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    Father’s Day in Different Languages

    Happy Father Day in Different Languages

    How to Say “Father” in Different Languages


    Afrikaans : vader
    Albanian : baba ; atë
    Apalai (Amazon) : papa
    Arabic : babba ; yebba ; abbi (classical)
    Aragones : pai
    ———————–
    Bangla : Baba ; Abba
    Basque : aita
    Bolognese : pèder
    Bosnian : otac
    Brazilian Portuguese : pai
    ———————–
    Calabrese : patre ; patri ; pa ; papà ; papallu ; patra
    Caló : batú ; bato ; batico ; dadá
    Catalan : pare
    Catanese : pattri ; opà
    Chechen (Caucasus) : daa
    Chechen : da
    Cree (Canada) : -papa
    Croatian : otac
    Czech : táta, otec
    ———————–
    Dakota (USA) : ate
    Dutch : vader ; papa ; pappie
    ———————–
    East African : baba
    English : father ; dad ; daddy ; pop ; poppa ; papa
    Esperanto : patro
    Estonian : isa
    ———————–
    Faeroese : faðir
    Filipino : tatay, itay, tay ; ama
    Finnish : isä
    Flemish : vader
    French : papa
    Frisian : heit
    ———————–
    Galician : pai
    German : banketi, Papi
    Griko Salentino : ciúri
    Guaran : túva ; ru
    ———————–
    Hebrew : abba(h)
    Hindi : Papa ; Pita-ji
    Hungarian : apa
    Hungarian : apa ; apu ; papa ; édesapa
    ———————–
    Icelandic : pabbi ; faðir
    Indonesian : bapa ; ayah ; pak
    Irish : athair ; daidí
    Italian : babbo
    ———————–
    Japanese : otosan, papa
    Judeo-Spanish : padre ; baba ; babu
    ———————–
    Kobon (New Guinea) : bap
    Kurdish Kurmanji : bav
    ———————–
    Ladin : pere
    Latin : pater ; papa ; atta
    Latvian : tevs
    Limburgian : vader ; vajer ; pap
    Lithuanian : tevas ; pradininkas ; protevis
    Lombardo Occidentale : bubà
    Luo (Kenya) : baba
    ———————–
    Maasai : papa ; paapa ; olaiiu
    Malagasy : ray
    Malay : bapa
    Malay : bapa
    Maltese : missier
    Mandarin : bà ; bàba (informal)
    Mandarin Chinese : baba
    Mantuan : upà ; papà ; babbo
    Maori : haakoro ; kohake
    Mapunzugun : chaw ; chao
    Modern Greek : babbas
    Moravian : tata
    Mudnés : pèder
    ———————–
    Nadsat : Pee
    Nahuatl (Mexico) : ta’
    Napulitano : pate
    Nepali : buwa
    Norwegian : pappa ; far
    ———————–
    Persian/Farsi : pedar, pitar ; simply Baabaa
    Pipil (El Salvador) : tatah
    Polish : tata ; ojciec
    Portuguese : pai
    ———————–
    Quechua (Ecuador) : tayta
    Quechua : tata ; churiyaqe
    ———————–
    Romagnolo : bà
    Romani : dad
    Romanian : tata
    Romanian : tata ; parinte ; taica
    Romansh : bab
    Russian : papa
    ———————–
    Samoan : tama
    Sango : baba
    Sanskrit : tàtah ; janak
    Sardinian (Limba Sarda Unificada) : babu
    Sardinian Campidanesu : babbu
    Sardinian Logudoresu : babbu
    Shona : baba
    Sicilian : patri
    Slovak : otec
    Slovenian : ôèe
    Spanish : papá ; viejo ; tata
    Swahili : baba ; mzazi
    Swedish : pappa
    Swiss German : Vatter
    ———————–
    Tagalog : tatay ; ama
    Turkish : baba
    Turkmen : däde ; kaka
    ———————–
    Urdu : Abbu ; Abbu-ji ; Abbu-jan ; bap
    Valencian : pare
    Venetian : pare ; popà ; ‘opà ; pupà ; papà
    Welsh : tad
    Xhosa (South Africa) : -tata
    Yiddish : tatti ; tay ; foter ; tateh
    Zeneize : poæ

    How to Say “Happy Mother’s Day” in Different Languages

    Africa - bo-moschkido dad
    Albanian - Gëzuar ditën e babait!
    Arabic - كل عيد أب وأنت بخير (in Latin characters: Kullu eid abb wa anta bi-khayr)
    Brazilian Portuguese - Feliz dia dos pais!
    Chinese - 父亲节快乐 (fu qin jie kwai le)
    Dutch - De gelukkige Dag van Vaders Ik hou van je, Vader (i love you, Dad)
    European Portuguese - Feliz dia do pai!
    French - Bonne fête des pères
    German - Glücklicher Vatertag
    Hungarian - Boldog apák napját!
    Irish Lá na hAithreacha sona
    Italiano Buona festa del papa
    Japan - Yukai Otousan Dei
    Korean - 사랑해요, 아빠! (i love you, dad)
    Latin - Felix dies patrorum
    Polish - Wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji dnia ojca
    Persian - روز پدر مبارک
    Portugese - Dia de pais feliz
    Russian - Счастливый день отцов
    Slovak - Všetko najlepšie ku dňu otcov!
    Spanish - Feliz Día de Padres
    Swedish - Grattis på farsdagen!
    Tagalog - Maligayang araw ng mga tatay
    Tamil - தந்தையர் தின நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்! (Thanthaiyar Thina NalvaazhththukkaL!)
    Thai - สุขสันต์วันพ่อ (Sook-san-wan-por)
    Urdu - Youm-e-Waalid Mubarak
    Uruguay - Feliz Día del Padre

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