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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "ar",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "acw",
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"Hijazi-Arabic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "شوق"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "копнеж"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "enyorança"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "enyor"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěwàng",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "渴望"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "touha"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
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"neuter"
],
"word": "tesknění"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "verlangen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "sopiro"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "kaipuu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "kaipaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "ikävä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgie"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "morriña"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "saudade"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "soidade"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "estranía"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sehnsucht"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Sehnen"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
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"neuter"
],
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"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gairnei",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹"
},
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"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "póthos",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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"code": "grc",
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"roman": "órexis",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ὄρεξις"
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"code": "he",
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"roman": "k'mihá",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
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},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "kisufim",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
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},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ga'agú'a",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "גַּעְגּוּעַ"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "kaiho"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cumha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "brama"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "nostalgia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desiderio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "voglia"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anelito"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "bramosia"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "akogare",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "憧れ"
},
{
"alt": "せつぼう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "setsubō",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "切望"
},
{
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "pamagdulap"
},
{
"alt": "渴望",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "galmang",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "갈망"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "ilgas"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "ilgošanās"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ilgesys"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "kopnež",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "копнеж"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "rindu"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "hasrat"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "kehendak"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lengsel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "lengsel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lengsle"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "sovdâ",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "سودا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pragnienie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tęsknota"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "saudade f for something absent only"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dor"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "toská",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тоска́"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "chandas",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "छन्दस्"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "vanas",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "वनस्"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cianalas"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "iarraidh"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "fadachd"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "miann"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ionndrainn"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "añoranza"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "anhelo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "längtan"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "ñyās"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "özlem"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "hasret"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "اشتیاق"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hiraeth"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "benkshaft",
"sense": "melancholic desire",
"word": "בענקשאַפֿט"
}
],
"word": "longing"
}
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