'ბედნიერი' is derived from two Proto-Kartvelian roots: '*bəd-, *d(ə)n-' (share, luck) and '-i' (possessor), meaning 'possessing luck.' |
| German | The word "glücklich" is derived from the Middle High German "gelücke", meaning "good fortune" or "luck". |
| Greek | The Greek word "χαρούμενος" is also used to describe animals, particularly horses, that are spirited, joyful, or playful. |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "ખુશ" is derived from the Sanskrit word "सुख" meaning "well-being" and also refers to a feeling of contentment or joy. |
| Haitian Creole | "Kontan" in Haitian Creole derives from the French "content," further tracing back to the Latin "contentus" meaning "to hold together" or "to be enclosed." |
| Hausa | The Hausa word "farin ciki" also means "satisfied" or "content." |
| Hawaiian | 'Hauʻoli' shares a root word with 'haulani,' which means 'heavenly' in Hawaiian, suggesting a connection between happiness and the divine. |
| Hebrew | The word "שַׂמֵחַ" ("happy") derives from the root "שׂמח" meaning "to rejoice," also appearing in the name of the Jewish holiday "Simchat Torah" (literally "Rejoicing of the Torah"). |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'खुश' ('khush') shares the common Proto-Indo-European root '*kus-' with English 'good' |
| Hmong | Zoo siab means joyful in the Hmong language, but the term zoo literally refers to "good water". |
| Hungarian | A Magyar Etimológiai Szótár (Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian) suggests that the word 'boldog' evolved from the Proto-Uralic word '*pal(a)' meaning "to rejoice, to be happy" |
| Icelandic | Ánægður is etymologically related to the word 'nægja' ('enough'), suggesting a state of contentment or fulfillment. |
| Indonesian | Senang in Indonesian can also refer to a sensation of relief, as well as a state of being satisfied or content. |
| Irish | Irish 'sásta' also means 'contented, satisfied' and derives from the Old Irish 'sáth', meaning 'enough' |
| Italian | The term "contento" in Italian, deriving from the Latin "contentus," also denotes satisfaction, fulfillment, or serenity. |
| Japanese | The word "ハッピー" ("happy") in Japanese is a loanword from English that originally meant "lucky", and can still be used in that sense. |
| Javanese | The word "seneng" in Javanese can also mean "wealthy" or "prosperous". |
| Kannada | ಸಂತೋಷ comes from the Sanskrit word "santushta" meaning "content" or "satisfied". |
| Kazakh | In the Altai language, "bakyt" denotes the spiritual dimension of luck or fortune. |
| Khmer | The word "រីករាយ" also means "to be rich" and comes from the Sanskrit word "rājas" meaning "king". |
| Korean | The word "행복" (happy) in Korean can also mean "fortunate" or "lucky". |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word 'şa' is also used to describe a feeling of contentment, well-being, or joy. |
| Kyrgyz | The word "бактылуу" is derived from the Old Turkic word "bahtlyg," meaning "fortunate" or "lucky." |
| Latin | "Felix" in Latin can also refer to a type of plant known as the fern or brake. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "laimīgs" is derived from the Proto-Baltic word "leiman", meaning "fate" or "destiny". |
| Lithuanian | The word "laimingas" is also related to "laimė" (luck), suggesting a connection between happiness and good fortune. |
| Luxembourgish | The word "glécklech" is derived from the Germanic root *glai-*, meaning "to shine" or "to be bright". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word “среќен” (“happy”) is etymologically related to the Albanian “sherën” (“good”), the Romanian “serene” (“festive”) and the Turkish “şirin” (“sweet”). |
| Malagasy | The Malagasy word "SAMBATRA" also carries the meanings of "prosperous," "fortunate," and "lucky." |
| Malay | The word "gembira" originally meant "to tremble or shudder" in Malay, but over time its meaning has shifted to describe a state of happiness or excitement. |
| Malayalam | സന്തോഷം (santoṣam) is a direct loan from Sanskrit, and carries the meanings of contented, calm and unruffled, as well as cheerful and joyful. |
| Maltese | The word "kuntenti" comes ultimately from the Latin "content" referring to contentment |
| Maori | The word “koa” also means “brave” in Maori and is associated with physical strength and courage. |
| Marathi | "आनंदी" in Marathi means "happy" and can also be used to refer to someone who is cheerful or joyous. |
| Mongolian | The term "аз жаргалтай" (happy) can be traced back to the Proto-Mongolic root word "*jarγa-," meaning "to rejoice" or "to be happy," with the suffix "-ltai" denoting a state of being. |
| Nepali | "खुसी" can also mean "sun" in Nepali, and the word is derived from the Sanskrit word "khushî," which means "joy, happiness, or delight." |
