English [ edit ] Alternative forms [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English birthdai birtheday Old English ġebyrddæġ ( “ birthday ” ) , influenced by Old Norse burðr birth day Saterland Frisian Gebuursdai ( “ birthday ” ) , Dutch geboortedag ( “ birthday ” ) , Low German Geboortsdag ( “ birthday ” ) , German Geburtstag ( “ birthday ” ) , Norwegian bursdag gebursdag ( “ birthday ” ) .
Eclipsed non-native Middle English nativitee ( “ birth, nativity, birthday ” ) , from Old French nativité nativited Latin nātīvitas
Pronunciation [ edit ] birthday (plural birthdays
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. [From 1570s]
When's your birthday ? Mine's on April 1.
1838 Charles Dickens ], chapter 2, in Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy’s Progress. [ … ] (please specify |volume=I, II, or III) , London: Richard Bentley , [ … ] →OCLC Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference.
1903 , L. Frank Baum , The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People Birthday ,
One of the Wise Men said the King was born in February; another declared it was in May, and a third figured the great event happened in October. So the King issued a royal decree that he should have three birthdays every year, in order to be on the safe side; and whenever he happened to think of it he put in an odd birthday or two for luck. 1906 , Edith Nesbit , The Railway Children "And we thought we'd make a nice birthday for him. He's been so awfully jolly decent to us, you know, Mother," said Peter, "and we agreed that next bun-day we'd ask you if we could." c. 1911 , Cotton Mather , Worthington Chauncey Ford (editor), Diary of Cotton Mather , Volume 1: 1681-1708, footnote, page 1 ,
It was his custom to begin a new year's record on February 12, his birthday .
The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate date of birth
A birthday party .
I'd like to invite you all to my birthday .
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] anniversary
Abenaki: piligadma
Afrikaans: verjaarsdag (af)
Alabama: innìhta
Albanian: ditëlindje (sq) f
Amharic: ልደታ ( lədäta ) , ልደት ( lədät )
Arabic: عِيد مِيلَاد m ( ʕīd mīlād )
Egyptian Arabic: عيد ميلاد m ( ʕīd melad )
South Levantine Arabic: عيد ميلاد m ( ʕīd mīlād )
Armenian: ծննդյան օր ( cnndyan ōr ) , ծնունդ (hy) ( cnund )
Asturian: cumpleaños m
Azerbaijani: doğum günü ad günü
Bambara: sanyɛlɛma
Bashkir: тыуған көн ( tıwğan kön )
Basque: urtebetetze urtemuga egun (eu)
Belarusian: дзень нараджэ́ння m ( dzjenʹ naradžénnja )
Bengali: জন্মদিন (bn) ( jonmodin )
Bislama: betde
Breton: deiz-ha-bloaz (br) m
Bulgarian: рожде́н ден m ( roždén den )
Burmese: မွေးနေ့ (my) ( mwe:ne. )
Buryat: түрэһэн үдэр ( türehen üder )
