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Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām).
Pronunciation
Noun
ilham (definite accusative ilhamı, plural ilhamlar)
- inspiration
- ilham almaq ― to be inspired, to receive inspiration
~ 1960, “Gecələr Yuxusuz Qoymusan Məni”performed by Rubaba Muradova:Mən ilham alıram incə səsindən,
Qəlbləri oxşayan xoş nəfəsindən.
Bilmirəm mələksən, yoxsa nəsən sən?
Qəlbimin evində şahlıq edirsən.
- I'm inspired by your gentle voice,
By the pleasant breath that touches hearts.
I don't know if you're an angel or what?
You reign in the house of my heart.
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Crimean Tatar
Etymology
From Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām).
Pronunciation
Noun
ilham
- inspiration
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Derived terms
References
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay ilham, from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām, “inspiration”).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
ilham (plural ilham-ilham, first-person possessive ilhamku, second-person possessive ilhammu, third-person possessive ilhamnya)
- inspiration:
- (Islam) A supernatural divine influence on the prophets, apostles, or sacred writers, by which they were qualified to communicate moral or religious truth with authority; a supernatural influence which qualifies people to receive and communicate divine truth; also, the truth communicated.
- the person, object, situation, or act of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
- Synonym: inspirasi
Derived terms
References
- ^ Erwina Burhanuddin, Abdul Gaffar Ruskhan, R.B. Chrismanto (1993) Penelitian kosakata bahasa Arab dalam bahasa Indonesia [Research on Arabic vocabulary in Indonesian], Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa, Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, →OCLC
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Portuguese
Verb
ilham
- third-person plural present indicative of ilhar
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish الهام (“inspiration”), from Arabic إِلْهَام (ʔilhām).
Pronunciation
Noun
ilham (definite accusative ilhamı, plural ilhamlar)
- inspiration
- Synonym: esin
Declension
Further reading
- “ilham”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu