Here’s how to say “holy” in 100 different languages:
- Afrikaans: Heilig
- Albanian: I shenjtë
- Amharic: ቅዱስ (qədus)
- Arabic: مقدس (muqaddas)
- Armenian: Սուրբ (surp)
- Azerbaijani: Müqəddəs
- Basque: Santu
- Belarusian: Святы (sviaty)
- Bengali: পবিত্র (pobitro)
- Bosnian: Sveti
- Bulgarian: Свят (svyat)
- Catalan: Sagrat
- Cebuano: Balaan
- Chichewa: Woyera
- Chinese (Simplified): 神圣 (shénshèng)
- Chinese (Traditional): 神聖 (shénshèng)
- Corsican: Santu
- Croatian: Sveti
- Czech: Svatý
- Danish: Hellig
- Dutch: Heilig
- English: Holy
- Esperanto: Sankta
- Estonian: Püha
- Finnish: Pyhä
- French: Saint
- Galician: Santo
- Georgian: წმინდა (ts’minda)
- German: Heilig
- Greek: Ιερός (ieros)
- Gujarati: પવિત્ર (pavitra)
- Haitian Creole: Sen
- Hausa: Mai tsarki
- Hawaiian: Hemolele
- Hebrew: קדוש (kadosh)
- Hindi: पवित्र (pavitra)
- Hmong: Ntshiab
- Hungarian: Szent
- Icelandic: Heilagur
- Igbo: Nsọ
- Indonesian: Suci
- Irish: Naofa
- Italian: Santo
- Japanese: 聖なる (seinaru)
- Javanese: Suci
- Kannada: ಪವಿತ್ರ (pavitra)
- Kazakh: Қасиетті (qasıyetti)
- Khmer: សក្តិសិទ្ធិ (sakdaseit)
- Korean: 거룩한 (georukhan)
- Kurdish: Pîroz
- Kyrgyz: Ыйык (yiyk)
- Lao: ພຣະ (phra)
- Latin: Sanctus
- Latvian: Svēts
- Lithuanian: Šventas
- Luxembourgish: Helleg
- Macedonian: Свет (svet)
- Malagasy: Masina
- Malay: Suci
- Malayalam: വിശുദ്ധ (vishudda)
- Maltese: Qaddis
- Maori: Tapu
- Marathi: पवित्र (pavitra)
- Mongolian: Ариун (ariun)
- Nepali: पवित्र (pavitra)
- Norwegian: Hellig
- Pashto: مقدس (muqaddas)
- Persian: مقدس (moghadas)
- Polish: Święty
- Portuguese: Santo
- Punjabi: ਪਵਿੱਤਰ (pavitara)
- Romanian: Sfânt
- Russian: Святой (svyatoj)
- Samoan: Paia
- Scots Gaelic: Naomh
- Serbian: Свети (sveti)
- Sesotho: Halalelang
- Shona: Mutsvene
- Sindhi: مقدس (muqaddas)
- Sinhala: ශුද්ධ (shuddha)
- Slovak: Svätý
- Slovenian: Sveti
- Somali: Quduus
- Spanish: Santo
- Sundanese: Suci
- Swahili: Mtakatifu
- Swedish: Helig
- Tajik: Муқаддас (muqaddas)
- Tamil: புனிதம் (punitham)
- Telugu: పవిత్రం (pavithram)
- Thai: ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ (saksit)
- Turkish: Kutsal
- Ukrainian: Святий (svyatyy)
- Urdu: مقدس (muqaddas)
- Uzbek: Muqaddas
- Vietnamese: Thánh
- Welsh: Sanctaidd
- Xhosa: Ongcwele
- Yiddish: הייליק (heylik)
- Zulu: Ongcwele