We have the word for inspired now, but what is the word for the noun?
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Reviving an old unanswered thread ...
Urdu word that comes to mind is ilhaam, but it applies to only one aspect of the English "inspiration".
Urdu word that comes to mind is ilhaam, but it applies to only one aspect of the English "inspiration".
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Depending on the context:
وحی waHii / الہام ilhaam / القا ilqaa
But also نوائے سروش nawaa'-e-sarosh = inspiration from an angel's voice
Here is Ghalib using نوائے سروش in his famous lines to mean inspiration:
آتے ہیں غیب سے یہ مضامین خیال میں
غالب! صریرِ خامہ، نواے سروش ہے
غالب
... and وسواس waswaas = evil inspiration (originally from the Quran, Surah an-Naas: Verse 4, where it appears as مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ )
وحی waHii / الہام ilhaam / القا ilqaa
But also نوائے سروش nawaa'-e-sarosh = inspiration from an angel's voice
Here is Ghalib using نوائے سروش in his famous lines to mean inspiration:
آتے ہیں غیب سے یہ مضامین خیال میں
غالب! صریرِ خامہ، نواے سروش ہے
غالب
... and وسواس waswaas = evil inspiration (originally from the Quran, Surah an-Naas: Verse 4, where it appears as مِن شَرِّ ٱلۡوَسۡوَاسِ ٱلۡخَنَّاسِ )
^Thanks for the additional choices. Very well put.
I was wondering about the more common English usage like "so and so is an inspiration for the youth", or "I seek inspiration from ...." meaning something that uplifts, encourages, and well inspire someone to do something.
I was wondering about the more common English usage like "so and so is an inspiration for the youth", or "I seek inspiration from ...." meaning something that uplifts, encourages, and well inspire someone to do something.
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
For your example UM SaaHib, the first thing that comes to mind is the word مثال mithaal, i.e. mithaal bannaa / honaa = To become / be an example for someone and thus inspire them.
maiN unkii mithaal (apne) saamne rakhtaa huuN = I have him / her as an example in front of me = I seek inspiration from him / her.
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How does one say the following sentences in Urdu?
1. He is an inspiration for me,
2. He inspires me to...
(In Hindi I would say: 1) wo mere liye prerRNaa ke srot haiN 2) woh mujhe prerit karte haiN...)
Thanks!
How does one say the following sentences in Urdu?
1. He is an inspiration for me,
2. He inspires me to...
(In Hindi I would say: 1) wo mere liye prerRNaa ke srot haiN 2) woh mujhe prerit karte haiN...)
Thanks!
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As you can see in that thread and elsewhere in the forum, inspiration in this context seems to be a word for which Urdu probably doesn't have a single equivalent (other examples discussed in the forum: contribution, irony, share, etc.)
The following could probably be used to describe the idea:
وہ میرے لیے ایک مثال ہیں/کی حیثیت رکھتے ہیں - woh mere liye aik misaal haiN/kii Haisiyyat rakhte haiNChhaatr said:
وہ میرے لیے ایک محرک ہیں/کی حیثیت رکھتے ہیں - woh mere liye aik muHarrik haiN/kii Haisiyyat rakhte haiN
وہ میرے لیے باعثِ تشویق ہیں - woh mere liye baa3is-e-tashweeq haiN
میں ان سے متاثر ہوں - maiN un se mutaassir hooN
وغیرہ - etc.
وہ مجھ میں جوش/شوق/جذبہ پیدا کرتے ہیں ـــــــــ کرنے کے لیے - woh mujh meN josh/shauq/jazbah paidah karte haiN ________ karne ke liyeChhaatr said:
وہ مجھے اکساتے / متاثر کرتے ہیں ـــــــــ کرنے کے لیے - woh mujhe uksaate/mutaasir karte haiN ________ karne ke liye
وہ مجھے محرک کر بنا دیتے ہیں ـــــــــ کرنے کے لیے - woh mujhe muHarrak kar/banaa dete haiN ________ karne ke liye
وہ مجھے ابھارتے ہیں ـــــــــ کرنے کے لیے - woh mujhe ubhaarte haiN ________ karne ke liye
وغیرہ - etc.
