Good night in many languages

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How to wish someone a good night in numerous languages. These are phrases you use when parting from others at night.

Key to abbreviations: inf = informal, frm = formal, sg = said to one person, pl = said to more than one person.

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Language Nighttime parting phrase(s)
Abkhaz Ашара шәзыбзиарахааит (Ašara šəzybziaraxaait)
Аҵх алҧха уоуааит (Ac̄x alṗxa uouaait)
Adyghe Уичэщ шІу
Afrikaans Goeienag
Nag
Albanian (Gheg) Natën e mir
Albanian (Tosk) Natën e mirë
Alsatian Güet' Nàcht
güeti Nàcht
Altay Јакшы коныгар (Ĵakšı konıgar)
Јакшы уйуктагар (Ĵakšı ujuktagar)
Amharic ደህና እደር (dähna där) >m
ደህና እደሪ (dähna däri) >f
ደህና እደሩ (dähna däru) frm/pl
Arabic
(Egyptian)
(tiṣbaḥ 'ala khayr) تصبح على خير
response - (winta min ahla) وأنت من أهله
Arabic
(Lebanese)
Tosba7 3a khayr
Arabic
(Modern Standard)
(tuṣbiḥ 'alā khayr) تصبح على خير
(laylah sa'īdah) ليلة سعيدة
Arabic
(Moroccan)
(lla yemsek 'la khir) الله يمسك علي خير
Aragonese Buena nueit
Aramaic Leyley ṯaḇ
Armenian
(Eastern)
Բարի' գիշեր: (Bari gisher)
Լո'ւյս բարի: (Luis bari) - response
Armenian
(Western)
Գիշեր բարի: (Keesher paree)
Լոյս բարի: (Looys paree) - response
Assamese শুভৰাত্ৰি (xubhôratri)
Asturian Bona nueche
Bones nueches
Azerbaijani Gecən xeyirə qalsın (inf)
Gecəniz xeyirə qalsın (frm)
Balinese Rahajeng wengi, ᬭᬳᬚᭂᬂᬯᭂᬗᬶ
Selamat mesare (sleep well)
Dumogi mimpi indah (have a nice dream)
Bambara I ni su (sg)
Aw ni su (pl)
Ka su hεεrε
Ka dugu n'yumanjé
Bashkir тыныс йоҡо
(tınıs yоqо)
Basque Gabon
Bavarian Guad nåhd
Belarusian Дабранач (Dabranač)
Bemba Sendamenipo
Bengali শুভ রাত্রি (Shubhô ratri)
Bhojpuri राम राम (raam raam)
Bislama Gudnaet
Bosnian Laku noć
Breton Noz vat
Bulgarian Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Cape Verdean Creole Bo noiti
Catalan Bona nit
Cebuano Maayong Gabii
Central Dusun Kopisanangan do totuong
Osonong totuong
Osonong totuong, sonong-sonongon modop
(Good night, sleep tight)
Chabacano de Cavite Buenas noches
Chabacano de Zamboanga Buenas noches
Chechen Буьйса дика хуьлда хьан (Büysa dika xülda ẋan)
Cherokee ᎣᏍᏓ ᏒᏃᏱ (Osda enoyi)
Chichewa Usiku wabwino
Gonani bwino (sleep well)
Mugone bwino (sleep well)
Chinese
(Cantonese)
早抖 (jóutáu)
Chinese
(Hakka)
食夜沒? (siit8ia5mut8?)
晚安 (van3on1)
Chinese
(Mandarin)
晚安 (wǎnān)
Chinese
(Taiwanese)
暗安 (àm-an)
晚安 (bóan-an)
Chipewyan K’ą́mbį́ Nánést’į nįndé nesdhen
Chuukese Nepong annim
Chuvash Цхипер (Chiper) - inf
Тепре тӗл пулицхцхен (Tepre tĕl pulichchen) - frm
Сывӑ пулӑр (Syvă pulăr)
Cimbrian An guuta nacht!
