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| Albanian - frymëzim | |||||
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The word inspiration is frymëzim in Albanian and has the same meaning as in English. It can indicate creative inspiration, divine inspiration, even negative inspiration.......more.. | ||
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Anton B. Fistani |
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| Arabic - إِلْهام, ilham | ||||
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Ilham and Wahy two Arabic words, both of them in English mean inspiration. Whereas in Arabic, each one of them has a different meaning......more.. | |
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Sanaa Mounir Sadek |
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| Arabic - إنْزال, wahy | ||||
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Here is what I experienced about 15 years ago. When I was in Algeria, one night during Ramadan (fasting month) I stayed up and prayed to God all night to help me out with a dilemma......more.. | |
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Karima Benremouga |
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| Bangla - prerona | ||||
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In Bangla, inspiration is expressed by the noun prerona. Now, just because the language is different, does it mean that a Bengali would be inspired in a different way than an American, a British, or a French, say? ....more... | |
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Sharbani Banerji |
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| Batakese - bue ni tondi | |||||
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Much of the Batak language is expressed in metaphor. So, for inspiration I would personally say bue ni tondi, which means, fruit of the soul, but many Batak call it the natural spring of the heart, or the beautiful source.......more.. |
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Cayung Siagian |
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| Berber - tapregt | |||||
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In Tamazight, tapregt refers to an outside source that arouses creativity and insight. This force often takes the form of a natural occurrence such as lightning, a voice, or the appearance of an ancestor or a madman seeking help.......more.. |
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Amar Almasude |
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| Catalan - inspiració | |||||
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In Catalan, apart from the meaning of drawing air into the lungs, inspiració refers to the birth of ideas, feelings, decisions in the mind. It is almost always the result of an external influence: .......more.. | ||
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Antoni Brosa Sádaba |
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| Chinese - linggan | ||||
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In Chinese, inspiration refers to the same meaning as it is in English because it is a loaned word. Usually an emotional feeling, enthusiastic idea or innovative vision is called linggan .....more.. |
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Zhenyi Li |
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In the West, the personal Muses inspire people to stand out. Painters portray persons against the nature-background. People shout for attention in the West, even in the rugged wilderness. ...... more... |
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Kuang-ming Wu |
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Anto Knezevic
Edwin Rutsch
Laurence
Rickels
Gîtahi wa Gîtîtî
Sima Gottesfeld
Anna Szalai
Jóhanna Barðdal
Prisca Delima
Lucia Zambrini
Hye-Sook Wang
Jerome
Kills Small
Yavar Dehghani
In Polish the word is a carbon copy of the Latin inspiration and etymologically,
as in English, is linked to words denoting breathing and the spirit....more.. Anna Frajlich
Kelly Dudek
Serafin M.
Coronel-Molina
Mihaela Gheorghe
Alexander Babyonyshev
Kelly
Fleming
KimOanh
Oduntan G. Bode
Thenjiwe Magwaza
Croatian -
nadahnuće
In old
Croatian texts that go back to the 15th century, nadahnuće usually denotes
inspiration and sometimes instinct. It
refers to inspiration by God, devil, humans, or even inanimate things
such as natural scenes, events, pieces of arts,
and ideas......
more...
English
- inspiration
More than twenty-five locations, called Inspiration Point, dot the United
States. These places located in nature have overwhelmingly beautiful views
of the surrounding areas.
Lafayette Bunnell, one of the first non-Indians to see Yosemite Valley from
Inspiration Point said,......
more...
German
- Erleuchtung, Eingebung, Inspiration
There is in the German tradition of inspiration a
separation between God and human agency, between the letter and the spirit.
The German words that continue to convey a sense (or source) of divine
inspiration are Erleuchtung and Eingebung. Whereas the former literally
means “illumination,” ....more...
Gîkûyû
- îkîra mûndû ngoro
There is no single word for inspiration in the Gîkûyû
language. The word ngoro denotes heart, spirit and soul......more..
Hebrew
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Hashra’ah
No concept closely corresponding to "inspiration" in the familiar modern
sense exists in the Jewish tradition. A
modern Hebrew speaker seeking a translation equivalent generally uses the
word Hashra'ah .
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Hungarian -
Ihlet
The question of inspiration is a universal
question regarding all aspects of artistic creation regardless of the medium
used in the process. Whether the tool is painting, music or the
written word, the question is the same: What is it that helps artists
achieve their creative goals?.....more..
Icelandic - andagift
There are several words in the Icelandic language with the meaning
inspiration. However, the first one that springs to mind is the word andagift,
which literally means a gift from the spirits......more...
Indonesian -
wangsit, inspirasi, ilham,
wahyu
In Indonesia many words express
different aspects of inspiration. They come from the cultural influences of may
other cultures. The word inspirasi is adapted from
the English
and Dutch word inspiration.....more...
Italian -
ispirazione
In Italian, as in English,
the word ispirazione primarily refers to imaginative power, the impulse
urging to create a brainwork, especially an artistic work.....more..
Korean
- younggam
In Korean, inspiration refers to feeling a power that is mysterious or
unexplainable. It is believed to be the main source of creativity for
artistic work as well as for invention and discovery......more..
Lakota -
nag’i ksapa
Nag’i ksapa
means wise to the spirit.
There is a spirit, nag’i, in all things created and knowledge of this is
inevitable to varying degrees of life experience.......more..
Persian -
vahy, elham, sorush
In Persian, inspiration has different degrees. The mixture of
religion and culture determines different aspects of it. The first
word for inspiration “vahy” is a borrowed word from Arabic......more..
Polish - natchnienie
Polish -
inspiracja,
natchnienie
I believe inspiration is a stimulus and a change. It concerns the state of
soul, not the state of mind......more..
Quechua -
kallpachakuy
I am inspired by the constancy of
the mountains, the tranquility of the lakes, the effervescence of the
rivers. Sheep and llamas remind me of my youth, and inspire me with
their peacefulness and playfulness......more..
Romanian
- inspiratie
The etymons of the Romanian word
inspiraţie
are the Latin, inspiratio and the
French, inspiration.
Culture and Arts, this is the part where I am in a kind of difficulty. I don't know what to
choose. I'm not inspired.
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Russian - vdokhnovenije
The root of the Russian word vdokhnovenije originates from a common root in
Slavic languages and in the Lithuanian "dukh". The origin of the word
is most probably from Old Greek Deus - God....more...
Sign
Language (American)
The sign for inspiration in ASL
is one that truly explains the word inspiration. To sign the word,
one begins with an open palm on each hand.......more..
Vietnamese
- cảm hứng
The Vietnamese word that most often associated with
inspiration is cảm hứng - an unexpected
sensation or feeling that induces the urge to create or to respond
creatively.......more..
Nguyen-Lam
Yoruba
- isiri
Isiri
literarily means the act of opening up or activating the head
or consciousness. An external influence
directly and instantly exerted upon the mind, which imbues the person with
the spirit to do something, as if by supernatural influence......more..
Zulu - ugqozi
Ugqozi is an infused and encouraged thought or feeling into a person. An action
or expressed emotion is bound to accompany
or follow this kind of
feeling such as; dancing,
singing, praising, undulating,
prancing about, clapping of
hands, etc......more..
