How to Say Thanks in Other Languages

Afrikaans: dankie (dahn-kee)

Albanian: faleminderit (fah-leh-min-deh-reet)

Amharic: አመሰግናለሁ (ah-meh-seg-geh-nah-lehu)

Arabic: شكرًا (shukran)

Armenian: շնորհակալություն (shnorh-a-kah-loo-tsyun)

Azerbaijani: təşəkkürlər (teh-shek-kyur-lar)

Basque: eskerrik asko (ehs-keh-rreek ahs-koh)

Belarusian: дзякуй (dzyah-kui)

Bengali: ধন্যবাদ (dhon-noh-bahd)

Bosnian: hvala (hvah-lah)

Bulgarian: благодаря (bla-go-da-rya)

Burmese: ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ် (kyei-zu-bah-tay)

Catalan: gràcies (grah-syahs)

Cebuano: salamat (sah-lah-maht)

Chichewa: zikomo (zee-koh-moh)

Chinese (Mandarin): 谢谢 (shièh-shie)

Corsican: grazie (grah-tzee-eh)

Croatian: hvala (hvah-lah)

Czech: děkuji (dyeh-koo-yee)

Danish: tak (tahk)

Dutch: dank u wel (dahnk oo vel)

Esperanto: dankon (dahn-kon)

Estonian: aitäh (ai-tah)

Fijian: vinaka (vee-nah-kah)

Filipino: salamat (sah-lah-maht)

Finnish: kiitos (kee-tos)

French: merci (mehr-see)

Galician: grazas (grah-thahs)

Georgian: გმადლობთ (gmad-lobt)

German: danke (dahn-kuh)

Greek: ευχαριστώ (ef-ha-ree-stoh)

Gujarati: આભાર (a-bhaar)

Haitian Creole: mèsi (meh-see)

Hausa: na gode (nah goh-day)

Hawaiian: mahalo (mah-hah-loh)

Hebrew: תודה (toh-dah)

Hindi: धन्यवाद (dhanyavād)

Hungarian: köszönöm (koh-soh-nohm)

Icelandic: takk (tahk)

Igbo: daalu (dah-loo)

Indonesian: terima kasih (teh-ree-mah kah-see)

Irish: go raibh maith agat (goh reh mah ah-gaht)

Italian: grazie (grah-tsee-eh)

Japanese: ありがとうございます (ah-ree-ga-toh goh-zai-mahsu)

Javanese: matur nuwun (mah-toor noo-woon)

Kannada: ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (dhanya-vaada-galu)

Kazakh: рахмет (rakh-met)

Khmer: អរគុណ (aw-kun)

Kinyarwanda: murakoze (moo-rah-koh-zeh)

Korean: 감사합니다 (gahm-sah-ham-ni-da)

Kurdish: spas (spahs)

Kyrgyz: рахмат (rah-maht)

Lao: ຂອບໃຈ (khawp-jai)

Latin: gratias ago (grah-tee-ahs ah-go)

Latvian: paldies (pahl-dyehs)

Lithuanian: ačiū (ah-choo)

Luxembourgish: merci (mehr-see)

Macedonian: благодарам (blah-goh-dah-rahm)

Malagasy: misaotra (mee-sah-oh-trah)

Malay: terima kasih (teh-ree-mah kah-see)

Malayalam: നന്ദി (nan-di)

Maltese: grazzi (graht-see)

Maori: kia ora (kee-ah oh-rah)

Marathi: धन्यवाद (dhanya-vaad)

Mongolian: баярлалаа (bayarlalaa)

Nepali: धन्यवाद (dhanyavād)

Norwegian: takk (tahk)

Odia: ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ (dhanyabād)

Pashto: مننه (man-na-na)

Persian: متشکرم (mo-ta-shak-keh-ram)

Polish: dziękuję (jen-koo-yeh)

Portuguese: obrigado (oh-bree-gah-doo)

Punjabi: ਧੰਨਵਾਦ (dhann-vaad)

Romanian: mulțumesc (mool-tsoo-mesk)

Russian: спасибо (spa-see-boh)

Samoan: fa’afetai (fah-feh-tie)

Serbian: хвала (hvah-lah)

Sesotho: kea leboha (keh-ah leh-boh-hah)

Shona: ndatenda (ndah-ten-dah)

Sinhala: ස්තුතියි (sthuti-yi)

Slovak: ďakujem (dya-koo-yem)

Slovenian: hvala (hvah-lah)

Somali: mahadsanid (mah-hahd-sah-nid)

Spanish: gracias (grah-syahs)

Sundanese: hatur nuhun (hatoor noo-hoon)

Swahili: asante (ah-sahn-teh)

Swedish: tack (tahk)

Tajik: раҳмат (rah-mat)

Tamil: நன்றி (nan-dri)

Telugu: ధన్యవాదాలు (dhanya-vaada-lu)

Thai: ขอบคุณ (khawp-khun)

Tigrinya: የቐንየለይ (yek-kir-yel-ley)

Tongan: malo (mah-loh)

Turkish: teşekkür ederim (teh-shek-kyur eh-deh-reem)

Turkmen: sag bol (sahg bol)

Ukrainian: дякую (dyah-koo-yoo)

Urdu: شکریہ (shukriya)

Uzbek: rahmat (rah-maht)

Vietnamese: cảm ơn (gahm uhn)

Welsh: diolch (dee-olch)

Xhosa: enkosi (ehn-koh-see)

Yiddish: אַ דאַנק (a dank)

Yoruba: o ṣeun (oh-shay-oon)

Zulu: ngiyabonga (ng-yee-ah-boh-ngah)

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