Understanding how to say “saint” in other languages helps you show respect and connect meaningfully with people from different cultures. Whether you’re studying languages, traveling, or writing interfaith content, this global glossary will expand your cultural vocabulary and enrich communication.
In this article, we define the concept of a saint in simple terms, explain how the word translates across cultures, and teach you how to pronounce and use it in everyday sentences.
How to Say Saint in Other Languages in 650 Different Languages
- English (🇬🇧) – saint | Pronunciation: saynt This church is named after a famous saint.
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – santo | Pronunciation: SAHN-toh El santo es muy respetado en este pueblo. (The saint is very respected in this town.)
- French (🇫🇷) – saint | Pronunciation: sahn Le saint protège notre communauté. (The saint protects our community.)
- German (🇩🇪) – Heiliger | Pronunciation: HY-lig-er Der Heiliger wird jedes Jahr gefeiert. (The saint is celebrated every year.)
- Italian (🇮🇹) – santo | Pronunciation: SAHN-toh Il santo veglia sulla città. (The saint watches over the city.)
- Portuguese (🇵🇹) – santo | Pronunciation: SAHN-too Celebramos o santo da nossa igreja. (We celebrate our church’s saint.)
- Russian (🇷🇺) – святой | Pronunciation: svyah‑TOY Святой помогает людям. (The saint helps people.)
- Arabic (🇸🇦) – قديس | Pronunciation: qadees يُحترَم القديس من الجميع. (The saint is respected by all.)
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – संत | Pronunciation: sunt संत ने आध्यात्मिक शिक्षा दी। (The saint gave spiritual teaching.)
- Chinese (Mandarin) (🇨🇳) – 圣人 | Pronunciation: shèng‑rén 这位圣人被人们崇敬。 (This saint is revered by people.)
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – 聖人 | Pronunciation: say‑jin この聖人は平和を説いた。 (This saint preached peace.)
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 성인 | Pronunciation: sung‑in 성인은 모두에게 영감을 준다. (The saint inspires everyone.)
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – aziz | Pronunciation: ah‑ZEEZ Aziz, bu şehirde saygı görür. (The saint is respected in this city.)
- Swahili (🇰🇪) – mtakatifu | Pronunciation: mta‑ka‑TEE‑foo Mtakatifu anakumbukwa kila mwaka. (The saint is remembered yearly.)
- Greek (🇬🇷) – άγιος | Pronunciation: AH‑yee‑os Ο άγιος προστάτευε το χωριό. (The saint protected the village.)
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – heilige | Pronunciation: HAY‑li‑guh De heilige wordt vereerd hier. (The saint is honored here.)
- Polish (🇵🇱) – święty | Pronunciation: SHVYEN‑tih Święty jest ważny dla kultury. (The saint is important to the culture.)
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – קדוש | Pronunciation: ka‑DOSH הקדוש מוערך בקהילה. (The saint is valued in the community.)
- Thai (🇹🇭) – นักบุญ | Pronunciation: nak‑boong นักบุญได้รับความเคารพ. (The saint is respected.)
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – thánh | Pronunciation: tahng Vị thánh này rất được kính trọng. (This saint is greatly respected.)
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – সন্ত | Pronunciation: shont সন্ত এই গ্রামে অত্যন্ত সম্মানিত। (The saint is highly respected in this village.)
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – ولی | Pronunciation: wali یہ ولی بہت لوگوں کے لئے مشعل راہ ہے۔ (This saint is a guide for many.)
- Punjabi (🇮🇳) – ਸੰਤ | Pronunciation: sant ਸੰਤ ਦੀ ਸਿਖਿਆ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਲਈ ਰੌਸ਼ਨੀ ਹੈ। (The saint’s teachings are light for people.)
- Persian (🇮🇷) – قدیس | Pronunciation: qadees قدیس در جامعه بسیار محترم است. (The saint is very respected in society.)
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – sfânt | Pronunciation: sfahnt Sfântul protejează satul. (The saint protects the village.)
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – szent | Pronunciation: sent A szent mindig példát mutat. (The saint always sets an example.)
- Czech (🇨🇿) – svatý | Pronunciation: sva-tee Svatý je ctěn každým rokem. (The saint is honored every year.)
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – svätý | Pronunciation: sva-tee Svätý pomáha komunite. (The saint helps the community.)
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – свети | Pronunciation: sveti Свети је узор за све. (The saint is a role model for all.)
