Merry Christmas

Turkish translation: Mutlu Noeller

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English term or phrase:	Merry Christmas
Turkish translation:	Mutlu Noeller
Entered by:	Özden Arıkan

20:49 Aug 16, 2000

English to Turkish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: Merry Christmas

Please provide the customary Christmas greeting, whether that may be "Merry Christmas," "Happy Christmas," or whatever is customary among those Turkish speakers who may be Christian. Thank you!

Chris Morehouse

Merry christmas : İyi yeni yıllar /Mutlu (yeni) yıllar

Explanation:
İyi (yeni) yıllar:I wish a good
new-year for you
Mutlu (yeni) yıllar :Happy new-year
in fact no other form including the name of crist will be welcomed in Turkey.Christians is a small minority in Turkey and generaly they conform to Majority. But I should warn you that among muslims (radicals) even telling happy new-year would be (iyi yeni yıllar) not welcomed since it is concieved as "birt day " of christ and he was not prophet of muslims.
Majority conceives this as the begining of a new year (calendar) independent of any concern on the chris and cristhmas.
Please look at the second link for the subject.There is even "happy noel " card among them but not very usual in turkey. Just translated. If you are to send a e-card to a cristian in Turkey you may send in English as it is as well.

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1964
Türkiye
Local time: 04:49

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All answers were appreciated, but I found the cultural context here most valuable (if sad!).
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na +2

Mutlu Noeller

AZRA AKARTUNA

na +2

Mutlu Noeller

gpltd

na +1

mutlu noeller

Fevziye Gündoğdu

Merry christmas : İyi yeni yıllar /Mutlu (yeni) yıllar

1964

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Merry christmas : İyi yeni yıllar /Mutlu (yeni) yıllar

1964
Türkiye
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of:

Turkish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

All answers were appreciated, but I found the cultural context here most valuable (if sad!).

10 hrs peer agreement (net): +2

Mutlu Noeller

Explanation:
This is the most proper phrase in turkish for "marry christmas"."Noel" means "Christmas" and there's no other equavalent for this word in Turkish.I hope it helps.Good luck.

AZRA AKARTUNA
Türkiye
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of:

Turkish

18 hrs peer agreement (net): +2

Mutlu Noeller

Explanation:
This is the only equivalent one can think of. Any other would relate to the New Year.

gpltd
Türkiye
Local time: 04:49
Native speaker of:

Turkish

203 days peer agreement (net): +1

mutlu noeller

Explanation:
hello,
unfortunately, the explanation above is, I am afraid, completely wrong.
"mutlu yıllar" means "happy new year" and it definetely cannot be used for "merry christmas". I didn't want you to learn a wrong phrase. Well, there are some radical Muslims in Turkey but there is no way that anyone would show his dislike in an extreme way. The common habit is to greet Christians saying "mutlu noeller" during Christmas time. Christ and Miriam(Mary) are known and respected in Islam. Miriam is one of the most common names in the Koran. And the only point that the Radical Muslims dislike is that sometimes muslims greet each other christmas. Actually, I would recommend you to change your selection as it may give a wrong reference to someone else.

Fevziye Gündoğdu
Local time: 04:49

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