There could be some mistakes in the suggestions above, so let's see what others suggest!
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Alfaaz SaaHib thank you very much for the detailed reply. Much appreciated.
marrish SaaHib, yes I meant "source" and by the way there is a mistake in my transliteration. It should be srot. Down south everyone around me writes th to denote t! lagtaa hai jaane anjaane maiN bhii is riwaaj se kaafii mutaasir huuN!
marrish SaaHib, yes I meant "source" and by the way there is a mistake in my transliteration. It should be srot. Down south everyone around me writes th to denote t! lagtaa hai jaane anjaane maiN bhii is riwaaj se kaafii mutaasir huuN!
I understand it, it's nothing, I just wanted to have a confirmation if I understood you right, Chhaatr SaaHib.
What about:
2. wuh mere dil meN abc karne kii baat Daalte haiN?/Daal chuke haiN/Daal dii. Or, mere dil meN abc karne kaa shauq Daal diyaa?
BTW, aap muta'assar hu'e hoN ge junuub-e-hind se. aap kaa us par asar ho to aap muta'assir hoN ge.
BTW 2. riwaaj Thiik hae. 3aadat bihtar hae. rawaaj aur achchhaa!
What about:
2. wuh mere dil meN abc karne kii baat Daalte haiN?/Daal chuke haiN/Daal dii. Or, mere dil meN abc karne kaa shauq Daal diyaa?
BTW, aap muta'assar hu'e hoN ge junuub-e-hind se. aap kaa us par asar ho to aap muta'assir hoN ge.
BTW 2. riwaaj Thiik hae. 3aadat bihtar hae. rawaaj aur achchhaa!
This is not quite true Chhaatr Jii. Faylasoof SaaHib in the following thread, post 3 has given a one word answer, namely "ilqaa" which fits the context of your query. I thought I would visit an Urdu poetry forum and see what the Urdu poets use for "inspiration" and the answer I got there supports Faylasoof SaaHib's suggestion.
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=1962478&highlight=ilqaa
“kehne ka matlab yeh hai k is she'r ka ilqaa (= inspiration) mujh Ghareeb-ul-zamaaN ko shaa'ir-e-jamaal janaab-e-Firaaq* Gorakhpuri ki nazm "husn ki devi" ke chaNd ash'aar se huaa --- “ (Raj Kumar “Qais”)
Raghupati Sahay “Firaaq” Gorakhpuri (1896-1982)
xud apne bhed se maHram kiyaa jise chaahaa
kisii ko ho gayaa ilqaa, kisii ko xvaab hu’aa
Shaikh Imdaad Ali “Bahr” (d 1878)
اب ہو سکے تو ہمیں ہندی ادب سے پریرنڑا کے استعمال کی ایک آدھ مثال دے دیں۔ بڑی مہربانی ہو گی۔
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^ From UrduMedium SaaHib's response (post #4) and Faylasoof SaaHib's answer (post #5), it seemed that ilqaa would be limited to the meaning of وحی / الہام.
You have stated: "ilqaa" which fits the context of your query.
1. woh mere liye ______ haiN
2. woh mujhe ______ karte haiN
You have stated: "ilqaa" which fits the context of your query.
Could ilqaa be used in the blanks below?Chhaatr said:
1. woh mere liye ______ haiN
2. woh mujhe ______ karte haiN
This is what Faylasoof SaaHib has said about "Inspiration" in # post 3.
So, depending on context, "ilqaa" = "inspiration". Agreed? Then UM SaaHib responds in # post 4
This implies that he was looking for a more day to day usage, not what he I presume considered as literary. To satisfy this request, Faylasoof SaaHib replied.
