How to say “gift” in 50 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Urdu, where دیا is the 50th most used word.
- Albanian dhuratë gift, present #748
- Arabic هدية gift, donation #574
- Armenian նվեր present, gift #1,146
- Basque opari gift, present #477
- Bengali উপহার gift, present #502
- Bosnian poklon gift, present #800
- Bulgarian подарък #789
- Catalan regal present, gift #877
- Chinese 天才 talent; gift; genius #541
- Croatian dar #1,033
- Czech dárek gift, present, donation #1,050
- Danish gave gift, present #845
- Dutch cadeau present; gift #1,856
- Esperanto donaco gift, present #849
- Estonian kingitus gift, present #1,045
- Finnish lahja present, gift #1,541
- French noël A Christmas gift #716
- Galician agasallo gift, present #1,575
- Georgian ნიჭი talent, gift #957
- German geschenk present, gift #1,091
- Greek δώρο gift, donation, present #756
- Hebrew מתנה #824
- Hindi उपहार present, gift #1,172
- Hungarian ajándék present, gift, donation #1,691
- Icelandic gjöf gift, present #647
- Indonesian hadiah #592
- Italian regalo present, gift #1,055
- Korean 선물 gift; present #599
- Latvian dāvana present, gift #1,071
- Lithuanian dovana #610
- Macedonian подарок gift, present #699
- Malay hadiah A gift or present #535
- Malayalam സമ്മാനം gift, present #326
- Norwegian gave a present or gift #1,034
- Persian بخشش gift, donation #1,485
- Polish prezent gift, present #1,162
- Portuguese dom donation; gift; present #2,476
- Romanian cadou present, gift #1,040
- Russian подарок present, gift #967
- Serbian poklon gift, present #783
- Slovak darček gift, present #637
- Slovenian darilo present, gift #370
- Spanish regalo present, gift #899
- Swedish bjuda to offer, to give as a gift #1,236
- Tagalog regalo gift; present #735
- Tamil பரிசு gift, donation, present #572
- Turkish hediye gift, present #831
- Ukrainian подарунок present, gift #1,012
- Urdu دیا #50
- Vietnamese tài talent; gift #444
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.