Catalan: aniversari (ca) m natalici (ca) m
Cebuano: adlawng natawhan
Chamicuro: ipenonasne watane
Chinese:
Cantonese: 生日 ( saang1 jat6 ) , 生辰 ( saang1 san4 ) , 牛一 ( ngau4 jat1 ) ( slang )
Dungan: сынжы ( sɨnřɨ )
Gan: 生日 ( sen1 liit )
Hakka: 生日 ( sâng-ngit )
Jin: 生日 ( seng1 reh4 )
Mandarin: 生日 (zh) ( shēngrì ) , 生辰 (zh) ( shēngchén )
Min Bei: 生日 ( sáng-nì )
Min Dong: 生日 ( săng-nĭk )
Min Nan: 生日 (zh-min-nan) ( seⁿ-ji̍t, siⁿ-ji̍t, seng-ji̍t )
Wu: 生日 ( 1 san-gniq)
Xiang: 生日 ( sen1 ri6 )
Cornish: penn-bloodh m pedn-bloodh m
Corsican: anniversariu m
Crimean Tatar: doğğan künü
Czech: narozeniny (cs) f pl
Danish: fødselsdag (da) c
Dolgan: төрөөбүт күн ( törööbüt kün )
Dutch: verjaardag (nl) m
Edo: ẹ̀dúbíẹmwẹ̏
Esperanto: naskiĝotago naskotago (eo) , naskiĝtago (eo)
Estonian: sünnipäev (et) , sünna ( slang ) , sünkar ( slang )
Faroese: føðingardagur m
Fijian: sigaanisucu (fj) , siganisucu
Finnish: syntymäpäivä (fi) , ( informal ) synttärit (fi)
French: anniversaire (fr) m ( Canada ) fête (fr) f
Friulian: natalizi m
Galician: aniversario (gl) m
Georgian: დაბადების დღე ( dabadebis dɣe )
German: Geburtstag (de) m Silesian: Geburtstag m
Greek: γενέθλια (el) ( genéthlia )
Ancient: γενέθλιος f ( genéthlios )
Gujarati: વરસ ગાનત ( varas gānat )
Haitian Creole: anivèsè
Hawaiian: lā hānau
Hebrew: יום הולדת / יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת (he) m ( yóm hulédet )
Hindi: जन्मदिन m ( janmadin ) , सालगिरह (hi) f ( sālgirah )
Hungarian: születésnap (hu)
Iban: hari pengada
Icelandic: afmælisdagur (is) m fæðingardagur m
Ido: naskodio (io)
Igala: ọ́jọ́-úbí
Igbo: nchèta ọ̄mụmụ
Indonesian: ulang tahun (id)
Ingrian: synnyn päivä ( traditionally not celebrated )
Interlingua: die natal
Irish: lá breithe m breithlá m
Italian: compleanno (it) m
Izon: zii-eréín ziibaị́
Japanese: 誕生日 (ja) ( たんじょうび, tanjōbi ) , バースデー ( bāsudē ) , 生日 (ja) ( せいじつ, seijitsu )
Jeju: 셍일날 ( seng'illal )
Kalmyk: һарсн өдр ( ğarsn ödr ) , төрсн өдр ( törsn ödr ) , миләһүд ( miläğüd )
Kannada: ಜನ್ಮದಿನ (kn) ( janmadina )
Kapampangan: pangabayit
Karelian: roindupäivy
Kashmiri: زا دۄہ ( zā dọh ) , ؤہرٕوود ( wạhrụwōd ) , زایہِ دۄہ ( zāyhi dọh )
Kazakh: туған күн (kk) ( tuğan kün )
Khmer: ថ្ងៃខួប ( thngay khuəp )
Korean: 생일(生日) (ko) ( saeng'il ) , 생신(生辰) (ko) ( saengsin ) ( honorific )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: rojbûn (ku)
Kyrgyz: туулган күнү ( tuulgan künü )
Ladino: aniversario m kumpleanyos m
Lao: ມື້ເກີດ ( mư̄ kœ̄t ) , ຊົນມະທິ ( son ma thi ) , ວັນຄ້າຍວັນເກີດ ( wan khāi wan kœ̄t ) , ວັນເກີດ ( wan kœ̄t )
Latin: diēs nātālis f nātālis (la) m
Latvian: dzimšanas diena m
Lithuanian: gimtadienis (lt) m
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: verjaordag
German Low German: Geboortsdag (nds) m
Lü: ᦞᧃᦵᦂᦲᧆᧉ ( vank̇oed² )
Luganda: amazalibwa
