happy New Year

English

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Happy New Year

Alternative forms

Happy New Year, happy new year, Happy New Year's

Phrase

happy New Year

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

Related terms

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Translations

Happy New Year

Afrikaans: voorspoedige Nuwejaar, gelukkige Nuwejaar
Aklanon: mahigugmaon nga bag-ong dag-on
Albanian: Gëzuar Vitin e Ri
Amharic: መልካም አዲስ አመት (mälkam ʾädis ʾämät)
Arabic: كُلُّ عَامٍ وَأَنْتُمْ بِخَيْرٍ (ar) (kullu ʕāmin wa-ʔantum bi-ḵayrin), سَنَة جَدِيدَة سَعِيدَة (sana jadīda saʕīda), عَام سَعِيد (ʕām saʕīd)
Aragonese: goyosa añada nueba
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܹܝܫ ܫܲܢ݇ܬܵܐ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ (rēš šattā brīḵā), ܫܲܢ݇ܬܘܿܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟܬܵܐ (šatōḵ brīktā), ܐܲܟܝܼܬܘܼ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܬܵܐ (akītū brīḵtā)
Armenian: շնորհավոր Նոր Տարի (šnorhavor Nor Tari)
Asturian: feliz añu nuevu
Azerbaijani: Yeni İliniz mübarək, Yeni Ilin mübarək (informal or singular), yeni il qutlu olsun
Bashkir: Яңы йыл менән (Yañı yıl menən)
Basque: urte berri on
Belarusian: з Но́вым го́дам (z Nóvym hódam)
Bengali: শুভ নববর্ষ (bn) (śubho nobborśo)
Bikol Central: magayagayang bagong taon
Breton: bloavezh mat (br), bloavez mad
Bulgarian: Честита Но́ва годи́на (Čestita Nóva godína)
Burmese: နှစ်သစ်ကူး မင်္ဂလာပါ (hnacsacku: mangga.lapa)
Carpathian Rusyn: щастливый Но́вый Рік (ščastlyvŷj Nóvŷj Rik)
Catalan: bon any nou, bon any
Cebuano: malipayong Bag-ong Tuig
Central Alaskan Yup'ik: Assilriamek Allrakukegtaarmek
Central Dusun: Kotobian Toun Wagu
Chavacano: prospero año nuevo
Chichewa: chaka chabwino chatsopano
Chinese:
Cantonese: 新年快樂／新年快乐 (san¹ nin⁴ faai³ lok⁶), 恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (yue) (gung¹ hei² faat³ coi⁴) (idiomatic), 恭喜发财 (gung¹ hei² faat³ coi⁴)

