Happy Easter in many languages

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Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, rsp = response

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Language Easter greetings
Afrikaans Geseënde Paasfees
Albanian (Gheg) Gzuar Pashkën
Albanian (Tosk) Gëzuar Pashkët
Aleut Pascha-Qaĝaadan
Pascha-Niiĝuĝix̂
Alsatian Frohe Ostern
Amharic መልካም ፋሲካ (mälkam fasika)
Arabic
(Lebanese)
El masi7 2am
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
(fiṣḥ sa'īd) فصح سعيد
Christ has risen (el maseeh qam) المسيح قام
rsp - Truly he has risen (haqan qam) حقاً قام
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(fiṣḥ sa'īd) فصح سعيد
Christ has risen (el maseeh qam) المسيح قام
rsp - Truly he has risen (haqan qam) حقاً قام
Aragonese Buenas pasquas
Armenian
(Eastern)
Քրիստոս յառեաւ ի մեռելոց
(Kuhreestos harryav ee merrelotz)
- Christ is risen from the dead
Օրհնեալ է յառութիւնն Քրիստոսի
(Ornyal eh harrootyunuhn Kuhreestosee)
- Blessed is the resurrection of Christ (reply)
Armenian
(Western)
Քրիստոս յառեաւ ի մեռելոց
(Kuhreestos harryav ee merrelotz)
- Christ is risen from the dead
Օրհնեալ է յառութիւնն Քրիստոսի
(Ornyal eh harrootyunuhn Kuhreestosee)
- Blessed is the resurrection of Christ (reply)
Aromanian Hristolu s-aflà!
(Christ has risen!)
Dealihea cà s-afla!
(He has risen indeed!) - reply
Assyrian (Eastern) Brikhta Qyamta D' Maran
Asturian Felices pascues
Azerbaijani Pasxa bayramınız müqəddəs olsun
Basque Ondo izan Bazko garaian
Bassa Nì Ísɔ̀ɖɔ̀o
Bavarian Scheene Ostern
Belarusian Са Святам Вялікадня
(Sa Sviatam Vialikadnia)
Хрыстос уваскрос
(Chrystos uvaskros) - 'Christ is risen
Сапраўды ўваскрос
(Sapraŭdy ŭvaskros) - 'Truly he is risen
Bengali ঈস্টর এর শুভেচ্ছা নেবেন।
(Īsṭôr er shubhechha neben)
Bhojpuri ईस्टर मुबारक (eestar mubarak)
Bikol Maugmang Pagkabuhay Liwat ni Kristo
Bislama Hapi Ista
Bosnian Sretan Uskrs!
Sretan Vaskrs!
Breton Pask Seder
Bulgarian Христос Воскресе
(Hristos Voskrese)
Christ has risen
Воистина Воскресе
(Voistina Voskrese)
Truly, he has risen - reply
Честит Великден
(Čestit Velikden)
Catalan Bona Pasqua
Cebuano Maayong Pagkabanhaw sa Dios!
Central Dusun Kotobian Tadau Paskah
Chabacano de Cavite Feliz Semana Santa
Chabacano de Zamboanga Felices pascua
Chamorro
(Guam dialect)
Felis Påsgua
Chamorro
(North Marianas dialect)
Felis Pasgua
Cherokee ᏥᏌ ᏕᎴᎯᏌᏅ (Tsisa delehisanv)
Chinese
(Cantonese)
復活節快樂
(fuhkwuhtjit faailohk)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
復活節快樂 [复活节快乐]
(fùhuójié kuàilè)
Chinese
(Taiwanese)
復活節快樂 (ho̍k-o̍ah-chat/chiat khòai-lo̍k)
閣活節快樂 (koh-oa̍h-chiat khoài-lo̍k)
Church Slavonic Христосъ воскресе! (Khristos voskrese!)
- Christ is risen!
Воистину воскресе! Voistinu voskrese!)
- Truly he is risen!
Cornish Pask Lowen
Corsican Bona Pasqua
Croatian Sretan Uskrs
Cumbric Pask Lawen
Cuyonon Malipayeng adlaw i' ang pagkabanaw ni Cristo!
Si Cristo nabanaw den! (Christ has risen!)
Czech Veselé Velikonoce
Danish God påske
Dutch Vrolijk Pasen
Zalige paasdagen
Zalig Pasen
Elfdalian Trivlig påsker!
Estonian Häid lihavõttepühi
Extremaduran Felizis Pascuas!
Faroese Gleðilig páskir
Fijian Vanuinui vinaka ni Siga ni Mate
