happy New Year

English

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Happy New Year

Alternative forms

Happy New Year

Phrase

happy New Year

A wish said at and before the start of a new year to wish someone well for New Year (the holiday) or for the (entire) new year.

Related terms

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Translations

Happy New Year

Afrikaans: gelukkige nuwe jaar!
Aklanon: mahigugmaon nga bag-ong dag-on
Albanian: Gëzuar Vitin e Ri
Amharic: መልካም አዲስ አመት (mälkam ʾädis ʾämät)
Arabic: كُلّ عَام وَأَنْتُم بِخَيْر‎ (kull ʿām waʾantum biḵayr), سَنَة جَدِيدَة سَعِيدَة‎ (sana jadīda saʿīda), عام سعيد‎ (ʿām saʿīd)
Aragonese: goyosa añada nueba
Armenian: շնորհավոր Նոր Տարի (šnorhavor Nor Tari)
Asturian: feliz añu nuevu
Azerbaijani: Yeni İliniz mübarək, Yeni Ilin mübarək (informal or singular)
Basque: urte berri on
Belarusian: з Но́вым го́дам! (z Nóvym hódam!)
Bengali: শুভ নববর্ষ (śubha nababarṣa)
Bikol Central: ^{(please verify)} mamura-way na ba-gong taon
Breton: bloavezh mat (br), bloavez mad
Bulgarian: Честита Но́ва годи́на (Čestita Nóva godína)
Burmese: နှစ်သစ်ကူး မင်္ဂလာပါ (hnacsacku: mangga.lapa)
Catalan: feliç any nou, bon any
Cebuano: mabungahong bag-ong tuig
Chichewa: chaka chabwino chatsopano!
Chinese:
Cantonese: 新年快樂, 新年快乐 (san¹ nin⁴ faai³ lok⁶), (idiomatic) 恭喜發財, 恭喜发财 (gung¹ hei² faat³ coi⁴)

Mandarin: 新年快樂 (zh), 新年快乐 (zh) (xīnnián kuàilè), 新年好 (zh) (xīnnián hào), 恭賀新禧 (zh), 恭贺新禧 (zh) (gōnghèxīnxǐ), (idiomatic) 恭喜發財 (zh), 恭喜发财 (zh) (gōngxǐ fācái)
Cornish: blydhen nowydh da
Czech: šťastný nový rok (cs)
Danish: godt nytår (da)
Dutch: Gelukkig Nieuwjaar
Esperanto: feliĉan novjaron
Estonian: head uut aastat (et)
Faroese: gott nýggjár
Finnish: hyvää uutta vuotta, onnellista uutta vuotta
French: bonne année (fr)
Galician: feliz aninovo
Georgian: გილოცავ ახალ წელს (gilocav axal c̣els), გილოცავთ ახალ წელს (gilocavt axal c̣els)
German: ein gutes neues Jahr, gutes neues Jahr, fröhliches neues Jahr, frohes neues Jahr (de), prosit Neujahr; guten Rutsch (de) (before the start), guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr (de) (before the start)
Greek: καλή χρονιά (el) (kalí chroniá), ευτυχισμένος ο καινούριος χρόνος (el) (eftychisménos o kainoúrios chrónos), χρόνια πολλά (el) (chrónia pollá)
Greenlandic: Ukiortaami Pilluaritsi
Haitian Creole: ke kontan ane nouvo
Hawaiian: hauʻoli makahiki hou
Hebrew: שָׁנָה טוֹבָה‎ (he) (shaná tová)
Hiligaynon: mahamungayaon nga bag-ong tuig
Hindi: नया साल मुबारक (nayā sāl mubārak), नए साल की शुभकामनाएं (nae sāl kī śubhkāmnāen)
Hungarian: (less polite) boldog új évet (hu), (on behalf of the speaker only) boldog új évet kívánok, (on behalf of multiple people) boldog új évet kívánunk
Icelandic: farsælt komandi ár, gleðilegt nýtt ár, gleðilegt ár
Ido: felica nova yaro
Ilocano: narang-ay a baro a tawen
Indonesian: Selamat Tahun Baru
Interlingua: felice anno nove
Inuktitut: ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑖᖅᑲᐅᒥᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦ (arraagutaaqkaumit quviasugit)
Irish: athbhliain faoi mhaise, athbhliain faoi shéan is faoi mhaise
Italian: felice anno nuovo, buon anno
Japanese: 良いお年をお迎え下さい (よいおとしをおむかえください, yoi otoshi o omukae kudasai) (formal, before New Year's Day), 良いお年を (ja) (yoi otoshi o) (informal, before New Year's Day), 明けましておめでとうございます (ja) (akemashite omedetō gozaimasu) (formal, after New Year's Day), 明けましておめでとう (ja) (akemashite omedetō) (informal, after New Year's Day)
Jingpho: ngwi pyaw ai sháning ningnan rai u ga
Kannada: ಹೊಸ ವರ್ಷದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು (hosa varṣada śubhāṣayagaḷu)
Kapampangan: masaplalang bayung banwa
Kazakh: Жаңа жыл құтты болсын! (Jaña jıl quttı bolsın!)
Khmer: សួស្ដីឆ្នាំថ្មី (soursdey chnamm tmei)
Korean: 새해 복 많이 받으세요 (ko) (saehae bok mani badeuseyo)
Kurdish:
Kurmanji: sala nû pîroz be (ku), sersala we pîroz be (ku)