Luxembourgish: Gebuertsdag (lb) m
Macedonian: роденден m ( rodenden )
Malay: hari lahir (ms)
Malayalam: പിറന്നാൾ (ml) ( piṟannāḷ ) , ജന്മദിനം (ml) ( janmadinaṁ )
Maltese: għeluq snin
Manx: laa ruggyree m
Maori: rā huritau
Marathi: वाट दिवस ( vāṭ divas )
Mari:
Eastern Mari: шочмо кече ( šočmo keče )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: төрсөн өдөр ( törsön ödör )
Mongolian: ᠲᠥᠷᠦᠭᠰᠡᠨ ( törüɣsen edür )
Navajo: hoʼdizhchínę́ęjį́ anáyííłką́
Nepali: जन्मदिन ( janmadina )
Norman: jour de naissànse m ( Guernsey )
North Frisian: irrdäi
Northern Sami: riegádanbeaivi šaddanbeaivi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bursdag (no) m fødselsdag (no) m gebursdag (no) m
Nynorsk: bursdag (no) m fødselsdag m gebursdag m
Occitan: aniversari m
Okinawan: 生日 ( っんまりびー, 'nmaribī )
Old English: ġebyrddæġ m
Oriya: ଜନ୍ମଦିନ ( jônmôdinô )
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Persian: تولد (fa) ( tavallod ) , زادروز (fa) ( zâdruz )
Piedmontese: compleani m compleann m
Polish: urodziny (pl) pl
Portuguese: aniversário (pt) m
Punjabi: ਜਨਮ-ਦਿਨ m ( janma-din )
Quechua: wata junt'ay
Romanian: aniversare (ro) , zi de naștere (ro)
Romansch: anniversari m
Russian: день рожде́ния (ru) m ( denʹ roždénija ) , дню́ха (ru) f ( dnjúxa ) ( slang )
Rusyn: народени́ны f pl ( narodenýnŷ )
Rwanda-Rundi: isabukuru class 9 /6
Samoan: asofānau
Sardinian: anniversariu m
Saterland Frisian: Gebuursdai m
Scottish Gaelic: co-latha breith m là-breith m
Semai: jis yesnos
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ро̏ђенда̄н m
Roman: rȍđendān (sh) m
Sinhalese: උපන් දිනය ( upan dinaya )
Slovak: narodeniny (sk) f pl
Slovene: rojstni dan (sl) m
Sorbian:
High Sorbian: narodniny
Low Sorbian: narodny źeń m narodniny ( pluralia tantum )
Spanish: cumpleaños (es) m natalicio (es) m
Sranan Tongo: friyaridei
Swahili: siku ya uzalishi
Swedish: födelsedag (sv) c bemärkelsedag (sv) c ( special day )
Tagalog: kaarawan
Tajik: рӯзи таваллуд ( rüzi tavallud ) , таваллуд (tg) ( tavallud ) , зодрӯз ( zodrüz )
Tamil: பிறந்தநாள் (ta) ( piṟantanāḷ )
Tatar: туган көн ( tuğan kön )
Telugu: జన్మదినము (te) ( janmadinamu )
Thai: วันเกิด (th) ( wan-gə̀ət )
Tibetan: འཁྲུངས་སྐར ( 'khrungs skar ) ( honorific ) , སྐྱེ་ཚེས ( skye tshes ) , སྐྱེས་སྐར ( skyes skar )
Tigrinya: ዕለተ ልደት ( ʿəlätä lədät )
Turkish: doğum günü (tr)
Turkmen: doglan güni
Tuvan: төрүттүнген хүнү ( törüttüngen xünü )
Ukrainian: день наро́дження m ( denʹ naródžennja ) , уроди́ни pl ( urodýny )
Urdu: سالگرہ f ( sālgirah )
Uyghur: تۇغۇلغان كۈن ( tughulghan kün )
Uzbek: tugʻilan kun
Venetian: compleano m
Vietnamese: sinh nhật (vi) (生日
Volapük: motedadel (vo)
Welsh: penblwydd m pen-blwydd (cy) m
West Flemish: verjaardag
West Frisian: jierdei
White Hmong: hnub yug
Yakut: төрөөбүт күн ( törööbüt kün )
