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From the Old English þancian ("to give thanks"), from P.Gmc. *thankojan, from *thankoz thought, gratitude, from Proto Indo European *tong- to think, feel.
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thanks
- Used to express appreciation or gratitude.
- Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks.
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used to express appreciation or gratitude
- Afrikaans: dankie
- American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp
- Arabic: شكرًا ar(ar) (šúkran), ميرسي ar(ar) (mersii)
- Armenian: շնորհակալություն hy(hy) (šnorhakalut’yun), մերսի hy(hy) (mersi)
- Belarusian: дзякую be(be) (dzjákuju)
- Bosnian: hvala bs(bs)
- Breton: trugarez
- Bulgarian: благодаря bg(bg) (blagodarjá), мерси bg(bg) (mersí)
- Catalan: gràcies, mercès, merci (not "mercí", a Gallicism)
- Chamicuro: osolopaki
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 多謝 (do1 ze6) (usually used for physical objects); 唔該 (m4 goi1), (for an act)
- Mandarin: 謝謝 cmn(cmn), 谢谢 cmn(cmn) (xièxie), 多謝 cmn(cmn), 多谢 cmn(cmn) (duōxiè)
- Min Nan: 多謝 (do shia)
- Croatian: hvala hr(hr)
- Czech: díky cs(cs)
- Danish: tak da(da)
- Dutch: bedankt nl(nl), dank je nl(nl), dank u nl(nl)
- Esperanto: dankon eo(eo)
- Faroese: takk fo(fo)
- Filipino: salamat
- Finnish: kiitos fi(fi)
- French: merci fr(fr)
- Georgian: მადლობთ ka(ka) (madlobt‘)
- German: danke de(de)
- Greek: ευχαριστώ (efkharistó)
- Hebrew: תּוֹדָה he(he) (tóda)
- Hindi: धन्यवाद hi(hi) (dhanyavād), शुक्रिया hi(hi) (shukriyā) (both are polite)
- Hungarian: köszönöm hu(hu); köszi hu(hu) (informal)
- Icelandic: takk (informal), takk fyrir (formal)
- Indonesian: terima kasih id(id)
- Italian: grazie it(it)
- Japanese: ありがとう ja(ja) (arigatō), どうも ja(ja) (dōmo)
- Jingpho: chyeju kaba sai
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- Korean: 고마워 ko(ko) (gomawo), 감사합니다 ko(ko) (gamsa hamnida), 감사해요 ko(ko) (gamsa heyo)
- Kurdish:
- Sorani: سوپاس ku(ku) (sopas)
- Latvian: paldies
- Macedonian: фала mk(mk) (fála)
- Maltese: grazzi
- Mongolian: баярлалаа (bayarlalaa)
- Nahuatl: tlazohcāmati nah(nah)
- Norwegian: takk no(no)
- Palauan: sulang
- Papiamentu: danki
- Persian: ممنون (mamnôn), سپاس (spās, sepās)
- Polish: dziękuję pl(pl), dzięki pl(pl)
- Portuguese: obrigado pt(pt) m., obrigada pt(pt) f.
- Russian: спасибо ru(ru) (spasíbo), благодарю ru(ru) (blagodarjú)
- Scottish Gaelic: taing gd(gd)
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: хвала
- Roman: hvala
- Slovak: vďaka sk(sk)
- Slovene: hvala sl(sl)
- Spanish: gracias es(es)
- Sranan Tongo: danki, tangi
- Swahili: asante
- Swedish: tack; tackar
- Tagalog: salamat tl(tl)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Telugu: ధన్యవాదాలు (dhanyavaadaalu)
- Thai: ขอบคุณ th(th) (kòp-kuun)
- Turkish: teşekkürler tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: дякую uk(uk) (djákuju), спасибi uk(uk) (spasýbi)
- Urdu: دھنیہ واد ur(ur) (dhanya-vād), شکریہ ur(ur) (šukriyā)
- Vietnamese: cám ơn vi(vi) (感恩 vi(vi)) (plus one of: ông, bà, cô, anh, chị, em, quí vị – depending on subject of gratitude)
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thanks
- (obsolete) Plural form of thank.
- (plurale tantum) An expression of gratitude.
- After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is all the thanks I get?
- Grateful feelings or thoughts.
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thanks
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thank.
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third-person singular simple present form of thank
