As different countries speak different tongues, different names for the word “dad” are present. However, no matter how different each word is from the other, it means the same thing. This coming Sunday, a great number of countries will celebrate Father’s day in their own ways. So, in celebration of Father’s day , I want to share 45 ways of saying “dad” in different languages.
- Yiddish : tatti ; tay ; foter ; tateh
- Welsh : tad
- Venetian : pare ; popà ; ‘opà ; pupà ; papà
- Turkish : baba
- Spanish : papá ; viejo ; tata
- Swahili : baba ; mzazi
- Swedish : pappa
- Slovak : otec
- Slovenian : ôèe
- Sicilian : patri
- Sanskrit : tàtah ; janak
- Russian : papa
- Romanian : tata ; parinte ; taica
- Polish : tata ; ojciec
- Portuguese : pai
- Persian/Farsi : pedar, pitar ; simply baabaa
- Norwegian : pappa ; far
- Nepali : buwa
- Maori : haakoro ; kohake
- Mandarin Chinese : baba
- Malay : bapa
- Latvian : tevs
- Latin : pater ; papa ; atta
- Lithuanian : tevas ; pradininkas ; protevis
- Korean: abonim, aboji, appa
- Japanese : otosan, papa
- Italian : babbo
- Irish : athair ; daidí
- Indonesian : bapa ; ayah ; pak
- Hungarian : apa ; apu ; papa ; édesapa
- Hindi : papa ; pita-ji
- Hebrew : abba(h)
- German : banketi, papi
- French : papa
- Finnish : isä
- Filipino : tatay, itay, tay ; ama
- Estonian : isa
- English : father ; dad ; daddy ; pop ; poppa ; papa
- Dutch : vader ; papa ; pappie
- Czech : táta, otec
- Croatian : otac
- Bosnian : otac
- Brazilian Portuguese : pai
- Arabic : babba ; yebba ; abbi (classical)
- Afrikaans : vader
No matter what you call your dad, show him how special he is this Father’s Day.
Happy Father’s Day!
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