Yiddish: געבוירן־טאָג m ( geboyrn-tog ) , געבורטסטאָג m ( geburtstog )
Yoruba: ọjọ́-ìbí ayẹyẹ oríkádún
Zulu: usuku lokuzalwa (zu)
Armenian: ծննդյան օր ( cnndyan ōr )
Bashkir: тыуған көн ( tıwğan kön )
Bengali: জন্মদিন (bn) ( jonmodin )
Bulgarian: ден на ра́ждане m ( den na ráždane ) , да́та на ра́ждане f ( dáta na ráždane ) , рожде́на да́та f ( roždéna dáta )
Burmese: မွေးနေ့ (my) ( mwe:ne. )
Catalan: data de naixement
Chinese:
Cantonese: 出生日期 ( ceot1 sang1 jat6 kei4 )
Mandarin: 出生日期 (zh) ( chūshēngrìqī )
Czech: narozeniny (cs) f pl
Danish: fødselsdag (da) c fødselsdato (da) c
Dutch: geboortedag (nl) m geboortedatum (nl) m
Estonian: sünnipäev (et)
Faroese: føðingardagur m
Finnish: syntymäaika (fi) , synnyinpäivä syntymäpäivä (fi)
French: date de naissance (fr) f
Georgian: დაბადების თარიღი ( dabadebis tariɣi )
German: Geburtsdatum (de) n
Greek: ημερομηνία γεννήσεως f ( imerominía genníseos )
Hungarian: születésnap (hu) , születési idő (hu)
Icelandic: afmæli (is) n
Indonesian: hari lahir (id)
Ingrian: synnyn päivä
Italian: data di nascita f
Japanese: 生年月日 (ja) ( せいねんがっぴ, seinengappi )
Korean: 생년월일(生年月日) (ko) ( saengnyeonworil )
Kyrgyz: чыккан күн ( çıkkan kün ) туулган күн (ky) ( tuulgan kün )
Latin: natalis (la) f natalis (la) m
Latvian: dzimšanas datums m
Low German:
German Low German: Geboortsdatum n
Luxembourgish: Gebuertsdatum m
Macedonian: датум на раѓање m ( datum na raǵanje )
Malayalam: ജനനത്തീയതി ( jananattīyati )
Maltese: data ta’ twelied f
Maori: rā whānau
North Frisian: iirdäi
Norwegian: fødselsdag (no) m
Persian: تاریخ تولد ( târix-e tavallod )
Polish: data urodzenia f
Portuguese: data de nascimento f
Romansch: di da naschientscha m natalizi m
Russian: да́та рожде́ния f ( dáta roždénija ) , день рожде́ния (ru) m ( denʹ roždénija )
Rusyn: народени́ны f pl ( narodenýnŷ )
Scottish Gaelic: co-latha breith m là-breith m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: дан рођења m датум рођења m
Roman: dan rođenja m datum rođenja m
Shor: шыққан кӱн
Southern Altai: чыккан кӱн ( čïkkan kün ) , туулан кӱн ( tuulan kün )
Spanish: fecha de nacimiento f
Swedish: födelsedag (sv) c födelsedatum (sv) n
Tagalog: kaarawan
Tibetan: སྐྱེས་སྐར ( skyes skar )
Turkish: doğum tarihi (tr)
Ukrainian: да́та наро́дження m ( dáta naródžennja ) , день наро́дження m ( denʹ naródžennja )
Urdu: تاریخِ پیدائش ( tārīx-i pedā'iś ) , جنم دن m ( janm din ) , یومِ پیدائش ( yom-i pedā'iś ) , یومِ ولادت ( yaum-e-wilādat )
Vietnamese: ngày sinh (vi) , ngày sinh tháng đẻ ngày sanh
White Hmong: hnub yug
birthday (third-person singular simple present birthdays present participle birthdaying simple past and past participle birthdayed
( intransitive , informal ) To celebrate one's birthday.See also [ edit ] Anagrams [ edit ] 