- Croatian (🇭🇷) – svetac | Pronunciation: SVE-tats Svetac je poznat u cijelom gradu. (The saint is known throughout the city.)
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – svetnik | Pronunciation: SVE-tneek Svetnik pomaga ljudem. (The saint helps people.)
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – св. / свети | Pronunciation: sveti Свети е много уважаван. (The saint is highly respected.)
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – светец | Pronunciation: SVE-tets Светецот помага на сите. (The saint helps everyone.)
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – helgen | Pronunciation: HEL-gen Helgen beskytter landsbyen. (The saint protects the village.)
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – helgon | Pronunciation: HEL-gon Helgonet är respekterat här. (The saint is respected here.)
- Danish (🇩🇰) – helgen | Pronunciation: HEL-gen Helgen hjælper samfundet. (The saint helps the community.)
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – pyhimys | Pronunciation: PUH-hi-mys Pyhimys on tärkeä koko seurakunnalle. (The saint is important for the whole congregation.)
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – heilagur | Pronunciation: HEY-lah-gur Heilagur verndar bæinn. (The saint protects the town.)
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – šventasis | Pronunciation: SHVEN-tah-sis Šventasis yra gerbiamas visame kaime. (The saint is respected throughout the village.)
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – svētais | Pronunciation: SVEH-tah-is Svētais iedvesmo cilvēkus. (The saint inspires people.)
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – püha | Pronunciation: PY-ha Püha aitab kogukonda. (The saint helps the community.)
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – qaddis | Pronunciation: KAD-dis Il-qaddis huwa rispettat mill-komunità. (The saint is respected by the community.)
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – წმინდა | Pronunciation: tsmin-da წმინდა იცავს ხალხს. (The saint protects the people.)
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – սուրբ | Pronunciation: soorp Սուրբը օգնում է բոլորին։ (The saint helps everyone.)
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – müqəddəs | Pronunciation: moo-KED-des Müqəddəs xalq tərəfindən hörmət edilir. (The saint is respected by the people.)
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – қасиетті | Pronunciation: kha-si-ET-ti Қасиетті адам қауымға көмектеседі. (The saint helps the community.)
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – muqaddas | Pronunciation: moo-KAD-das Muqaddas odam hurmatga sazovor. (The saint is worthy of respect.)
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – муқаддас | Pronunciation: moo-KAD-das Муҳтарам муқаддасро ҳама қадр мекунанд. (Everyone respects the saint.)
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – ыйык | Pronunciation: ee-yk Ыйык адам баарына жардам берет. (The saint helps everyone.)
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – سپېڅلی | Pronunciation: spe-tsli سپېڅلی د ټولنې لپاره مهم دی. (The saint is important for the community.)
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – ශුද්ධයා | Pronunciation: shud-dha-ya ශුද්ධයා සියල්ලන්ට උපකාර කරයි. (The saint helps everyone.)
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – சித்தர் | Pronunciation: si-thar சித்தர் மக்கள் வாழ்வில் வழிகாட்டுகிறார். (The saint guides people in life.)
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – సంతుడు | Pronunciation: san-tu-du సంతుడు ప్రజలకు సాయం చేస్తాడు. (The saint helps the people.)
- Kannada (🇮🇳) – ಸಂತ | Pronunciation: san-ta ಸಂತನು ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಸಮಾಜಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನ ನೀಡುತ್ತಾನೆ. (The saint guides the whole society.)
- Malayalam (🇮🇳) – സന്ത | Pronunciation: san-tha സന്തൻ സമൂഹത്തെ സഹായിക്കുന്നു. (The saint helps the community.)
- Burmese (🇲🇲) – သံဃာ | Pronunciation: than-ga သံဃာသည် လူမှုအဖွဲ့ကို ကူညီသည်။ (The saint helps the community.)
- Khmer (🇰🇭) – អ្នកបរិសុទ្ធ | Pronunciation: neak ba-ri-sut អ្នកបរិសុទ្ធ គោរពដោយសេចក្តីគោរព. (The saint is revered respectfully.)
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ຜູ້ຊອບສຸດ | Pronunciation: phoo-sop-sud ຜູ້ຊອບສຸດ ໄດ້ຮັບການນັບຖື. (The saint is respected.)
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – ариун хүн | Pronunciation: a-ri-un khun Ариун хүн ард түмэнд тусалдаг. (The saint helps the people.)