Coastal Kadazan Kopivosian doungotuvong
Cornish Nos dha
Nos da
Corsican À bona notte
Croatian Laku noć
Cuyonon Mayad nga sirem ("Good dusk")
Czech Dobrou noc
Danish God nat
Dari (Šab baxir) شپ بخير
Dholuo Goyo Oriti
Oriti (May he protect you - sg)
Oriti ahinya (sg - reply) Oriti uru (pl)
Oriti ahinya (reply - pl)
Oriti inind maber (Sleep well)
Duala Bulu ba bwam
Dutch Goedenacht
Welterusten (rest well)
Slaap lekker
Slaapwel (sleep well)
Dzongkha Simcha dele
Efik Esiere
Esiere Nde (reply)
Elfdalian Gunatt
English (British) Good night
Night night (inf)
Sweet dreams
Good night, sleep tight
Good night, sleep tight, hope the bedbugs don't bite
Estonian Head ööd
Ewe Dɔ agbe
Extremaduran Buena(s) nochi(s)
Alas buenas nochis
Faroese Góða nátt
Fijian Moce
Ni sa moce
Filipino Magandang gabi
Finnish Hyvää yötä
Öitä
Flemish (West) Slapwel
French Bonne nuit
Frisian (North - Mooring) Gou nåcht
Frisian (Saterland) Nacht
Frisian (West) Goeie nacht
Sliep lekker (sleep well)
Lekker koese
Friulian Buine gnot
Galician Boas noites
Gallo Bone netée
Garifuna Buiti guñoun
Gascon Bone nueit
Georgian ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
საღამო მშვიდობი სა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
German Gute Nacht
Greek (Ancient) Ὑγίαινε! (Hygíaine!) - sg
Ὑγιαίνετε! (Hygiaínete!) - pl
Greek (Modern) Καληνύχτα (Kaliníhta)
Greenlandic Sinilluarit (sg)
Sinilluaritsi (pl) - "sleep well"
Guaraní Mba'eichapa nde pyhare?
(How are you in the evening?)
Chepyhare porâ, ha nde?
(I am having a good evening, and you?)
Chepyhare porã avei
(I'm fine too)
Gujarati શુભરાત્રિ (shubh ratri)
Haitian Creole Bònn nui
Bonswa
Bonswa et bon rev
Hawaiian A hui hou
Aloha
Hausa Allah ya ba mu alheri
Mu kwana lafiya
Herero Tokerwa nawa (early evening) - sg
Tokerwee nawa (early evening) - pl
Rara nawa (late evening) - sg
Raree nawa (late evening) - pl
Hebrew (Laila tov) לילה טוב
Hiligaynon Maayong Gab-i
Tulog na 'ta
Hindi नमस्ते (namaste)
शुभ रात्रि (śubh rātri)
Hungarian Jó éjszakát (kívánok)
Iban Selamat malam (after 7pm)
Icelandic Góða nótt
Igbo Ka chi foo
Ka ọ bọọ (reply)
Iloko Naimbag a rabii
Indonesian Selamat malam (late evening/night)
Selamat tidur (said before sleep)
Inuktitut ᐅᓐᓄᓴᒃᑯᑦ (Unnuaqhatkut/Unnuaqsakkut)
Iñupiaq Unnuaqsatkun
Unnualluataq
Irish (Gaelic) Oíche mhaith
Oíche mhaith agus codladh sámh
(Good night and sleep well)
Italian Buonanotte
Jamaican Gud nite
Japanese おやすみなさい (oyasumi nasai)
おやすみ (oyasumi)
Javanese ꦱꦸꦒꦼꦁꦢꦭꦸ
(Sugeng dalu)
Jenesch Voscha buik
Jèrriais Bouonne niet
Kabiye Ñánà ɖánaɣ
Ñánà ɖóó
Ɛsɔ kύsὶ (Have a good night)
Ŋɖó cámὶyὲ na? (Sleep well)
Kabyle Iḍ ameggaz
Kalmyk Сән хонтн (Sän xontn)
Kannada ಶುಭರಾತ್ರಿ (shubharātri)
Kaqchikel Xokaq'a'
Kashubian Dobri noce
Kazakh Қайырлы түн (Qayırlı tün)
Khmer រាត្រីសួស្តី (réatri suŏ sdei)
Khoekhoe (Nama) !Gâi !oes. ("sleep well")
Kinyarwanda Muramuke
Kiribati Matiu raoi
Korean 안녕히 주무십시요 (annyeong-hi jumusipsio) - frm
잘자 (jal jja) - inf
Kpelle Ɣele-wuu (good night)
Nyíi a nɛ́lɛɛ (sleep well)
Kumyk Гечегиз яхшы болсун
(Geçegiz yaхşı bolsun)
Kurdish (Kurmanji) Shevabash
Sheva te bi xér (sg)
Sheva we bi xér be (pl)
Kurdish (Sorani) Shaw Khosh; Shaw bash
Kven Hyyää yotä
Kyrgyz Түнүңүз бейпил болсун!