| Norwegian | "Lykkelig" has roots in the old Norse word "lukka" meaning "closed" or "locked," implying a state of feeling secure and satisfied. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "wokondwa" can also mean "to be joyful" or "to be glad" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | In the Pashto language, "خوښ" conveys a broader emotional state resembling contentment and tranquility. |
| Persian | "خوشحال" can also mean "healthy" or "fortunate" in Persian. |
| Polish | The word "szczęśliwy" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sъčęstь, meaning "fate" or "fortune". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "feliz" is derived from the Latin word "felix", meaning "fruitful", "prosperous", or "lucky". |
| Punjabi | The word "ਖੁਸ਼" in Punjabi is derived from the Sanskrit word "सुख" (sukh), meaning "pleasure", "comfort", or "ease". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "fericit" is derived from the Latin word "felix", meaning "fruitful" or "fortunate". |
| Russian | The Russian word "счастливый" is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "*sъčastije" meaning "good fortune" or "luck". The word has alternate meanings of "lucky" and "fortunate" in contemporary Russian. |
| Samoan | The word "fiafia" comes from the Proto-Polynesian word *fia*, which means "to enjoy oneself" or "to have fun." |
| Scots Gaelic | "Toilichte" is derived from the Old Irish word "taíliucht," meaning "great joy" or "exultation." |
| Serbian | The word "срећан" (happy) is derived from the Proto-Slavic root "*sъrekъ", and also means "fortunate" or "lucky". |
| Sesotho | Thabile can also mean 'steady', 'firm', or 'reliable' in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "kufara" in Shona has its roots in the Bantu language family and is also used to express joy and contentment. |
| Sindhi | The Sindhi word 'خوشي' ('happy') is derived from the Persian word 'khushi', which originally meant 'well-being' or 'good fortune'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | "සතුටු" can also mean "wealthy", which is the result of "being happy". |
| Slovak | The Slovak word šťasný can also mean "fortunate," while its archaic form šťastný can mean "blessed." |
| Slovenian | The Slovenian word "vesel" is a cognate of the English word "vessel" and shares the same Proto-Indo-European root as the Greek word "eudaimonia" meaning "well-being" |
| Somali | The word "faraxsan" in Somali can also mean "cheerful" or "joyful". |
| Spanish | Feliz, from the Latin 'felix,' also means 'fruitful' and 'fortunate.' |
| Sundanese | In Sundanese, "bagja" can be used as an adjective to describe both happy feelings and material well-being. |
| Swahili | "Furaha" is derived from the Arabic word "farah" meaning "joy, happiness, delight" and also from the Persian word "farah" meaning "delight, pleasure, joy". |
| Swedish | The word 'Lycklig' also relates to the Swedish word 'lycka', meaning 'luck' or 'fortune'. |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | "Masaya" may also mean "bright" or "shining" in an old Tagalog dictionary. |
| Tajik | "Хушбахт" also means "fortunate" and, etymologically, derives from Persian "khūsh" (good) and "bakht" (luck, fortune). |
| Telugu | The word "సంతోషంగా" in Telugu derived from Sanskrit "santushta," and also means "joyfully, cheerfully, or with pleasure." |
| Thai | The Thai word "มีความสุข" derives from Sanskrit "sukha" meaning "ease" and "delight" and Pali "sukha" meaning "well-being." |
| Turkish | In Turkish, "mutlu" originates from Arabic, "metluw," and means "pleased" or "satisfied" in a more general sense. |
| Ukrainian | The word "щасливі" (happy) in Ukrainian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *sъčęstь, meaning "good fate" or "good luck." |
| Urdu | The term "خوش" comes from old Turkish and Persian meaning "good taste or smell", hence a sensation of contentment or delight. |
| Uzbek | This word is thought to be of Arabic origin, and it is also used in Turkish and Turkmen. |
| Vietnamese | Vui mừng is a compound word formed by the combination of vui and mừng, which mean “joyous” and “happy” respectively. |
| Welsh | In Welsh, the word "hapus" also refers to a "calm sea" or "harbor". |
| Xhosa | The word "wonwabile" derives from the Xhosa verb "ukuwona," meaning "to see," suggesting that happiness is derived from experiencing something visually pleasing. |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word 'Tsofriden' ('happy') derives from the Hebrew word 'sofer' ('scribe'), implying a state of contentment with one's life and accomplishments. |
| Yoruba | Ìdúnnú is also used as a name for a child born during a period of great joy or celebration. |
| Zulu | The Zulu word for 'happy' is 'ngijabule' and this can also refer to someone who is wealthy in certain dialects. |
| English | The word "happy" originates from the Old Norse "happ", meaning "good luck" or "chance", and is related to the words "happen" and "haptic". |