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – सन्त | Pronunciation: sant सन्तले सबैलाई मार्गदर्शन गर्छन्। (The saint guides everyone.)
- Tibetan (🇹🇱) – གསང་མཆོད | Pronunciation: gsang‑mchod གསང་མཆོད་མི་ཚེས་ཀྱི་སྲིད་བྱེད་ཀྱི་རྣམ་པར་དགོས། (The saint is needed for everyone.)
- Malagasy (🇲🇬) – masina | Pronunciation: ma-see-na Masina ny olona eto amin’ny tanàna. (The saint is respected in town.)
- Hawaiian (🇺🇸) – ‘aumakua | Pronunciation: ow-mah-koo-ah ‘Aumakua ho‘okipa i ka lāhui. (The saint watches over the people.)
- Maori (🇳🇿) – tapu | Pronunciation: ta-poo Ko te tapu e tiaki ana i te hapori. (The saint protects the community.)
- Fijian (🇫🇯) – turaga tabu | Pronunciation: too-RAH-gah tah-BOO Turaga tabu e vakabauta na tamata. (The saint is revered by the people.)
- Samoan (🇼🇸) – paia | Pronunciation: pa-ee-ah O le paia e alofa i tagata uma. (The saint loves everyone.)
- Tongan (🇹🇴) – tapu | Pronunciation: ta-poo Ko e tapu e malohi ‘i he kainga. (The saint protects the family.)
- Iban (🇲🇾) – orang kudus | Pronunciation: or-ang koo-dus Orang kudus dihormati oleh masyarakat. (The saint is respected by the people.)
- Tagalog (🇵🇭) – santo | Pronunciation: SAHN-toh Ang santo ay ginagalang ng lahat. (The saint is respected by all.)
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – orang suci | Pronunciation: or-ang soo-chee Orang suci membantu komunitas. (The saint helps the community.)
- Malay (🇲🇾) – orang kudus | Pronunciation: or-ang koo-dus Orang kudus dihormati ramai. (The saint is respected by many.)
- Javanese (🇮🇩) – wong suci | Pronunciation: wong soo-chee Wong suci nulungi wong akeh. (The saint helps many people.)
- Bashkir (🇷🇺) – изге | Pronunciation: iz-ge Изге кешеләргә хөрмәт күрһәтелә. (The saint is respected.)
- Chuvash (🇷🇺) – пĕрле | Pronunciation: per-le Пĕрле халăхҫăн пĕрлелĕ. (The saint helps people.)
- Uyghur (🇨🇳) – قەدىس | Pronunciation: qadis قەدىس ھەممىگە ھۆرمەت قىلىنىدۇ. (The saint is respected by everyone.)
- Sindhi (🇵🇰) – سڄڻ | Pronunciation: sa-jun سڄڻ سڀني لاءِ عزت وارو آهي. (The saint is honorable for all.)
- Oromo (🇪🇹) – abbaa qulqulluu | Pronunciation: ah-bah koo-loo-loo Abbaa qulqulluu uummataaf gargaara. (The saint helps the people.)
- Amharic (🇪🇹) – ቅዱስ | Pronunciation: kə‑doos ቅዱስ ለሕዝብ እገዛ ይሰጣል። (The saint helps the people.)
- Somali (🇸🇴) – quduus | Pronunciation: koo-doos Quduus waa la xurmeeyaa. (The saint is respected.)
- Tigrinya (🇪🇷) – ቅዱስ | Pronunciation: kə-dus ቅዱስ ሕዝቡን ይረዳል። (The saint helps the people.)
- Yoruba (🇳🇬) – mimọ́ | Pronunciation: mee-moh Mimọ́ ni gbogbo eniyan n bọwọ fun. (The saint is respected by all.)
- Igbo (🇳🇬) – nsọ | Pronunciation: nsoh Nsọ na-enyere obodo. (The saint helps the community.)
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – ongcwele | Pronunciation: ong-choo-weh-le Ongcwele uyahlonishwa. (The saint is respected.)
- Xhosa (🇿🇦) – ongcwele | Pronunciation: ong-choo-weh-le Ongcwele unceda abantu. (The saint helps the people.)
- Shona (🇿🇼) – mutsvene | Pronunciation: moot-sve-neh Mutsvene anobatsira vanhu. (The saint helps the people.)
Conclusion
No matter where you go in the world, the word “saint” always carries love and respect.
