Afrikaans – begeerte (bə-GEER-tə)
Albanian – dëshirë (də-SHEE-ruh)
Amharic – ተመነ (tə-ME-nə)
Arabic – رغبة (RAHG-bah)
Armenian – ցանկություն (TS’ANK-oot-yoon)
Azerbaijani – arzu (AR-zoo)
Basque – desira (deh-SEE-rah)
Belarusian – жаданне (zhah-DAN-nyeh)
Bengali – ইচ্ছা (ICH-chah)
Bosnian – želja (ZHE-lya)
Bulgarian – желание (zhe-LAN-yeh)
Catalan – desig (deh-SEEG)
Cebuano – tinguha (TIN-goo-ha)
Chinese (Mandarin) – 欲望 (yù-WÀNG)
Croatian – želja (ZHE-lya)
Czech – touha (TOH-ha)
Danish – ønske (URN-skeh)
Dutch – verlangen (fer-LAHNG-en)
Esperanto – deziro (deh-ZEE-roh)
Estonian – soov (SOHV)
Filipino – pagnanais (PAG-na-nah-is)
Finnish – halu (HA-loo)
French – désir (deh-ZEER)
Galician – desexo (deh-SEH-shoh)
Georgian – სურვილი (soo-RVEE-lee)
German – Wunsch (VOONSH)
Greek – επιθυμία (epee-thee-MEE-ah)
Gujarati – ઇચ્છા (ICH-chah)
Haitian Creole – dezi (deh-ZEE)
Hausa – sha’awa (SHA-ah-wah)
Hebrew – תשוקה (tshoo-KAH)
Hindi – इच्छा (ICH-chah)
Hungarian – vágy (VAHGY)
Icelandic – löngun (LUNG-gun)
Igbo – nrọ (N-roh)
Indonesian – keinginan (keh-een-gee-NAN)
Irish – mian (MEE-an)
Italian – desiderio (deh-zee-DEH-ree-oh)
Japanese – 欲望 (yoku-BŌ)
Javanese – kepinginan (keh-ping-EEnan)
Kannada – ಇಚ್ಛೆ (ICH-cheh)
Kazakh – тілек (TIL-ek)
Khmer – បំណង (POM-nahng)
Korean – 욕망 (yong-MANG)
Kurdish (Kurmanji) – hewî (he-WEE)
Kyrgyz – каалоо (KAH-oo-loh)
Lao – ຄວາມຕ້ອງການ (khwam-DTONG-kan)
Latvian – vēlme (VEL-meh)
Lithuanian – troškimas (tro-SHKIM-as)
Luxembourgish – Wonsch (VOONSH)
Macedonian – желба (ZHEL-bah)
Malay – keinginan (keh-een-gee-NAN)
Malayalam – ആഗ്രഹം (AA-gra-ham)
Maltese – xewqa (SHEW-kah)
Maori – hiahia (hee-HEE-ah-hee-ah)
Marathi – इच्छा (ICH-chah)
Mongolian – хүсэл (HOO-sel)
Nepali – इच्छा (ICH-chah)
Norwegian – ønske (URN-skeh)
Odia – ଇଚ୍ଛା (ICH-chah)
Pashto – خواهش (KHAH-wesh)
Persian – خواسته (KHWAH-stah)
Polish – pragnienie (prag-NYEH-nyeh)
Portuguese – desejo (deh-ZAY-zho)
Punjabi – ਇੱਛਾ (ICH-chah)
Romanian – dorință (do-REEN-tsa)
Russian – желание (zhe-LAN-yeh)
Samoan – mana’o (mah-NAH-oh)
Serbian – жеља (ZHEL-ya)
Shona – chido (CHEE-doh)
Sindhi – خواهش (KHAH-wesh)
Sinhala – බලාපොරොත්තුව (ba-LA-po-rott-thoo-ah)
Slovak – túžba (TOOZH-bah)
Slovenian – želja (ZHEL-ya)
Somali – rabitaan (RAH-bee-tahn)
Spanish – deseo (deh-SEH-oh)
Swahili – tamaa (TAH-mah)
Swedish – önskan (URN-skan)
Tagalog – hangarin (HAH-ngah-reen)
Tajik – хоҳиш (KHOH-heesh)
Tamil – ஆசை (AA-sai)
Telugu – ఆశ (AA-sha)
Thai – ความปรารถนา (khwam-PRAHT-tah-nah)
Tigrinya – ምኞት (m’n-YOT)
Turkish – arzu (AR-zoo)
Turkmen – isleg (EES-leg)
Ukrainian – бажання (bah-ZHAN-nya)
Urdu – خواہش (KHAH-wesh)
Uzbek – istak (EES-tak)
Vietnamese – mong muốn (MONG-mwoon)
Welsh – awydd (AH-wid)
Wolof – xalaat (KHAH-laht)
Xhosa – umnqweno (oom-NQWEH-noh)
Yiddish – תּשוקה (T’SHOO-kah)
Yoruba – ifẹ (EE-feh)
Zulu – isifiso (ee-see-FEE-soh)