Hi
There are several sites which list the toast used for drinking in various different languages, but they are all missing some important ones (esp. Arabic, Urdu [اردو] and Hindi [हिन्दी] in their original alphabets).
It is one of the most sociable uses of a word, so would love it if anyone can help add to the list, in any and every language possible. Could you give original spelling in original alphabet and transliteration into IPA or the latin alphabet.
english - cheers
afrikaans - gesondheid
shqip (Albanian) - gëzuar
Беларускі (Belorussian) - за здароуе (zuh zduh-ROW-yeh)
bosanski (Bosnian) - na zdravlje
breton - yec'hed mat
Български (Bulgarian) - наздраве (na zdrave)
Català (Catalan) - Salut
普通话 (Chinese) - 干杯 (gahn bay)
hrvatski (Croatian) - u zdravlje / nazdravlje
Česky (Czech) - Na zdraví
dansk (Danish) / norsk (Norwegian) / svenska (Swedish) - skål
Nederlands (Dutch) - proost
eesti (Estonian) - terviseks
suomi (Finnish) - kippis
français (French) - Santé
Frysk (West Frisian) - tsjoch
Friisk (North Frisian) - sünhäid
Deutsch (German) - prosit
Ελληνικά (Greek) - Γειά μας (yah mass)
Hawai`i (Hawaiian) - Ola
עברית (Hebrew) - לחיים (le chaim)
magyar (Hungarian) - egészségedre
íslenska (Icelandic) - skál
bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian) - selamat minum
Gaeilge/Gàidhlig (Irish/Scot Gaelic) - sláinte
italiano - salute / cin cin
日本語 (Japanese) - 乾杯 (kampai)
한국어 (Korean) - 건배 (gun beh)
Latina - salutem
Lietuviškai (Lithuanian) - į sveikatą
Il-lingwa maltija (Maltese) - saħħa
polski (Polish) - Na zdrowie
português (Portugese) - à vossa
româneşte (Romanian) - Noroc
Русский (Russian) - За здоровье (za zdorov'e)
српски (Serbian) - живели (zhivelee)
slovenský (Slovak) - Na zdravie
slovensko (Slovene) - na zdravje
castellano (Spanish) - salud
Tagalog - Mabuhay
Tamizh (Tamil) - poriyal
Andhra Bhasha (Telugu) - Kakarakaaya vepudu
українська (Ukrainian) - за кохання (za ko-KHAN-nyah)
Cymraeg (Welsh) - iechyd da
ייִדיש (Yiddish) - לחיים (luh khime)
Sources:
http://www.biography.ms/Common_phras...languages.html
http://home.worldonline.dk/mortenl/cheers.html
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/index.htm
Any more translations or any corrections would be greatly appreciated (translation in original alphabet and transliteration into IPA or the latin alphabet would be excellent).
Cheers!
