How to Say Nicknames in Other Languages

Afrikaans: bynaam (bai-naam)

Albanian: nofkë (noh-fuh)

Amharic: ጥላቻ (t’la-cha)

Arabic: لقب (laqab)

Armenian: մականուն (ma-ka-noon)

Azerbaijani: ləqəb (leh-qeb)

Basque: goitizena (goy-tee-zeh-nah)

Belarusian: мянушка (myan-oosh-ka)

Bengali: ডাকনাম (daak-naam)

Bosnian: nadimak (na-dee-mak)

Bulgarian: прякор (pryah-kor)

Burmese: အမည်ခေါ် (ah-myaw-khaw)

Catalan: sobrenom (soh-breh-nom)

Cebuano: alyas (ah-lyas)

Chichewa: dzina lapadera (jee-nah lah-pah-deh-rah)

Chinese (Mandarin): 昵称 (nì-chēng)

Croatian: nadimak (na-dee-mak)

Czech: přezdívka (prez-deev-kah)

Danish: kælenavn (kay-leh-navn)

Dutch: bijnaam (bei-naam)

Estonian: hüüdnimi (hyyd-nih-mee)

Finnish: lempinimi (lem-pee-nih-mee)

French: surnom (syr-nom)

Galician: alcume (ahl-koo-meh)

Georgian: მეტსახელი (met-sakh-eh-lee)

German: Spitzname (shpitz-nah-meh)

Greek: παρατσούκλι (par-at-sou-klee)

Gujarati: ઉપનામ (oop-nahm)

Haitian Creole: ti nonm (tee-nom)

Hausa: sunan lakabi (soo-nan la-ka-bee)

Hebrew: כינוי (ki-noo-ee)

Hindi: उपनाम (up-naam)

Hmong: lub npe menyuam yaus (loob neh meh-nyoo-ahm yao-s)

Hungarian: becenév (beh-tse-nehv)

Icelandic: gælunafn (gai-loo-navn)

Igbo: aha mkpụrụedemede (ah-ha mkpoo-reh-deh-meh-deh)

Indonesian: julukan (joo-loo-kan)

Irish: leasainm (lahs-an-im)

Italian: soprannome (soh-prahn-no-meh)

Japanese: あだ名 (ah-da-nah)

Javanese: jeneng celukan (jeh-neng che-loo-kan)

Kannada: ಹೆಸರು (hesa-ru)

Kazakh: лақап аты (lah-kap aht-ee)

Khmer: ឈ្មោះហៅក្រៅ (chmoah hao kraw)

Korean: 별명 (byul-myung)

Kurdish: navê binav (na-veh bee-nav)

Kyrgyz: лакап (lah-kap)

Lao: ຊື່ພິເສດ (suu-pee-said)

Latvian: iesauka (yeh-sow-kah)

Lithuanian: pravardė (prah-vahr-deh)

Macedonian: прекар (pre-kar)

Malay: nama timangan (nah-mah tee-man-gan)

Malayalam: പേര് (peh-ru)

Maltese: laqam (la-qam)

Maori: ingoa tauaro (in-go-ah tah-wah-roh)

Marathi: टोपणनाव (toh-pun-naav)

Mongolian: хоч (khoch)

Nepali: उपनाम (up-naam)

Norwegian: kallenavn (kal-leh-navn)

Odia: ଉପନାମ (oo-paa-naam)

Pashto: مستعار نوم (musta’ar noom)

Persian: لقب (laqab)

Polish: przezwisko (psheh-zvee-skoh)

Portuguese: apelido (ah-peh-lee-doh)

Punjabi: ਉਪਨਾਮ (up-naam)

Quechua: sutiyuq (soo-tee-yook)

Romanian: poreclă (po-reh-kleh)

Russian: прозвище (proh-zvee-shcheh)

Samoan: igoa tauvalaau (ee-ngoh-ah tah-oo-vah-lah-oo)

Sanskrit: उपनाम (up-naam)

Serbian: надимак (nah-dee-mak)

Shona: zita renyupe (zee-tah rehn-yoo-peh)

Sindhi: لقب (laqab)

Sinhala: නාමය (nah-mah-yah)

Slovak: prezývka (pre-zee-vkah)

Slovenian: vzdevek (vz-deh-vek)

Somali: naaneys (nah-nees)

Spanish: apodo (ah-poh-doh)

Sundanese: landihan (lan-dee-han)

Swahili: jina la utani (jee-nah la oo-tah-nee)

Swedish: smeknamn (smeh-knamn)

Tagalog: palayaw (pah-lah-yahw)

Tajik: лақаб (la-qab)

Tamil: முறை பெயர் (murai-peyar)

Telugu: మారుపేరు (maaru-pee-ru)

Thai: ชื่อเล่น (chueh-len)

Tigrinya: ኣበል (ah-bel)

Turkish: lakap (la-kap)

Ukrainian: прізвисько (preez-vys-ko)

Urdu: عرفی نام (urfi naam)

Uzbek: taxallus (tah-khal-lus)

Vietnamese: biệt danh (byet-zang)

Welsh: llysenw (lhuh-sen-oo)

Xhosa: igama lesidlaliso (ee-gah-mah le-seed-lah-lee-so)

Yiddish: קלאַנג נאָמען (klang noh-men)

Yoruba: oruko abiso (oh-roo-ko ah-bee-soh)

Zulu: isidlaliso (ee-see-dlah-lee-soh)

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