How to Say Lunch in Other Languages

Afrikaans: middagete (mid-dah-gay-teh)

Albanian: drekë (dreh-kuh)

Amharic: ቀን ቁርስ (ken kur-s)

Arabic: غداء (ghah-dah)

Armenian: ճաշ (chash)

Azerbaijani: nahar (nah-har)

Basque: bazkari (bahz-kah-ree)

Belarusian: абед (ah-byet)

Bengali: মধ্যাহ্নভোজন (mohd-ya-hno-voh-john)

Bosnian: ručak (roo-chahk)

Bulgarian: обяд (oh-byad)

Catalan: dinar (dee-nahr)

Cebuano: paniudto (pah-nee-ood-toh)

Chichewa: chakudya chamadzulo (cha-koo-dyah chah-mah-dzoo-lo)

Chinese (Mandarin): 午餐 (woo-tsahn)

Corsican: pranzu (prahnt-zoo)

Croatian: ručak (roo-chahk)

Czech: oběd (oh-byed)

Danish: frokost (fro-kost)

Dutch: lunch (luhn-sh)

Esperanto: tagmanĝo (tahg-mahn-jo)

Estonian: lõunasöök (low-nah-suh-erk)

Finnish: lounas (low-nahs)

French: déjeuner (day-joo-nay)

Galician: xantar (shan-tahr)

Georgian: სადილი (sah-dee-lee)

German: Mittagessen (mit-tahg-ess-en)

Greek: μεσημεριανό (meh-see-mehr-ya-noh)

Gujarati: બપોરના ભોજન (bah-por-nah bhoh-jun)

Haitian Creole: manje midi (man-jay mee-dee)

Hausa: abincin rana (ah-bin-chin rah-nah)

Hebrew: ארוחת צהריים (a-roo-chat tso-ho-rah-im)

Hindi: दोपहर का भोजन (doh-peh-har ka bhoh-jun)

Hmong: noj sus (naw zhuh ssoo)

Hungarian: ebéd (eh-bayd)

Icelandic: hádegismatur (how-day-yiss-mah-toor)

Igbo: nri ehihie (n-ree eh-hee-hee-eh)

Indonesian: makan siang (mah-kahn see-yahng)

Irish: lón (lohn)

Italian: pranzo (prahnt-zoh)

Japanese: 昼食 (choo-shoku)

Javanese: nedha awan (nay-da ah-wahn)

Kannada: ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ ಊಟ (mudh-yaa-hna oo-tah)

Kazakh: түскі ас (toos-kee ahs)

Khmer: អាហារសាច់កណ្ដាលថ្ងៃ (aa-haar sahtj-kun-daahl thn-gay)

Korean: 점심 (jeom-shim)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): nahar (nah-har)

Kyrgyz: түшкү тамак (toosh-koo tah-mak)

Lao: ອາຫານທ່ຽງ (ah-hahn thee-ang)

Latvian: pusdienas (poos-dee-en-as)

Lithuanian: pietūs (pee-eh-toos)

Luxembourgish: Mëttesies (meh-tuh-zees)

Macedonian: ручек (roo-chek)

Malagasy: sakafo atoandro (sah-kah-foo ah-too-an-dro)

Malay: makan tengah hari (mah-kahn te-ngah hah-ree)

Malayalam: ഉച്ചഭക്ഷണം (uch-cha-bhak-sha-num)

Maltese: ikla ta’ nofsinhar (ik-la tah nofs-een-har)

Maori: tina (tee-nah)

Marathi: दुपारचे जेवण (doo-par-chay jay-vun)

Mongolian: өдрийн хоол (od-reen hohl)

Nepali: खाजा (kha-ja)

Norwegian: lunsj (lunsh)

Odia: ମଧ୍ୟାହ୍ନ ଭୋଜନ (modh-yah-nah bhoh-jun)

Pashto: غرمه ډوډۍ (ghr-mah do-do-yi)

Persian: ناهار (nah-hahr)

Polish: obiad (oh-byaht)

Portuguese: almoço (ahl-moh-soh)

Punjabi: ਦੁਪਹਿਰ ਦਾ ਖਾਣਾ (dope-hair da khana)

Romanian: prânz (prunz)

Russian: обед (ah-byet)

Samoan: ‘aiga o le aoauli (ai-nga oh lay ow-a-oh-lee)

Serbian: ручак (roo-chahk)

Sesotho: lijo tsa mots’eare (lee-jo tsa moat-seh-ah-reh)

Shona: kudya kwemasikati (koo-dyah kwe-mah-see-kah-tee)

Sindhi: منجهند جو ماني (mun-jhand joh ma-nee)

Sinhala: මධ්‍යාහ්න ආහාරය (mudh-ya-han aa-hah-raya)

Slovak: obed (oh-byehd)

Slovenian: kosilo (koh-see-loh)

Somali: qadada (qah-dah-dah)

Spanish: almuerzo (al-mwer-zoh)

Sundanese: dahar beurang (dah-har bey-rang)

Swahili: chakula cha mchana (cha-koo-lah cha m-cha-na)

Swedish: lunch (loonsch)

Tajik: нисфирўзӣ (nees-fee-roh-zee)

Tamil: மதிய உணவு (mad-hi-ya oo-na-vu)

Telugu: మధ్యాహ్న భోజనం (mudh-yaa-hna bhoh-ja-num)

Thai: อาหารกลางวัน (aa-hahn klahng-wan)

Tigrinya: ቁርሲ ማታዊ (kur-see mah-tah-wee)

Turkish: öğle yemeği (oh-leh ye-meh-ee)

Turkmen: günorta nahary (goo-nor-tah nah-hah-ree)

Ukrainian: обід (oh-beed)

Urdu: دوپہر کا کھانا (dope-hair ka khana)

Uzbek: tushlik ovqat (toosh-leek ov-qah-t)

Vietnamese: bữa trưa (boor chur)

Welsh: cinio (kee-nee-oh)

Xhosa: isidlo sasemini (ees-sid-loh sah-seh-mee-nee)

Yiddish: מיטאָג עסן (mee-togh essen)

Yoruba: ounje osan (own-jeh oh-san)

Zulu: isidlo sasemini (ee-seed-loh sah-seh-mee-nee)

Zulu: ibhodo lesidlo sasemini (ee-bhoh-doh leh-seed-loh sah-seh-mee-nee)

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