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Etymology From new year
Noun New Year plural New Years
A period covering the first few days of a calendar year.
We never go away at the New Year because on New Year’s Day the whole family gets together.
In particular, January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar (New Year’s Day ) and the days following.
Translations the first few days of a calendar year
January 1 in the Julian and Gregorian calendar and the days following
Afrikaans: Nuwe Jaar
Albanian: Viti i Ri (sq) m
Arabic: السَّنَة الْجَدِيدَة f ( as-sana al-jadīda )
Armenian: Նոր Տարի ( Nor Tari )
Assamese: নৱবৰ্ষ ( nowoborxo )
Asturian: añu nuevu m
Azerbaijani: Yeni il Yeni il bayramı
Bashkir: яңы йыл
Basque: urte berri
Belarusian: Но́вы год m ( Nóvy hod ) , Но́вы рок m ( Nóvy rok )
Bengali: নববর্ষ (bn) ( nobborśo ) , নতুন বছর ( notun bochor )
Bikol Central: Bagong Taon (bcl)
Bulgarian: Но́ва годи́на f ( Nóva godína )
Burmese: နှစ်သစ် ( hnacsac )
Catalan: cap d'any (ca) , any nou
Cebuano: Bag-ong Tuig
Chinese:
Cantonese: 新年 ( san1 nin4 )
Hokkien: 新年 (zh-min-nan) ( sin-nî )
Mandarin: 新年 (zh) ( xīnnián )
Chuvash: ҫӗнӗ ҫул ( śĕnĕ ś̬ul )
Czech: Nový rok (cs) m
Danish: nytår (da) n
Dutch: Nieuwjaar (nl)
Esperanto: novjaro
Estonian: uusaasta (et)
Faroese: nýggjár n
Finnish: uusivuosi (fi)
French: le nouvel an m le jour de l’an m
Galician: aninovo
Georgian: ახალი წელი ( axali c̣eli ) , კალანდა ( ḳalanda )
German: Neujahr (de) n
Greek: Πρωτοχρονιά (el) f ( Protochroniá )
Gujarati: નવું વર્ષ n ( navũ varṣ )
Haitian Creole: new ane
Hebrew: רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה (he) m ( rósh hashaná ) , סִילְבֶסְטֶר (he) m ( silvéster )
Hiligaynon: Bag-ong Tuig
Hindi: नया साल m ( nayā sāl )
Hungarian: újév (hu) ( strictly speaking, only the first day of the year, as opposed to új év , the year that started not long ago )
Hunsrik: Neijoher n
Icelandic: nýár (is) n nýtt ár (is) n
Ido: nov-yaro
Ilocano: Baro a Tawen
Ingrian: Uus Voos
Irish: bliain nua m
Italian: capodanno (it) m
Japanese: 新年 (ja) ( しんねん, shinnen )
Javanese: warsa enggal
Kannada: ಹೊಸವರ್ಷ ( hosavarṣa )
Kapampangan: Bayung Banua
Karelian: Uuzi vuozi
Kazakh: жаңa жыл ( jaña jyl )
Khmer: ឆ្នាំថ្មី ( chhnăm thmei )
Kinaray-a: Bag-ong Tuig
Korean: 새해 (ko) ( saehae ) , 신년(新年) (ko) ( sinnyeon )
Kyrgyz: жаңы жыл ( jaŋı jıl )
Lao: ປີໃໝ່ ( pī mai )
Latin: annus faustus annus novus m
Latvian: jaunais gads m
Laz: წანაღანი ( ǯanağani )
Lithuanian: naujieji metai m
Lü: ᦔᦲᦺᦖᧈ ( ṗiiṁay¹ )
Lule Sami: ådå̄jahke
Luxembourgish: Neijoerschdag (lb)
Macedonian: Но́ва го́дина f ( Nóva gódina )
Malagasy: taom-baovao
Malay: Tahun Baru (ms) , Tahun Baharu
Malayalam: പുതുവത്സരം ( putuvatsaraṁ )
Maltese: sena ġdida f
Maori: Tau Hou
Mapudungun: We Tripantu
Marathi: नवीन वर्ष ( navīn varṣa )
Mingrelian: ახალ წანა ( axal c̣ana ) , კალანდა ( ḳalanda )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: шинэ он ( šine on ) , шинэ жил ( šine žil )
Nahuatl: Yancuīc xihuitl
Nepali: नयाँ वर्ष ( nayā̃ varṣa )
Nheengatu: Akayú Pisasú
Norman: Nouvel An m
Northern Sami: ođđajahki
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nyttår (no) n nyår n
Nynorsk: nyttår n nyår n
Odia: ନୂତନ ବର୍ଷ ( nutana barsha )
Pashto: نوی کال ( nëway kāl )
Persian:
Classical Persian: سَالِ نَوْ ( sāl-i naw )
Iranian Persian: سالِ نُوْ ( sâl-e now )
Polabian: nüvă ľotü n
Polish: Nowy Rok (pl) m
Portuguese: Ano Novo (pt) m ano-bom m
Quechua: musuq wata
Romanian: Anul Nou (ro) m
Russian: Но́вый год (ru) m ( Nóvyj god )
Scottish Gaelic: a' Bhliadhna Ùr f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Но̏ва го̏дина f
Roman: Nȍva gȍdina (sh) f
Shona: gore ritsva
Shor: Наа чыл ( Naa çıl )
Sinhalese: නව වසර ( nawa wasara )
Slovak: Nový rok m
Slovene: Novo leto n
Slovincian: Nôwy Rôk m
Somali: ciida sanadka cusub
Spanish: año nuevo (es) m
Sundanese: pabaru (su)
Svan: ზა̈ჲმახე ( zäymaxe ) , ზომხა ( zomxa ) , კალანდა ( ḳalanda )
Swahili: mwaka mpya
Swedish: nytt år n nyår (sv) n
Tagalog: Bagong Taon
Tajik: Соли Нав ( Sol-i Nav )
Tamil: புதிய வருடம் ( putiya varuṭam )
Tatar: яңа ел ( yaña yel )
Telugu: న్యూ ఇయర్ ( nyū iyar )
Thai: ปีใหม่ ( bpii-mài )
Turkish: yılbaşı (tr)
Turkmen: Täze Ýyl
Ukrainian: Нови́й рік m ( Novýj rik )
Urdu: نَیا سال m ( nayā sāl )
Uyghur: يېڭى يىل ( yë'ngi yil )
Uzbek: yangi yil
Vietnamese: năm mới ( referring to the celebration ) tết (vi) , Tết dương lịch
Waray-Waray: Bag-ong Tuig
Welsh: blwyddyn newydd m
White Hmong: xyoo tshiab
Yakut: Саҥа Дьыл ( Saña Jıl )
Yiddish: נײַ יאָר m ( nay yor )
Zhuang: yenzdan
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