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[Subject: Generalities]

- Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

Translated by: RUI PEDRO SOARES SEQUEIRA

Translated in 8 languages

[Subject: Generalities]

- A wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition.

Translated by: CHERBINO SONIA

Etymology: NL, fr. Gk nostos return home + NL -algia; akin to Gk neisthai to return, OE genesan to survive, Skt nasate he approaches

Translated in 42 languages

Translations41
	Italian	nostalgia
	Spanish	nostalgia; tristeza; añoranza; saudade
	French	nostalgie
	German	Nostalgie; Sehnsucht
	Russian	ностальгия
	Arabic	حنين
	Chinese	思乡病; 乡愁; 怀旧之情
	Azeri (arabic Script)	ديلتنگ ليک; داريخما
	Azeri (latin Script)	keçmiş həsrəti
	Basque	nostalgia
	Brazilian Portuguese	nostalgia; saudade
	Breton	hiraezh; hirnez; droug-hirnez; kleñved-ar-gêr
	Bulgarian	носталгия
	Catalan	enyorança; nostàlgia
	Croatian	nostalgija
	Czech	nostalgie
	Danish	hjemve
	Dutch	heimwee
	Esperanto	nostalgio
	Finnish	nostalgia
	Furlan	lancûr
	Galician	nostalxia; morriña; saudade; señardade; soidade
	Guarani	techaga’u
	Hebrew	געגועים
	Hungarian	nosztalgia
	Irish	cumha
	Latin	desiderium
	Persian	دلتنگی
	Polish	tęsknota
	Portuguese	nostalgia; saudade
	Quechua	watukuy
	Romanian	nostalgie
	Serbian	носталгија
	Sicilian	nostalgia
	Swedish	nostalgi
	Tajik	дилтанги
	Turkish	*nostalji ; geçmişe özlem??
	Valencian	enyorança
	Venetian	nostalgia
	Welsh	hiraeth; nostalja; nostalgia
	Zulu	ukukhumbula ekhaya

[Subject: Generalities]

- A longing or great desire.

Translated in 25 languages

Translations24
	Italian	brama
	Spanish	deseo; nevo
	French	désir ardent
	German	Sehnsucht
	Arabic	شهوة; شوق
	Albanian	lakmi
	Bengali; Bangla	আরমান
	Breton	c'hoantegezh vras
	Danish	begærlighed
	Esperanto	avido; dezirego; sopir(eg)o
	Finnish	himo
	Galician	desexo
	Gujarati	ઉગ્ર આકાંક્ષા
	Hindi	लालसा
	Latin	cupiditas; cupido; appetentia
	Marathi	लालसा
	Polish	żądza
	Punjabi	ਲਾਲਸਾ
	Romagnolo	lùvra
	Sanskrit	उत्कटेच्छा
	Slovak	túžba
	Swedish	längtan
	Welsh	gwanc; ysfa
	Zulu	huhwa; intshisekelo

[Subject: Generalities]

- Strong desire, longing, or aim

Translated in 23 languages

Translations22
	Italian	aspirazione; ambizione
	Spanish	aspiración; anhelo
	French	aspiration; ambition
	German	Erwartung; Wunsch; Hoffnung; Vermutung
	Russian	вытяжка
	Chinese	渴望; 热望; 志气; 抱负
	Bengali; Bangla	অত্যাশা
	Dutch	aanzuiging
	Finnish	kiihkeä halu
	Flemish	aanzuiging
	Gujarati	આકાંક્ષા
	Hindi	आकांक्षा
	Hungarian	törekvés; vágyódás
	Korean	포부; 대망; 열망
	Marathi	इच्छा
	Polish	aspiracja; ambicja
	Punjabi	ਕਾਂਖਿਆ
	Romagnolo	aspiraziòun
	Sanskrit	अभिलाषः
	Setswana	tlhoafalelo; nyorelo; keletso
	Traditional Chinese	渴望; 熱望; 志氣; 抱負
	Welsh	dyhead

- Long persistently, wistfully, or sadly for something one cannot have or has lost

Translated by: GIBELLINI MORGAN

Translated in 20 languages

Translations19
	Italian	smaniare
	Spanish	anhelar
	French	brûler de; soupirer après; languir
	German	sich sehnen nach
	Arabic	تَاقَ
	Dutch	begeren
	Esperanto	agitiĝi; barakti; deliri
	Gujarati	લલકવું
	Hindi	लालसा करना; तरसना; ललकना; लालायित होना
	Latin	flagrare; gestire; furere
	Marathi	आतुर होणें
	Napulitano	smanià
	Persian	آرزو کردن; اشتياق داشتن
	Polish	tęsknić
	Portuguese	almejar; anelar; ansiar
	Punjabi	ਲਲ੍ਹਕ
	Romagnolo	smignèr
	Sanskrit	अत्यन्तं स्पृह्
	Welsh	hiraethu

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