Finnish Hyvää pääsiäistä
Iloista pääsiäistä
Flemish (West) Zalig poas'n
French Joyeuses Pâques
Frisian (North - Mooring) Fröiliken poosche
Frisian (North - Sylt) Lekelk Puask!
Frisian (West) Lokkich Peaske
Friulian Buine Pasche!
Galician Boas Pascuas
Garhwali जसीलो ईस्टर
Georgian გილოცავთ აღდგომას
(gilotsavt aghdgomas) - frm
გილოცავ აღდგომას
(gilotsav aghdgomas) - inf
ქრისტე აღსდგა - Christ is risen
(k’rist’e aghsdga)
ჭეშმარიტად აღსდგა
(ch’eshmarit’ad aghsdga) - Truly, He is risen (reply)
German Frohe Ostern
Greek (Ancient) Καλὸν Πάσχα! (Kalón Páskha!)
Greek (Modern) Καλό πάσχα (Kaló pásha)
Χριστός ανέστη! (Hristós anésti)
Christ has Risen
Αληθώς ανέστη! (Alithós anésti)
Truly he has Risen (reply)
Greenlandic Påskisiorluarisi
Guaraní Vy'apavê
Haitian Creole Bònn fèt pak
Hawaiian Hauʻoli Pakoa
Hauʻoli Ka lā i ala hou ai ka Haku
Hindi शुभ ईस्टर (śubh īsṭar)
Hungarian Kellemes Húsvéti Ünnepeket!
(Pleasant Easter Holidays!)
Áldott Húsvétot kívánok!
(Wishing You a Blessed Easter!)
Icelandic Gleðilega páska
Igbo Ekene mbilite ọnwụ Kristi
Iloko Naragsak a Pascua ti Panagungar
Indonesian Selamat Paskah
Irish (Gaelic) Cáisc Shona duit (sg)
Cáisc Shona daoibh (pl)
Beannachtaí na Cásca
Italian Buona Pasqua
Jamaican Happy easta
Japanese 復活祭おめでとうございます
(fukkatsu-sai omedetō gozaimasu)
イースターおめでとうございます
(īsutā omedetō gozaimasu)
Javanese ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦫꦶꦪꦪꦥꦱ꧀ꦏꦃ
(Sugeng Riyạyạ Paskah) (Kromo Inggil)
ꦱ꧀ꦭꦩꦼꦠ꧀ꦥꦱ꧀ꦏꦃ
(Slamet Paskah) (Ngoko)
Jèrriais Jouaiyeux Pâques
Kannada ಈಸ್ಟರ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು
(īsṭar habbada shubhaashayagalu)
Kazakh Пасха мейрамы қутты болсын!
(Pasxa meyramı qwttı bolsın!)
Khmer រីករាយថ្ងៃបុណ្យប៉ាក
(rikréay thngey bŏnyabâk)
Kinyarwanda Pasika Nziza
Kiribati Tekeraoi n te itita aio!
Korean 행복한 부활절이 되시길
(haengpoghan puhwarcheori toesikir)
Kurdish (Kurmanji) Eshtéra te pîroz be! (sg)
Eshtéra we pîroz be! (pl)
Kurdish (Sorani) Cejnî Hêkesûr pîroz bê
Kyrgyz Иса тирилди! (Isa tirildi!)
Чын эле тирилди! (Chyn ele tirildi!) - reply
Latin Prospera Pascha sit
Latvian Priecīgas Lieldienas
Lithuanian Su šventom velykom!
Sveiki sulaukę šventų velykų!
Low Saxon Frohe Oostern! Frohe Paaschen!
Luxembourgish Schéin Ouschteren
Macedonian Среќен Велигден (Sreken Veligden)
Христос воскресе (Hristos voskrese)
Christ has risen
Навистина воскресе (Navistina voskrese)
Truly, he has risen - reply
Magahi ईस्टर मुबारक /iːsʈər mʊbaːrək/
Malagasy Tratry ny Paska
Malayalam ഈസ്റ്റര്‍ ആശംസകള്‍!
(iistar ashamsakal!)
Maltese L-Għid it-tajjeb
Manx (Gaelic) Caisht sonney dhyt
Māori Ngā mihi o te Aranga
Marathi शुभ ईस्टर (śubh īsṭar)
Mauritian Creole Zwayez pak!
Nahuatl Cualli paxcuatl
Navajo Nizhónígo Damóotsoh
Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) Ista enhle
Northern Sámi Buorit beassážat
Northern Sotho Paseka ya Lethabo
Norwegian God påske
Occitan Bonas Pascas
Oriya ଈସ୍ଟର{ଈସ ର ବହୁତ ବହୁତ ସୁଭେଚ୍ଛା
(Īsṭar ra bahut bahut subhechā)
Otomi (Querétaro) Ar njohya Pascua!
Papiamento Bon pasco
Bon pasco di resureccion
Pashto ښه او خوشحال اختر
(kha aw khushal akhtar)
Pennsylvania German / Dutch Froher Oschterdaag
Persian (Farsi) عيد پاک مبارک