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Mandarin: 新年快樂／新年快乐 (zh) (xīnnián kuàilè), 新年好 (zh) (xīnnián hǎo), 恭賀新禧／恭贺新禧 (zh) (gōnghèxīnxǐ), 恭喜發財／恭喜发财 (zh) (gōngxǐ fācái) (idiomatic), 恭喜发财 (zh) (gōngxǐ fācái)
Coastal Kadazan: Kotobian Toun Vagu
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: שנה טובה \ שָׁנָה טוֹבָה (he) (shaná tová)
Hiligaynon: mahamungayaon nga Bag-ong Tuig
Hindi: नए वर्ष की शुभकामनाएँ (nae varṣ kī śubhkāmnāẽ), नया साल मुबारक (nayā sāl mubārak)
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
Iban: Selamat Taun Baru
Icelandic: farsælt komandi ár, gleðilegt nýtt ár, gleðilegt ár
Ido: felica nova yaro
Ilocano: narang-ay a baro a tawen
Indonesian: selamat Tahun Baru
Ingrian: Hyvvää Uutta Vootta
Interlingua: felice anno nove
Inuktitut: ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑖᖅᑲᐅᒥᑦ ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᑦ (arraacotaaqkaomit qofiasocit)
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 o-mukae kudasai) (formal, before New Year's Day), 良いお年を (ja) (yoi o-toshi 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), 賀正 (ja) (がしょう, gashou)
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 jyl qūtty bolsyn)
Khmer: សួស្ដីឆ្នាំថ្មី (suŏsdei chhnăm thmei)
Korean: 새해 복 많이 받으세요 (ko) (saehae bok mani badeuseyo), 새해를 축하합니다 (ko) (saehaereul chukhahamnida) (North Korea)
Kristang: bong anu nubu
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: sala nû pîroz be (ku), sersala we pîroz be (ku)
Kyrgyz: Жаны Жынылыздар менен (Janı Jınılızdar menen)
Lakota: ómakȟa tȟéča oíyokiphi
Lao: ຄຳອ່ວຍພອນປີໃຫມ່ (kham ʼuāi phǭn pī mai), ຄຳອ່ວຽພອນປີໃຫມ່ (kham ʼuāi phǭn pī mai)
Latin: fēlīx sit Annus Novus, fēlīx sit annus novus
Latvian: laimīgu jauno gadu
Lingala: mobú elámu, bonána
Lithuanian: laimingų naujųjų metų
Low German:
German Low German: Proost Neejohr, Schönet ne'et Johr, Frohet ne'et Johr, Proost Niejohr, Frohet ni'et Johr, Frohet nie'et Johr
Macanese: filiz ano
Macedonian: Среќна Нова година (Sreḱna Nova godina)
Malagasy: miarahaba tratry ny taona vaovao
Malay: Selamat Tahun Baru, Selamat Tahun Baharu
Malayalam: നവവല്സര ആശംസകല് (navavalsara āśaṁsakalŭ)
Maltese: is-sena t-tajba
Manx: Blein Vie Noa
Maori: Tau Hou hari
Marathi: नवीन वर्षाच्या हार्दिक शुभेच्छा (navīn varṣācyā hārdik śubhecchā)
Moksha: Од Киза мархта (Od Kiza marhta)
Mongolian: шинэ жилийн мэнд хүргье (šine žiliin mend xürgʹje)
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:
Bokmål: godt nyttår, godt nytt år

Nynorsk: godt nyttår, godt nytt år, gledeleg 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 now mobârak bâd), سال نو مبارک (sâl-e now mobârak), سال نو خجسته باد (sâl-e now xojaste bâd)
Polish: szczęśliwego Nowego Roku (pl), do siego roku (pl)
Portuguese: feliz ano novo (pt)
Romanian: la mulți ani, un An Nou fericit
Russian: с Но́вым го́дом (ru) (s Nóvym gódom)
Scottish Gaelic: Bliadhna Mhath Ùr
Semai: Bor Jis Pai
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 nawa wasarak wēwā)
Slovak: šťastný Nový rok, šťastlivý Nový rok, p.f. (short for French: pour félicité)
Slovene: srečno novo leto
Spanish: próspero año nuevo (Spain), feliz año nuevo (es) (Latin America)
Sranan Tongo: wan switi nyun yari
Swahili: heri ya Mwaka Mpya
Swedish: gott nytt år (sv)
Tagalog: manigong Bagong Taon, masaganang 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 (Çaa çıl-bile)
Ukrainian: з Нови́м ро́ком (z Novým rókom)
Urdu: نَیَا سال مُبارَک (nayā sāl mubārak)
Uyghur: يېڭى يىل مۇبارەك (yë'ngi yil mubarek)
Uzbek: Yangi yilingiz bilan
Vietnamese: chúc mừng năm mới (vi)
Volapük: nulayeli fredik
Votic: üvvä uuttõ voottõ
Walloon: boune anêye (wa)
Waray-Waray: mainuswagon nga bag-o nga tuig
Welsh: blwyddyn newydd dda, Blwyddyn Newydd Dda
West Coast Bajau: Selamat Taun Bau
West Frisian: Gelokkich Nijjier
Yiddish: גליקלעכן נייעם יאָר (gliklekhn neyem yor)

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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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