How to Say Joy in Other Languages

Afrikaans: Vreugde (frehk-deh)

Albanian: Gëzim (guh-zeem)

Amharic: ሐሴት (ha-set)

Arabic: فرح (farah)

Armenian: Ուրախություն (oo-ra-khoot-yoon)

Azerbaijani: Sevinc (seh-veench)

Basque: Poz (pohz)

Belarusian: Радасць (ra-das-ts)

Bengali: আনন্দ (anondô)

Bosnian: Radost (rah-dost)

Bulgarian: Радост (rah-dost)

Catalan: Joia (zhoh-yah)

Cebuano: Kalipay (ka-lee-pai)

Chichewa: Chimwemwe (cheem-wehm-weh)

Chinese (Mandarin): 喜悦 (xǐ yuè)

Croatian: Radost (rah-dost)

Czech: Radost (rah-dost)

Danish: Glæde (gleh-the)

Dutch: Vreugde (frøkh-duh)

Esperanto: Ĝojo (zhoh-yoh)

Estonian: Rõõm (rerm)

Finnish: Ilo (ee-loh)

French: Joie (zhwah)

Galician: Ledicia (leh-deeth-yah)

Georgian: სიხარული (si-kha-roo-li)

German: Freude (froi-duh)

Greek: Χαρά (khah-rah)

Gujarati: આનંદ (aanand)

Haitian Creole: Kè kontan (kehr kohn-tan)

Hausa: Farin ciki (fah-reen chee-kee)

Hebrew: שמחה (sim-khah)

Hindi: आनंद (aanand)

Hungarian: Öröm (urr-um)

Icelandic: Gleði (gleh-thee)

Igbo: Ọṅụ (oh-ngoo)

Indonesian: Kebahagiaan (ke-ba-ha-gia-an)

Irish: Áthas (aw-has)

Italian: Gioia (zhoh-yah)

Japanese: 喜び (yorokobi)

Javanese: Kabungahan (kah-boong-ah-han)

Kannada: ಆನಂದ (aanand)

Kazakh: Қуаныш (koo-an-ish)

Khmer: រីករាយ (reek-ree-ay)

Korean: 기쁨 (gi-ppeum)

Kurdish (Kurmanji): Xoşbînî (kho-sh-bee-nee)

Kyrgyz: Кубаныч (koo-bah-nich)

Lao: ຄວາມສຸກ (khwam suk)

Latvian: Prieks (pryeks)

Lithuanian: Džiaugsmas (dzyowgs-mas)

Luxembourgish: Freed (freyd)

Macedonian: Радост (rah-dost)

Malagasy: Fahasambarana (fah-ha-sam-bar-ah-nah)

Malay: Kegembiraan (kuh-gem-beer-an)

Malayalam: സന്തോഷം (santhosham)

Maltese: Ferħ (ferh)

Maori: Harikoa (hah-ree-koh-ah)

Marathi: आनंद (aanand)

Mongolian: Баяр (bah-yar)

Nepali: खुशी (khushi)

Norwegian: Glede (gleh-duh)

Odia: ଆନନ୍ଦ (aanand)

Pashto: خوشحالی (khoosh-hali)

Persian: شادی (shah-dee)

Polish: Radość (rah-dohshch)

Portuguese: Alegria (ah-leh-gree-ah)

Punjabi: ਖੁਸ਼ੀ (khushi)

Romanian: Bucurie (boo-koo-ree-eh)

Russian: Радость (rah-dost)

Samoan: Fiafia (fee-ah-fee-ah)

Serbian: Радост (rah-dost)

Sesotho: Thabo (tah-boh)

Shona: Mufaro (moo-fah-ro)

Sindhi: خوشي (khushi)

Sinhala: සතුට (sathuta)

Slovak: Radosť (rah-dost)

Slovenian: Veselje (veh-seh-lyeh)

Somali: Farxad (far-had)

Spanish: Alegría (ah-leh-gree-ah)

Sundanese: Kabagjaan (kah-bahg-ja-an)

Swahili: Furaha (foo-rah-hah)

Swedish: Glädje (gleh-dyeh)

Tagalog: Ligaya (lee-gah-yah)

Tajik: Шодӣ (shoh-dee)

Tamil: மகிழ்ச்சி (maghilchi)

Telugu: ఆనందం (aanandam)

Thai: ความสุข (khwam suk)

Tigrinya: ሐሴት (ha-set)

Turkish: Neşe (neh-sheh)

Turkmen: Şatlyk (shaht-lyk)

Ukrainian: Радість (ra-dist)

Urdu: خوشی (khushi)

Uzbek: Quvonch (koo-vonch)

Vietnamese: Niềm vui (nyem vwee)

Welsh: Llawenydd (lhaw-en-ith)

Wolof: Jooy (joh-oy)

Xhosa: Uvuyo (oo-voo-yoh)

Yiddish: פרייד (freyd)

Yoruba: Ayọ (ah-yaw)

Zulu: Injabulo (in-jah-boo-loh)

Zulu (alternative): Thokozile (thoh-koh-zee-leh)

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