All this shows is that "ilqaa" indeed means "inspiration". According to your # post 8, "ilqaa honaa" is equivalent to "dil meN ko'ii baat paRnaa". Is n't this "inspiration"? It also means that Faylasoof SaaHib, in addition to the providing literary examples then goes onto describe simpler ways of including the idea of "inspiration". This does not in any way negate the non-existence of the concept of "inspiration" embodied in "ilqaa".
Theoratically, yes but in Urdu we do have other ways of expressing these meanings.
You may remember the discussions on "ta3riif". The base meaning is to "make something known". But it has come to mean mainly "introduction" and "praise" but in scientific circles, it means "definition". Similarly, the base meaning if "ilqaa" is to do with throwing but in Urdu poetic circles, it has the meaning of "inspriation". It is a masculine noun. So, the meaning sought by Chhatr SaaHib can accurately be provided by "ilqaa".
A القا ilqā [inf. n. iv of لقي 'to meet,' &c.], s.m. Throwing down, flinging, casting; imparting, communicating; inspiration.
I'm sorry I skipped very important pieces of information from the above posts but I have a question which relates only to the relevant chunks: Chhaatr SaaHib, could you please reproduce any literary quote with "prerNRaa" in Hindi? Also I would be grateful to you to complete your sentence no. 2 both in English and Hindi. Perhaps it will make the context we need. I experience your Hindi sentence as not complete. Thanks in advance!
Thanks for the detailed reply Qureshpor SaaHib. Wherever Platts uses the word inspiration, it seems to either refer to divine revelation or inhalation. This observation had led me to question ilqaa's meaning and usage.
Chhaatr SaaHib: Platts gives the following for प्रेरणा and स्रोत is defined as river, stream, and source in other online dictionaries:
Chhaatr SaaHib: Platts gives the following for प्रेरणा and स्रोत is defined as river, stream, and source in other online dictionaries:
It appears that words related to the root حرّك (such as محرک ، حرکت) would be quite similar to प्रेरणा...!? As marrish SaaHib has requested, examples of usage would be appreciated!
As a believer, this should not have caused any "doubt" in your mind since...وَالْقَدْرِ خَيْرِه وَشَرِّه مِنَ اللهِ تَعَالى
^ I think it would be better to end this discussion here Qureshpor SaaHib so that the thread doesn't go off topic! However, I will say that it was exactly because of this reason that I had questioned your comment (that ilqaa can be used as a one word equivalent for the sentences in the opening post) and was hesitant/unsure about using it, because it seemed odd to use a word in regular context that seems to usually be used in religious contexts.*
*(If this didn't make sense, please refer to Faylasoof SaaHib's post #19 and my post #20 in this thread.)
*(If this didn't make sense, please refer to Faylasoof SaaHib's post #19 and my post #20 in this thread.)
I agree that it is used mostly in religious contexts, in the same manner as ilhaam and waHii but incidentally, this one e.i. ilqaa is also used outside of religious context too. ilhaam is used the most of them. I see no reason for ilqaa not being used in secular context but I would oppose using ilhaam or waHii in this way. However, ilhaam as being the most popular word can be de-sacralised too as in religious thought no human is able to "inspire" other but by means of God. Apart from the discussed, I have used the word "aamad" to mean the same. It might be taken as a "revelation", most of the time, but inspiration is not very remote from it.
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marrish SaaHib I don't have interest in literature so I wouldn't be able to give you your quote, however coming to the second point:
He inspires me.
(woh mujhe prerit kartaa hai)
My post # 19 is very relevant as I have attempted to explain in my PM to you. It is true words get compartmentalised but as far as "ilqaa"'s use is concerned, just visit the alt.language.urdu.poetry and search for ilqaa and you will see it is used for "inspiration" from another person/poet. But if you still have doubts, there is not much that I or anyone else can do apart from provide you with further examples.
vuh mashq rahii aur nah shauq hai Momin
kyaa shi3r kaheN ge agar ilhaam nah ho gaa