(Tününgüz beypil bolsun!) - sg/frm
Lakota Sioux Hanhepi wašté
Ladino (Buenos noches) בוינוס נוג׳יס
Lao ຝັນດີ (fun dee)
ນອນຫຼັບຝັນດີ (non lub fun dee)
Latgalian Lobys nakts
Latin Bona Noctem
Bonum Noctem
Latvian Ar labunakti
Laz კაი სერეფე (Ǩai serepe)
Lingala Butu elamu
Lala elamu (Sleep well)
Lithuanian Labanakt
Labos nakties
Livvi-Karelian Hyviä yödy
Low Saxon (Gode) Nacht
Lozi Lobala ka kozo
Luganda Sula bulungi
Kale, naawe sula bulungi (reply)
Luxembourgish Gutt Nuecht
Macedonian Добра ноќ (Dobra nokj)
Maithili Shubh ratri
Ratrik pranaam
Malagasy Tsara mandry o
Tafandria mandry
Tsara mandry dia manaova nofy tsara
Tafandria mandry dia manofisa tsara
Tafandria mandry dia manofisa mamy
Malay Selamat malam (after 7pm)
Malayalam ശുഭ രാത്രി (subha rāthri)
Maldivian (Ba'ajjeveri reygade) ބައްއަޖޖެވުރި ރެޔގަޑެ
(Ufaaveri nidhume) އުފާވެރި ނިދުމެ
Maltese Il-lejl it-tajjeb
Mam Ta’lte
Manx (Gaelic) Oie vie
Māori Pō mārie
Marathi शुभ रात्री (shubha rātrī)
Mon မၝဳဪအခိင္ဗၱံရ။
Mongolian Сайхан амраарай (Saikhan amraarai)
Сайхан нойрсоорой (Saikhan noirsooroi)
Mossi Ne y yungo
Ni youngo
Nahuatl Cualli yohualli
Ma xicochi (May you sleep)
Nauruan Omo yubum
Navajo Yá'át'ééh hiiłchi'į'
Ndebele (Northern - Zimbabwe) Lilale kuhle
Ndebele (Southern) Lala kuhle (sleep well)
Lilale
Kuhlwile
Nepali शुभ रात्रि (śubha rātri)
Newari / Nepal Bhasa भिं चा (bhiṅ cā)
Niuean Monuina e po
Mohe a
Nkore Oraare gye
Nogai Кешенъиз танышлы болсын
Northern Sámi Buorre idjá
Northern Sotho Robalang gabotse
Norwegian God natt
Occitan Bona nuèch
Okinawan う憩いみしぇーびり (uyukuimisheebiri) - frm
う憩いみそーれー (uyukuimisooree) - inf
Oʼodham Sap g o koks
Oriya ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (Subhrātra)
Ossetian Хæрзæхсæвтæ кæ раут
(Xærzæxsævtæ kæ raut)
Papiamento Bon nochi
Pashto (shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Pennsylvania German / Dutch Gude nacht
Persian (Farsi) (shab bekheir) شب بخير
inf - شب خوش
Pohnpeian Pwohng mwahu
Polish Dobranoc
Portuguese Boa noite
Portuguese (Brazilian) Boa noite
Punjabi ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Quechua Allin tuta
Rapa Nui 'Iorana
Romani Lachhi tjiri rat
Romanian Noapte bună
Romansh Buna notg
Russian Спокойной ночи! (Spokoynoy nochi!)
