good evening

English

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Etymology

An ellipsis for an expression such as "I wish you a good evening.".

Pronunciation

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Interjection

good evening

Used as a greeting in the evening.
Synonym: (obsolete) good-den

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Translations

greeting said in the evening

Abkhaz: уа, хәылбзиа (wa, xʷəlbzja)
Afrikaans: goeie naand (af)
Albanian: mirëmbrëma (sq)
Arabic: مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر‎ (masāʾ al-ḵayr), مَسَاء اَلنُّور‎ (masāʾ an-nūr) (as a reply)
Hijazi Arabic: مَسَاء الخير‎ (masāʾ al-ḵēr), مَسَاء اَلنُّور‎ (masāʾ an-nūr) (as a reply)

North Levantine Arabic: مسا الخير‎ (masā l-ḵayr), مسا النور‎ (masā n-nūr) (as a reply); سعيده‎ (sʿīdi), يسعد هالمسا‎ (yisʿud ha-l-masa) (as a reply)
Aramaic: רַמְשָׁא טָבָא‎ (ramšā ṭāḇā)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܪܲܡܫܵܐ ܛܵܒ݂ܵܐ‎ (ramšā ṭāḇā), ܪܲܡܫܘܼܟ݂ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎ (ramšuḵ brīḵā) (formal; to a male), ܪܲܡܫܵܟ݂ܝ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎ (ramšāḵ brīḵā) (formal; to a female), ܪܲܡܫܵܘܟ݂ܘܿܢ ܒܪܝܼܟ݂ܵܐ‎ (ramšāwḵon brīḵā) (formal; to a group)

Classical Syriac: ܒܪܝܟ ܪܡܫܐ‎ (bərīḵ ramšā)
Armenian: բարի երեկո (bari ereko)
Asturian: bones tardes
Azerbaijani: axşamın xeyir, axşamınız xeyir pl
Belarusian: до́бры ве́чар (dóbry vjéčar)
Bengali: শুভ সন্ধ্যা (śubh sôndhẏa)
Bikol Central: marhay na banggi
Bulgarian: добъ́р ве́чер (dobǎ́r véčer)
Catalan: bon vespre (ca)
Cebuano: maayong gabii
Chechen: суьйре дика йойла (süjre dika jojla)
Chichewa: (greeting) mwachoma bwanji, (response) ndachoma bwino
Chinese:
Mandarin: 晚上好 (zh) (wǎnshàng hǎo), 晚安 (zh) (wǎn'ān)
Czech: dobrý večer (cs)
Danish: godaften (da)
Dutch: goedenavond (nl)
Dzongkha: ཕྱི་རུ་བདེ་ལེགས། (phyi ru bde legs)
Esperanto: bonan vesperon
Estonian: tere õhtust (et), õhtust
Ewe: fiẽ
Faroese: gott kvøld
Finnish: hyvää iltaa (fi), iltaa
French: bonsoir (fr)
Friulian: buine sere
Galician: boa noite f, boas noites, boa tarde, boas tardes, boo serán
Georgian: საღამო მშვიდობისა (saɣamo mšvidobisa)
German: guten Abend (de)
Alemannic German: gueten Abig
Greek: καλησπέρα (el) (kalispéra), καλό βράδυ (kaló vrády)
Greenlandic: godaften
Guianese Creole: bonswè
Hawaiian: aloha ahiahi
Hebrew: עֶרֶב טוֹב‎ (he) (érev tov)
Hiligaynon: maayong gab-i
Hindi: नमस्ते (hi) (namaste), शुभ संध्या (śubh sandhyā), शाम बख़ैर (śām baxair), गुड ईवनिंग (guḍ īvniṅg)
Hungarian: jó estét (hu), jó estét kívánok (hu)
Icelandic: gott kvöld (is)
Ido: bona vespero
Ilocano: naimbag a rabii
Indonesian: selamat malam (id)
Irish: tráthnóna maith agat
Italian: buona sera, buonasera (it)
Japanese: 今晩は (ja) (こんばんは, konban wa), お晩です (o-ban desu) (Tohoku)
Javanese: sugeng dalu (after 8pm), sugeng sonten (before 8pm)
Karelian: hyviä ildua
Kazakh: қайырлы кеш (qaiyrly keş)
Khmer: សាយណ្ហសួស្តី (saayan suəsdəy)
Korean: 안녕하세요 (ko) (annyeonghaseyo) (generic greeting)
Kumyk: геч яхшы болсун (geç yaxşı bolsun)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئێوارەت باش‎ (êwaret baş)

Northern Kurdish: êvarbaş (ku)
Latvian: labvakar, labs vakars
Lithuanian: labas vakaras
Louisiana Creole French: bonswa, bonswar
Luo: oimore
Luxembourgish: gudden Owend
Macedonian: добровечер (dobrovečer)
Malay:
Jawi: سلامت ڤتڠ‎

Rumi: selamat petang (ms)
Maltese: il-lejla t-tajba, bonasira
Mongolian: оройн мэнд (orojn mend)
Mòcheno: guats mol
Navajo: yáʼátʼééh iʼííʼą́, nizhónígo hííłchʼįʼ neeʼaʼdooleeł
Norwegian:
Bokmål: god kveld (no), god aften

Nynorsk: god kveld
Occitan: bon vèspre, bonser (oc)
Old English: gōdne ǣfen
Palauan: ungil kebesengei
Persian: عصر بخیر‎ (fa) (asr bexeyr), شب بخیر‎ (fa) (šab be-xeyr)
Plautdietsch: gooden Owent
Polish: dobry wieczór (pl)
Portuguese: boa noite (pt)
Romani: laćhi rǎt
Romanian: bună seara (ro)
Romansch: buna saira
Romblomanon: maayo nga gabii
Russian: до́брый ве́чер (ru) (dóbryj véčer)
Sami:
Inari: pyeri eehid

Northern: buorrẹ eahkẹt

Skolt: šiõǥǥ jeä´ǩǩää

Southern: buerie iehkede
Scottish Gaelic: feasgar math
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: добро вече, добра вечер

Roman: dobro veče, dobra večer
Shona: maneru
Slovak: dobrý večer
Slovene: dober večer
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dobry wjacor

Upper Sorbian: dobry wječor
Spanish: buenas noches (es) f pl, buenas tardes (es) f pl
Swahili: habari ya jioni
Swedish: god kväll (sv), god afton (sv)
Tagalog: magandang gabi
Tajik: шоми хуш (šomi xuš), шаб ба хайр (šab ba xayr)
Thai: สวัสดี (th) (sà-wàt-dii), สายัณห์สวัสดิ์ (sǎa-yan-sà-wàt)
Turkish: iyi akşamlar, tünaydın (tr)
Udmurt: ӟеч ӝытэн (dźeć džyten)
Ukrainian: до́брий ве́чір (dóbryj véčir), добри́вечір (uk) (dobrývečir)
Urdu: شام بخیر‎ (śām baxair)
Uzbek: hayrli kech
Vietnamese: chào buổi tối, xin chào buổi tối
Volapük: soari gudik
Welsh: noswaith dda
West Frisian: goejûn, jûn
Westrobothnian: guaftan
Winnebago: hoxjąną pį
Yiddish: אַ גוטן אָוונט‎ (a gutn ovnt)
Yucatec Maya: ma'alob 'aak'ab
Zulu: sawubona (zu) (familiar), sanibonani (plural, respectful)

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