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Longing in Different Languages: Please find below many ways to say longing in different languages. This page features translation of the word "longing" to over 100 other languages. We also invite you to listen to audio pronunciation in more than 40 languages, so you could learn how to pronounce longing and how to read it.
Saying Longing in European Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say longing | |
|---|---|---|
| Albanian | malli | |
| Basque | irrika | |
| Belarusian | туга [tuha] | |
| Bosnian | čežnja | |
| Bulgarian | копнеж [kopnezh] | |
| Catalan | enyorança | |
| Corsican | brama | |
| Croatian | čežnja | |
| Czech | touha | |
| Danish | længes efter | |
| Dutch | verlangen | |
| Estonian | igatsus | |
| Finnish | kaipuu | |
| French | désir | |
| Frisian | langst | |
| Galician | saudade | |
| German | Sehnsucht | |
| Greek | λαχτάρα [lachtára] | |
| Hungarian | vágyakozás | |
| Icelandic | þrá | |
| Irish | tnúth | |
| Italian | desiderio | |
| Latvian | ilgas | |
| Lithuanian | ilgesys | |
| Luxembourgish | verlaangen | |
| Macedonian | копнеж [kopnež] | |
| Maltese | ix-xenqa | |
| Norwegian | lengsel | |
| Polish | tęsknota | |
| Portuguese | Anseio | |
| Romanian | dor | |
| Russian | тоска [toska] | |
| Scots Gaelic | cianalas | |
| Serbian | чежња [čežnja] | |
| Slovak | túžba | |
| Slovenian | hrepenenje | |
| Spanish | anhelo | |
| Swedish | längtar | |
| Tatar | сагыну | |
| Ukrainian | туга [tuha] | |
| Welsh | hiraeth | |
| Yiddish | בענקשאפט [benkshaft] |
Saying Longing in Asian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say longing | |
|---|---|---|
| Armenian | կարոտ [karot] | |
| Azerbaijani | həsrət | |
| Bengali | আকাঙ্ক্ষা [ākāṅkṣā] | |
| Chinese Simplified | 渴望 [kěwàng] | |
| Chinese Traditional | 渴望 [kěwàng] | |
| Georgian | ლტოლვა [lt’olva] | |
| Gujarati | ઝંખના [jhaṅkhanā] | |
| Hindi | लालसा [laalasa] | |
| Hmong | xav tau | |
| Japanese | 憧れ | |
| Kannada | ಹಾತೊರೆಯುತ್ತಿದೆ [hātoreyuttide] | |
| Kazakh | сағыныш [sağınış] | |
| Khmer | ការចង់បាន | |
| Korean | 갈망 [galmang] | |
| Kyrgyz | сагынуу [sagınuu] | |
| Lao | ຄວາມປາຖະໜາ [ khuaampathana] | |
| Malayalam | കൊതിക്കുന്നു [kothikkunnu] | |
| Marathi | तळमळ [taḷamaḷa] | |
| Mongolian | хүсэл [khüsel] | |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | တောင့်တ [ taw ng t] | |
| Nepali | लालसा [lālasā] | |
| Odia | ଲାଳସା | |
| Pashto | هیله | |
| Punjabi | ਤਾਂਘ [tāṅgha] | |
| Sindhi | آرزو | |
| Sinhala | ආශාව [āśāva] | |
| Tajik | ҳасрат | |
| Tamil | ஏக்கம் [ēkkam] | |
| Telugu | కాంక్ష [vān̄chha] | |
| Thai | ความปรารถนา | |
| Turkish | hasret | |
| Turkmen | höwes | |
| Urdu | آرزو | |
| Uyghur | سېغىنىش | |
| Uzbek | sog'inish | |
| Vietnamese | Khao khát | |
Saying Longing in Middle-Eastern Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say longing | |
|---|---|---|
| Arabic | شوق [shawq] | |
| Hebrew | גַעגוּעִים | |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | hisret | |
| Persian | اشتیاق | |
Saying Longing in African Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say longing | |
|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans | verlange | |
| Amharic | ናፍቆት [nafik’oti] | |
| Chichewa | kukhumba | |
| Hausa | bege | |
| Igbo | agụụ | |
| Kinyarwanda | kwifuza | |
| Sesotho | hloloheloa | |
| Shona | shuwa | |
| Somali | hilow | |
| Swahili | hamu | |
| Xhosa | ulangazelelo | |
| Yoruba | npongbe | |
| Zulu | ukulangazelela | |
Saying Longing in Austronesian Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say longing | |
|---|---|---|
| Cebuano | pangandoy | |
| Filipino | pananabik | |
| Hawaiian | ka iini ana | |
| Indonesian | kerinduan | |
| Javanese | kangen | |
| Malagasy | faniriana | |
| Malay | rindu | |
| Maori | koingo | |
| Samoan | moomooga | |
| Sundanese | kangen | |
Saying Longing in Other Foreign Languages
| All Languages | Ways to say longing | |
|---|---|---|
| Esperanto | sopiro | |
| Haitian Creole | anvi | |
| Latin | desiderium | |
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