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In Dutch, birthday translates to "verjaardag" where "jaar" means "year" and "dag" means day, so the literal meaning of "verjaardag" comes down to "the day you grow one year older". By that logic, the day a baby grows one month older could be named "vermaanddag", where "maand" means month. It's not a real word but it's a good pun and it would get the idea across. Unfortunately it doesn't work in English.
To be slightly absurd: Every day is a day you are one year older than the same day the previous year
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