How to Say Holy in Other Languages

Afrikaans: Heilig (hay-likh)

Albanian: I shenjtë (ee shayn-tuh)

Amharic: ቅዱስ (k’doos)

Arabic: مقدس (muqaddas)

Armenian: Սուրբ (soor-b)

Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs (moo-qed-des)

Basque: Santua (san-too-ah)

Belarusian: Святы (svya-ty)

Bengali: পবিত্র (pô-bi-trô)

Bosnian: Svet (svet)

Bulgarian: Свят (sviat)

Catalan: Sant (sant)

Cebuano: Balaan (bah-lah-an)

Chichewa: Woyera (woh-yeh-rah)

Chinese (Simplified): 神圣 (shén shèng)

Chinese (Traditional): 神聖 (shén shèng)

Corsican: Sant (sant)

Croatian: Sveti (svye-tee)

Czech: Svatý (svah-tee)

Danish: Hellig (heh-leeg)

Dutch: Heilig (hay-likh)

Esperanto: Sankta (sank-tah)

Estonian: Püha (peu-hah)

Fijian: Tabu (tah-boo)

Filipino: Banal (bah-nahl)

Finnish: Pyhä (pü-hä)

French: Saint (san)

Galician: Santo (san-toh)

Georgian: წმინდა (ts’min-da)

German: Heilig (hai-likh)

Greek: Άγιος (ah-yi-os)

Gujarati: પવિત્ર (puh-vee-truh)

Haitian Creole: Sen (sen)

Hausa: Mai Tsarki (mai tsar-kee)

Hawaiian: Hemolele (heh-moh-leh-leh)

Hebrew: קדוש (ka-dosh)

Hindi: पवित्र (puh-vee-truh)

Hmong: Ntshiab (n-ch’ah)

Hungarian: Szent (sent)

Icelandic: Heilagur (hey-lah-gur)

Igbo: Nsọ (n-soh)

Indonesian: Suci (soo-chee)

Irish: Naofa (nay-oh-fah)

Italian: Santo (san-toh)

Japanese: 神聖な (shin-sei-na)

Javanese: Suci (soo-chee)

Kannada: ಪವಿತ್ರ (puh-vee-tra)

Kazakh: Қасиетті (kha-siyet-ty)

Khmer: បរិសុទ្ធ (baw-ree-sot)

Korean: 거룩한 (guh-roo-khan)

Kurdish: Pîroz (pee-rohz)

Kyrgyz: Ыйык (eye-yik)

Lao: ນັກພິຈານ (nak-pee-jaan)

Latin: Sanctus (san-ktoos)

Latvian: Svēts (svyets)

Lithuanian: Šventas (shven-tahs)

Luxembourgish: Helleg (hell-egh)

Macedonian: Свет (svet)

Malagasy: Masina (mah-see-nah)

Malay: Suci (soo-chee)

Malayalam: പരിശുദ്ധ (pah-ri-shu-tha)

Maltese: Qaddis (ka-dees)

Maori: Tapu (tah-poo)

Marathi: पवित्र (puh-vee-truh)

Mongolian: Ариун (ah-ree-oon)

Myanmar (Burmese): သန့်ရှင်းသော (thant-shin-thaw)

Nepali: पवित्र (puh-vee-tra)

Norwegian: Hellig (heh-lig)

Odia: ପବିତ୍ର (puh-vee-tra)

Pashto: سپېڅلی (spe-ts-li)

Persian: مقدس (moqaddas)

Polish: Święty (shvyehn-ty)

Portuguese: Santo (san-toh)

Punjabi: ਪਵਿੱਤਰ (puh-vee-truh)

Romanian: Sfânt (sfuhnt)

Russian: Святой (svyah-toy)

Samoan: Paia (pah-ee-ah)

Scots Gaelic: Naomh (neev)

Serbian: Свети (svye-tee)

Sesotho: Halalelang (ha-lah-le-lahng)

Shona: Tsvene (ts-ven-eh)

Sindhi: پاڪ (paak)

Sinhala: ශුද්ධ (shud-dha)

Slovak: Svätý (svya-tee)

Slovenian: Sveti (svye-tee)

Somali: Quduus (koo-doos)

Spanish: Santo (san-toh)

Sundanese: Suci (soo-chee)

Swahili: Mtakatifu (m-ta-ka-tee-fu)

Swedish: Helig (heh-leeg)

Tajik: Муқаддас (moo-qad-das)

Tamil: புனித (puh-nee-thuh)

Telugu: పవిత్రం (puh-vee-trum)

Thai: ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (sak-sit)

Turkish: Kutsal (koot-sal)

Ukrainian: Святий (svya-tee)

Urdu: مقدس (muqaddas)

Uzbek: Muqaddas (moo-qad-das)

Vietnamese: Thánh (tang)

Xhosa: Ngcwele (ng-kwe-le)

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