Доброй ночи! (Dobroy nochi!)
Rusyn Добра ніч (Dobra nič)
Samoan Manuia le po
Samogitian Laba vakara
Labanakt
Saldiū sapnū
Sango Nzoni lakwi
Sanskrit शुभरात्री (śubharātrī)
Sardinian (Logudorese) Bona notte
Scots Guid nicht
Scottish Gaelic Oidhche mhath
Serbian Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)
Serrano Hakup 'a'ay atuuk
Sesotho Fonane (sg) Fonaneng (pl)
Shona Urare zvakanaka (sg)
Murare Zvakanaka (pl)
Sicilian Bona notti
Sinhala සුභ රාත්‍රියක් (subha rāhthriyak)
Slovak Dobrú noc
Slovenian Lahko noč
Solresol Misi
Somali Habeen wanaagsan
Sorbian (Lower) Dobru noc
Sorbian (Upper) Dobru nóc
Southern Sámi Buerie jijje
Spanish Buenas noches
Stellingwarfs Goeienaacht
Sundanese Wilujeng kulem
Swahili Usiku mwema
Lala salama (sleep well)
Swazi Lishonile sihlobo sami
Swedish God natt
Swiss German Guet Nacht
Tagalog Gudnayt
Matutulog na ako (I'm going to sleep now)
Matulog ka na (Go to sleep already) - inf
Matulog na po kayo (Go to sleep now) - frm
Tahitian Taoto maita'i
Tamil (formal) இரவு வணக்கம்
(iravu vanakkam) [ml] [fm]
Tamil (informal) ராவு வணக்க
(raavu vanakkã) [fm]
Tatar Xäyerle tön
Telugu శుభ రాత్రి (shubha raathri)
Tetum Bonoite
Kalan diak
Boasnoite
Thai ราตรีสวัสดิ์ (raa-dtree sà-wàt)
Tibetan གཟིམ་ལཇག་གནང་དགོས་། (sim-jah nahng-go)
Tigrinya ቡሩኽ ለይቲ (Buruk Leyti)
ሰናይ ለይቲ (Senay Leyti)
ልዋም ለይቲ (Lwam Leyti)
Tokelauan Tōfā nī (sg)
Tōfā koulua (pl)
Tok Pisin Gut nait
Tongan Po‘uli a
Mohe a
Tsonga U etlela kahle (sg - sleep well)
Mi etlela kahle (pl)
Tswana Borôkô!
Robala sentle (sleep well)
Tumbuka Usiku uwemi (good night)
Mugone makola (sleep well)
Turkish İyi geceler
Turkmen Gijäňiz rahat bolsun
Tuvaluan Manuia te pō!
Twi Da yie
Udmurt Ӟеч кӧл (Dźeč köl)
Ukrainian На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Urdu (shab bākhair) شب بخیر
Uyghur (Häyirlik tün) خەيىرلىك تۈن
Uzbek Hayirli tun
Venda Lo kovhela
Ni edele zwavhudi
Venetian Bona note
Veps Hüväd öd
Čomad unt (Sweet dreams)
Vietnamese Chúc ngủ ngon
Võro Õdagust (when greeting)
Hüvvä õdagut (when saying goodbye)
Walloon Bonût
Jusqu'à d'mwin ! (Until tomorrow)
A d'mwin !
Wayuu Aipa'a
Welsh Nos da
Westrobothnian Gow natt
Natta
Wolof Fanaanleen jàmm
Wymsorys Güty noht
Güty naht
Xhosa Ulale kakuhle (sg)
Nilale kakuhle (pl)
Yiddish (A gute nakht) אַ גוטע נאַכט
Yoruba O da aarọ
Zazaki Şew be xêr bo
Şewweş
Zulu Lala kahle! (sg)
Lalani kahle! (pl)
Auxiliary and constructed languages
Esperanto Bonan nokton
Interlingua Bon nocte
Klingon maj ram (Good, it is night!)
yInajchu' (Dream perfectly)
Lojban .a'o xamgu nicte

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