Kyrgyz: Жаны Жынылыздар менен (Canı Cınılızdar menen)
Lakota: ómakȟa tȟéča oíyokiphi
Lao: ຄຳອ່ວຍພອນປີໃຫມ່ (kham ’uāi phǭn pī mai), ຄຳອ່ວຽພອນປີໃຫມ່ (kham ’uāi phǭn pī mai)
Latvian: laimīgu jauno gadu
Lingala: mobú elámu, bonána
Lithuanian: laimingų naujųjų metų
Low German: Prost Niejohr, Prost Neijohr
Macedonian: Сре́ќна Но́ва Го́дина (Sréḱna Nóva Gódina)
Malay: Selamat Tahun Baru, Selamat Tahun Baharu
Malayalam: നവവല്സര ആശംസകല് (navavalsara āśaṃsakalŭ)
Maltese: Is-Sena t-Tajba
Manx: Blein Vie Noa
Maori: Tau Hou hari!
Moksha: Од Киза мархта (Od Kiza marxta)
Mongolian: шинэ жилийн мэнд хүргье! (šine žilijn mend hürgʹje!)
Navajo: Nizhónígo Nináánááhai Dooleeł, Baa Hózhǫ́ǫgo Nee Nínáádoohah (before the start), Baa Hózhǫ́ǫgo Nee Nínáadoohah, Hózhǫ́ǫgo Nińdoohah, nił hózhǫ́ǫgo nee ńdoohah (addressing one person), nihił hózhǫ́ǫgo nihee ńdoohah (addressing more than one)
Ngazidja Comorian: mwaha mwema
Norman: bouônne année
Norwegian: godt nytt år
Occitan: bonna annada, bon cap d'an; erós an nau (Aranese)
Ojibwe: mino-oshki-biboon
Pangasinan: maaligwas ya balon taon
Persian: سال نو مبارک باد‎ (sâl-e nou mobârak bâd), سال نو مبارک‎ (sâl-e nou mobârak)
Polish: szczęśliwego Nowego Roku (pl), do siego roku (pl)
Portuguese: feliz ano novo
Romanian: la mulți ani, un An Nou fericit
Russian: с Но́вым го́дом! (ru) (s Nóvym gódom!)
Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna Mhath Ùr
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Срећна Нова година (Serbian, Bosnian), Сретна Нова година (Croatian, Bosnian)

Roman: Srećna Nova godina (Serbian, Bosnian), Sretna Nova godina (Croatian, Bosnian)
Sinhalese: සුබ නව වසරක් වේවා (suba nava vasarak vēvā)
Slovak: šťastný Nový rok, šťastlivý Nový rok, p.f. (short for French: pour felicité)
Slovene: srečno novo leto
Spanish: próspero año nuevo (Spain), feliz año nuevo (Latin America)
Swahili: Heri Za Mwaka Mpya
Swedish: gott nytt år (sv)
Tagalog: manigong bagong taon
Tahitian: 'ia ora na i te matahiti api
Thai: สวัสดีปีใหม่ (th) (sà-wàt-dii bpii mài)
Tok Pisin: hepi nuyia
Turkish: yeni yılın kutlu olsun, mutlu yıllar
Turkmen: täze ýyl bilendan!
Tuvan: Чаа чыл-биле! (Čaa čıl-bïlä!)
Ukrainian: з Нови́м ро́ком! (z Novým rókom!)
Urdu: نیا سال مبارک‎ (nayā sāl mubārak)
Uyghur: يېڭى يىل مۇبارەك‎ (yëngi yil mubarek)
Uzbek: Yangi yilingiz bilan!
Vietnamese: chúc mừng năm mới
Volapük: nulayeli fredik
Votic: yvää uutta vootta
Walloon: boune anêye (wa)
Waray-Waray: mainuswagon nga bag-o nga tuig
Welsh: blwyddyn newydd dda, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
West Frisian: Gelokkich Nijjier
Yiddish: גליקלעכן נייעם יאָר‎ (gliklekhn neyem yor)
Yup'ik: Assilriamek Allrakukegtaarmek

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Lule Sami: ^{(please verify)} buorre ådåjahke
Northern Sami: ^{(please verify)} buore ođđajagi

Southern Sami: ^{(please verify)} buerie orrejaepie

happy New Year

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