"Merry Christmas"
Merry Christmas is spoken in many languages around the world. In Rome, and throughout the greater part of Latin Christendom, it was "The Feast of the Nativity"; and in Greece Genethlia, having the same meaning. The French Noel offers a variety of explanations. Some say it came through the Provencal Nadal, from the Latin Natalis, with which the Italian Natale and the Welsh Nadolig (probably also Gaelic Nollaig) are compared. Others perceive it through the form Nowell to Nouvelles, which means news. Both could be right. Noel and Nowell may be words of distinct origin, almost identical in sound and meaning. The Italians also give us Nativita, which is evidently the parent of the Spanish Navidad. Germany's Weihnacht means "the holy or consecrated night", though some interpret it to come from Wein-nacht or "wine night. Our own Christmas follows the pattern of adding the syllable -mas to the name of the person being celebrated. But opinions differ as to the origin of the syllable. Hebrew implies it to mean "tribute" or "offering" (Deuteronomy 16: 10). The French change "mass" messe and Latin missa.
Afrikaans -
een plesierige kerfees
Arabic -
I'D MIILAD SAID OUA SANA SAIDA
Argentine -
Felices Pasquas Y felices ano Nuevo
Armenian -
Shenoraavor Nor Dari yev Pari Gaghand
Azeri -
Tezze Iliniz Yahsi Olsun
Basque -
Zorionak eta Urte Berri On!
Belgium -
Zalige Kertfeest
Bohemian -
Vesele Vanoce
Brazilian -
Boas Festas e Feliz Ano Novo;
Feliz Natal
Breton -
Nedeleg laouen na bloavezh mat
Bulgarian -
Tchestita Koleda;
Tchestito Rojdestvo Hristovo
Chinese -
Sheng Tan Kuai Loh
Chinese - (Mandarin)
Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Chinese - (Catonese)
Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun
Cornish -
Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth
Cree -
Mitho Makosi Kesikansi
Croatian -
Sretan Bozic
Czech -
Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish -
Glædelig Jul
Dutch -
Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!;
Hartelijke Kerstroeten!
English -
Merry Christmas
Esperanto -
Gajan Kristnaskon
Estonian -
Ruumsaid juulup|hi
Farsi -
Cristmas-e-shoma mobarak bashad
Finnish -
Hyvaa joulua;
Hauskaa Joulua
French -
Joyeux Noel
Frisian -
Noflike Krystdagen en in protte
Lok en Seine yn it Nije Jier!
German -
Froehliche Weihnachten;
Greek -
Kala Christougenna!;
Eftihismena Christougenna!
Hawaiian -
Mele Kalikimaka
Hebrew -
Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova
Hindi -
Shub Naya Baras
Hungarian -
Kellemes Karacsonyi unnepeket
Icelandic -
Gledileg Jol
Indonesian -
Selamat Hari Natal
Iraqi -
Idah Saidan Wa Sanah Jadidah
Irish -
Nollaig Shona Dhuit;
Nodlig mhaith chugnat
Italian -
Buone Feste Natalizie;
Buon Natale
Japanese -
Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean -
Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latvian -
Prieci'gus Ziemsve'tkus
un Laimi'gu Jauno Gadu!
Lithuanian -
Linksmu Kaledu
Manx -
Nollick ghennal as blein vie noa
Maori -
Meri Kirihimete
Marathi -
Shub Naya Varsh
Mexican -
Feliz Navidad
Navajo -
Merry Keshmish
Norwegian -
God Jul;
Gledelig Jul
Papua New Guinea -
Bikpela hamamas blong dispela
Krismas na Nupela yia i go long yu.
Pennsylvania German -
En frehlicher Grischtdaag un
en hallich Nei Yaahr!
Polish -
Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia;
Boze Narodzenie
Portuguese -
Boas Festas
Rapa-Nui -
Mata-Ki-Te-Rangi. Te-Pito-O-Te-Henua
Rumanian -
Sarbatori vesele
Russian -
Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom
Rozhdestva is Novim Godom;
Hristos Razdajetsja
Serbian -
Hristos se rodi
Serbo-Croatian -
Sretan Bozic;
Vesele vianoce
Sami -
Buorrit Juovllat
Samoan -
La Maunia Le Kilisimasi Ma Le Tausaga Fou
Scots Gaelic -
Nollaig chridheil huibh
Serb-Croatian -
Sretam Bozic. Vesela Nova Godina
Singhalese -
Subha nath thalak Vewa.
Subha Aluth Awrudhak Vewa
Slovak -
Vesele Vianoce. A stastlivy Novy Rok
Slovene -
Vesele Bozicne. Screcno Novo Leto;
Srecen Bozic
Spanish -
Feliz Navidad;
Felices Pascuas
Swedish -
God Jul;
(Och) Ett Gott Nytt År
Tagalog -
Maligayamg Pasko. Masaganang Bagong Taon
Tamil -
Nathar Puthu Varuda Valthukkal
Thai -
Sawadee Pee Mai
Turkish -
Noeliniz Ve Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun
Ukrainian -
Srozhdestvom Kristovym
Urdu -
Naya Saal Mubarak Ho
Vietnamese -
Chung Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh -
Nadolig Llawen;
Yugoslavian -
Cestitamo Bozic