(eide pak mobārak)
Polish Wesołych Świąt Wielkanocnych!
Wesołego Alleluja!
Szczęśliwej Wielkanocy!
Wesołych Świąt Wielkiej Nocy!
Portuguese Boa Páscoa
Páscoa Feliz
Portuguese (Brazilian) Boa Páscoa!
Feliz Páscoa!
Romani Baxt hai sastimos tiri patragi
Romanian Paște Fericit
Hristos a înviat! (Christ has risen!)
Adevarat a înviat! (Truly, he has risen - reply)
Russian Христос воскрес (Khristos voskres)
- Christ resurrected
Воистину воскрес (Voistinu voskres)
- truly resurrected - reply
Rusyn Христос воскрес (Chrystos voskres)
Воистину воскрес (Voystynu voskres) - reply
Samoan Ia manuia le Eseta
Sanskrit ईस्टरपर्वणः शुभेच्छाः
(īstaraparvanaḥ śubhecchāḥ)
Sardinian (Logudorese) Bona pasca
Scottish Gaelic A' Chàisg sona
Serbian Христос васкрсе (Hristos vaskrse)
Christ resurrected
Ваистину васкрсе (Vaistina vaskrse)
truly resurrected (reply)
Sicilian Bona Pasqua
Sinhala සුභ පාස්කුවක් (subha paskuwak)
Slovak Veselé prežitie Veľkonočných sviatkov
Slovenian Vesele velikonočne praznike
Solresol Dofafado solsire
Sorbian (Lower) Rĕdne jatšy
Sorbian (Upper) Rjane jutry
Spanish ¡Felices Pascuas!
Sundanese Wilujeng paskah
Swahili Heri ya Sikukuu ya pasaka
Swazi Liphasika lelihle
Swedish Glad Påsk
Swiss German Schöni Oschtere
Tagalog Maligayang Pasko ng pagkabuhay
Tahitian 'Ia 'oa'oa i te 'ōro'a Pātate
Tajik Писҳо Муборак! (Pisҳo Muborak!)
Tamil (formal) ஈஸ்ட்டர் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்
(Easter nal vaazthukkal) [ml] [fm]
Tamil (informal) ஈஸ்ட்டர் நல்வாழ்த்துக்க
(Easter nal vaazthukka) [fm]
Telugu శుభ ఈస్ఠర్ (shubha eestar)
Tetum Feliz Paskua
Thai สุขสันต์วันอีสเตอร์ (sùk săn wan èet-dtêr)
Tibetan ཡི་ཤུ་བསྐྱར་གསོའི་དུས་ཆེན་ལ་བཀྲ་ཤིས་བདེ་ལེགས་ཞུ།
(yi-shu kyar-sö dü-chen-la ta-shi de-lek shu)
Tigrinya ርሑስ በዓል ፋሲካ። (Rhus Be’al Fasika)
Tokelauan Manuia te eheta
Tok Pisin Hepi ista
Tongan Ma'u ha 'aho Pekia fiefia.
Tsotsil Lek me ech'an ti ta k'uxul orae
Tswana Malatsi a paseka aa itumedisang
Turkish Paskalya bayramınız kutlu olsun
Tuvaluan Manuia te Eseta (the whole feast)
Manuia te Toetū (Easter Sunday and Easter Monday)
Ukrainian Христос Воскрес! (Khrystos Voskres!)
- Christ is Risen!
Воїстину Воскрес! (Voyistynu Voskres!)
- Truly He is Risen! - reply
З Великодніми святами
(Z Velykodnimy sviatamy)
Uyghur پاسخا بايرىمىڭىزغا مۇبارەك
(Pas'ha bayrimingizğa mubaräk)
Venetian Bona Pascua
Vietnamese Chúc Mừng Phục Sinh
Mừng Chúa Phục Sinh (Christ is Risen)
Võro Hüvvi munnõpühhi
Walloon Bone fièsse di Pauques
Welsh Pasg Hapus
Welsh (Gwentian) Pashc 'apus
West Jutlandic Guuo poesk!
Westrobothnian Gla pöschk
Wolof Mangui lay ndokkel ci pâques bi
Yolngu Iitja yiŋgathirri
Yoruba Ẹ ku Ayọ Ajinde
Yucatec Maya Ki'imak Pascua!
Zulu IPhasika elijabulayo
IPhasika elithokozayo
Auxiliary and constructed languages
Esperanto Feliĉan Paskon
Interlingua Felice pascha
Volapük Pasatazäli läbik!

Note: Easter is not universally celebrated.

Easter/Paschal greetings in various languages
https://www.happy-easter.net/happy-easter-in-all-languages.html
https://www.mondly.com/blog/happy-easter-in-different-languages/
https://orthodoxwiki.org/Paschal_greeting

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