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Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English birthdai birtheday Old English ġebyrddæġ “ birthday ” ), equivalent to birth day Saterland Frisian Gebuursdai “ birthday ” ), Dutch geboortedag “ birthday ” ), German Geburtstag “ birthday ” ).
Pronunciation [ edit ] birthday (plural birthdays
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born. [From 1570s]
1867 , Charles Dickens , Oliver Twist
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 .
1921 June 4, Birthday Honours — Companions of Honour The Times
The King's Birthday , which occurred yesterday, will be officially observed to-day, and the customary list of honours conferred on the occasion is published.
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
Derived terms [ edit ]
Terms derived from birthday
Translations [ edit ]
anniversary
Abenaki: piligadma
Afrikaans: verjaarsdag
Alabama: innìhta
Albanian: ditëlindje (sq) f
Amharic: ልደታ ldäta ), ልደት ldät )
Arabic: عِيدُ مِيلَادٍ m ʿīdu mīlādin )
Egyptian Arabic: عيد ميلاد m ʿīd melad )
Armenian: ծննդյան օր cnndyan ōr ), ծնունդ (hy) (cnund )
Asturian: cumpleaños m
Azeri: ad günü
Bambara: sanyɛlɛma
Bashkir: тыуған көн tïwğan kön )
Basque: urtebetetze urtemuga egun (eu)
Belarusian: дзень нараджэ́ння m dzjenʹ naradžénnja )
Bengali: জন্মদিন jônmôdin )
Bislama: betde
Breton: deiz-ha-bloaz (br) m
Bulgarian: рожде́н ден m roždén den )
Burmese: မွေးနေ့ (my) (mwe:ne. )
Catalan: aniversari (ca) m natalici m
Cebuano: adlawng natawhan
Chamicuro: ipenonasne watane
Chinese:
Cantonese: 生日 saang1 jat6 ), 生辰 saang1 san4 ), 牛一 ngau4 jat1 ) ( slang )
Hakka: 生日 sâng-ngit )
Mandarin: 生日 (zh) (shēngrì ), 生辰 (zh) (shēngchén )
Min Dong: 生日 săng-nĭk )
Min Nan: 生日 (zh-min-nan) (seⁿ-ji̍t, siⁿ-ji̍t, seng-ji̍t )
Wu: 生日 san nyiq )
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
Dutch Low Saxon: verjaordag
Esperanto: naskiĝotago naskotago (eo)
Estonian: sünnipäev
Faroese: føðingardagur m
Fijian: sigaanisucu (fj) , siganisucu
Finnish: syntymäpäivä (fi) , ( informal ) synttärit
French: anniversaire (fr) m ( Canada ) fête (fr) f
Friulian: natalizi m
Galician: aniversario (gl) m
Georgian: დაბადების დღე dabadebis dɣe )
German: Geburtstag (de) m
Greek: γενέθλια (el) (genéthlia )
Gujarati: વરસ ગાનત varas gaant )
Haitian Creole: anivèsè
Hawaiian: la hanau
Hebrew: יום הולדת \ יוֹם הֻלֶּדֶת (he) m yóm hulédet )
Hindi: जन्मदिन m janmadin )
Hungarian: születésnap (hu)
Icelandic: afmælisdagur (is) m fæðingardagur m
Ido: naskodio (io)
Indonesian: ulang tahun (id)
Interlingua: die natal
Irish: lá breithe m breithlá m
Italian: compleanno (it) m
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 )
Kannada: ಜನ್ಮದಿನ (kn) (janmadina )
Kazakh: туған күн (kk) (twğan kün )
Khmer: ថ្ងៃខួប tngay kʰuəp )
Korean: 생일 (ko) (saeng-il ) (生日 (ko) ), 생신 (ko) (saengsin ) ( honorific )
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: dies natalis f pl natalis (la) m
Latvian: dzimšanas diena m
Lithuanian: gimtadienis (lt) m
Low German:
German Low German: Geboortsdag (nds) m
Luganda: amazalibwa
Luxembourgish: Gebuertsdag (lb) m
Lü: ᦞᧃᦵᦂᦲᧆᧉ vank̇eiid² )
Macedonian: роденден m rodenden )
Malay: hari lahir (ms)
Maltese: għeluq snin
Manx: laa ruggyree m
Maori: rā whānau
Marathi: वाट दिवस vāṭ divas )
Mongolian: төрсөн өдөр törsön ödör )
Navajo: hoʼdizhchínę́ęjį́ anáyííłką́
Norman: jour de naissànse m ( Guernsey )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: bursdag (no) m fødselsdag (no) m gebursdag (no) m
Nynorsk: bursdag (no) m fødselsdag m gebursdag m
Occitan: aniversari m
Old English: byrddæg
Oriya: ଜନ୍ମଦିନ janmadina )
Persian: تولد (fa) (tavallod )
Piedmontese: compleani m compleann m
Polish: urodziny (pl) pl
Portuguese: aniversário (pt) m
Punjabi: ਜਨਮ-ਦਿਨ m janama-dina )
Quechua: wata hunt'ay
Romanian: aniversare (ro) , zi de naștere (ro)
Romansch: anniversari m
Russian: день рожде́ния (ru) m denʹ roždénija ), дню́ха (ru) f dnjúxa ) ( slang )
Rwanda-Rundi: isabukuru class 9 /6
Samoan: asofānau
Sardinian: anniversariu m
Saterland Frisian: Gebuursdai m
Scottish Gaelic: co-latha breith m là-breith m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: рођендан m
Roman: rođendan (sh) m
Sinhalese: උපන් දිනය upan dinaya )
Slovak: narodeniny 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
Tagalog: kaarawan
Tajik: рӯзи таваллуд rüzi tavallud ), таваллуд (tg) (tavallud )
Tamil: பிறந்தநாள் (ta) (piṟantanāḷ )
Telugu: జన్మదినము (te) (janmadinamu )
Thai: วันเกิด (th) (wan-gèrt )
Turkish: doğum günü (tr)
Turkmen: doglan güni
Tuvan: төрүттүнген хүнү törüttüngän hünü )
Ukrainian: день наро́дження m denʹ naródžennja )
Urdu: سالگرہ m sālgirah )
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
Yiddish: געבוירן־טאָג m geboyrn-tog ), געבורטסטאָג m geburtstog )
Zulu: usuku lokuzalwa
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