How to Say Kindness in Other Languages

Afrikaans: vriendelikheid (freen-duh-lik-hayt)

Albanian: mirësi (meer-see)

Amharic: ቸርነት (cher-neht)

Arabic: لطف (lutuf)

Armenian: բարություն (bah-root-yun)

Azerbaijani: xeyirxahlıq (khey-eer-khah-lykh)

Basque: adeitasuna (ah-day-tah-soo-nah)

Belarusian: дабрыня (dab-ry-nya)

Bengali: সদয়তা (sho-doy-ota)

Bosnian: ljubaznost (lyoo-bahz-nost)

Bulgarian: доброта (dob-roh-tah)

Catalan: amabilitat (ah-mah-bee-lee-taht)

Cebuano: kaayo (kah-ah-yo)

Chichewa: kukoma mtima (koo-koh-ma m-tee-mah)

Chinese (Mandarin): 善良 (shàn-liáng)

Corsican: gentilezza (jen-tee-lez-zah)

Croatian: ljubaznost (lyoo-bahz-nost)

Czech: laskavost (lahs-kah-vost)

Danish: venlighed (ven-lee-hed)

Dutch: vriendelijkheid (freen-duh-lik-hayt)

Esperanto: afableco (ah-fah-bleh-tsoh)

Estonian: lahkus (lah-kus)

Finnish: ystävällisyys (oo-stah-vah-lee-syys)

French: gentillesse (zhawn-tee-yes)

Galician: amabilidade (ah-mah-bee-li-dah-deh)

Georgian: სიკეთე (see-ket-eh)

German: Freundlichkeit (froind-lich-kite)

Greek: καλοσύνη (kah-loh-see-nee)

Gujarati: દયાળુ (da-yah-loo)

Haitian Creole: bonte (bon-tey)

Hausa: alheri (al-heh-ree)

Hebrew: חסד (kheh-sed)

Hindi: दयालुता (dah-yaa-loo-taa)

Hmong: siab zoo (shee-ah-zoh)

Hungarian: kedvesség (kehd-vesh-sheg)

Icelandic: góðvild (goh-th-vilt)

Igbo: ebere (eh-beh-ray)

Indonesian: kebaikan (keh-bah-ee-kan)

Irish: cineáltas (kee-nyawl-tas)

Italian: gentilezza (jen-tee-let-tsah)

Japanese: 親切 (shin-setsu)

Javanese: kabecikan (kah-beh-chee-kahn)

Kannada: ಕರುಣೆ (kah-roo-nay)

Kazakh: мейірімділік (mey-eer-im-dee-lik)

Khmer: ភាពល្អ (pheap-laa)

Korean: 친절 (chin-jeol)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): xweserî (khoo-weh-sair-ee)

Kyrgyz: боорукерлик (boh-oh-roo-ker-leek)

Lao: ຄວາມໃຈດີ (khwam-jai-dee)

Latin: benignitas (be-neeg-nee-tahs)

Latvian: laipnība (laip-nee-bah)

Lithuanian: gerumas (geh-roo-mahs)

Luxembourgish: Frëndlechkeet (fren-dlech-keet)

Macedonian: љубезност (lyoo-bez-nost)

Malagasy: hatsaram-panahy (hat-sar-am-fah-nah-hee)

Malay: kebaikan (keh-bah-ee-kan)

Malayalam: ദയ (dah-ya)

Maltese: ġentilezza (jen-tee-let-sa)

Maori: atawhai (ah-tah-fai)

Marathi: दयाळूपणा (dah-ya-loo-pun-uh)

Mongolian: энэрэл (en-er-el)

Nepali: दयालुता (dah-yaa-loo-taa)

Norwegian: vennlighet (ven-lee-het)

Odia: ଦୟାଳୁ (dah-yaa-loo)

Pashto: مهرباني (meh-rah-bah-nee)

Persian: مهربانی (meh-reh-bah-nee)

Polish: życzliwość (zhih-chlee-voshch)

Portuguese: bondade (bon-dah-jee)

Punjabi: ਦਇਆ (dah-ya)

Romanian: bunătate (boo-nuh-tah-teh)

Russian: доброта (dob-roh-tah)

Samoan: agalelei (ah-ngah-leh-lei)

Sanskrit: दया (dah-yah)

Serbian: љубазност (lyoo-bahz-nost)

Shona: mutsa (moot-sah)

Sinhala: කරුණාව (kah-roo-nah-wah)

Slovak: láskavosť (lahs-kah-vost)

Slovenian: prijaznost (pree-yahz-nost)

Somali: naxariis (nah-khah-rees)

Spanish: amabilidad (ah-mah-bee-lee-dahd)

Sundanese: kahadean (kah-ha-dee-ahn)

Swahili: wema (weh-mah)

Swedish: vänlighet (ven-lee-het)

Tagalog: kabaitan (kah-bah-ee-tan)

Tajik: меҳрубонӣ (meh-roo-bon-ee)

Tamil: கருணை (kah-roo-nay)

Telugu: దయ (dah-ya)

Thai: ความเมตตา (kwahm-meyt-tah)

Tigrinya: ምህረት (mi-he-reht)

Turkish: nezaket (neh-zah-ket)

Ukrainian: доброта (dob-roh-tah)

Urdu: مہربانی (meh-reh-bah-nee)

Uzbek: mehribonlik (meh-ree-bon-leek)

Vietnamese: lòng tốt (long-toht)

Welsh: caredigrwydd (kah-reh-deeg-roo-ith)

Xhosa: ububele (oo-boo-beh-leh)

Yiddish: גוטהאַרציקייט (goo-tah-hart-see-kayt)

Yoruba: ife (ee-feh)

Zulu: ububele (oo-boo-beh-leh)

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