wish

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Engleski

Etymology

From Middle English wisshen, wischen, wüschen, from Old English wȳsċan (“to wish”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunskijan, from Proto-Germanic *wunskijaną (“to wish”), from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”).

Cognate with Scots wis (“to wish”), Saterland Frisian wonskje (“to wish”), West Frisian winskje (“to wish”), Holandski wensen (“to wish”), Nemački wünschen (“to wish”), Danski ønske (“to wish”), Icelandic æskja, óska (“to wish”), Latinski Venus, veneror (“venerate, honour, love”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: wĭsh, MFA^(ključ): /wɪʃ/

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• Rime: -ɪʃ
• Homophone: whish (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Noun

wish (plural wishes)

1. A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.

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2. An expression of such a desire, often connected with ideas of magic and supernatural power.

   Šablon:coi

   • 2004, w:George Carlin, w:When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?‎^[1], New York: w:Hyperion Books, →ISBN, OCLC 757869006, OL 24604921M, strana 237:

3. The thing desired or longed for.

   My dearest wish is to see them happily married.

   • 1901, w:W. W. Jacobs, w:The Monkey's Paw:

4. (Sussex) A water meadow.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "wish"

• best wishes
• death wish
• good wishes
• if wishes were horses, beggars would ride
• make a wish
• wish away
• wishbone
• wishful
• wish list/wishlist/wish-list
• your wish is my command

Translations

desire

• Albanian: urim (sq) m
• Arabic: أُمْنِيَّة‎ f (ʾumniyya), رَغْبَة‎ f (raḡba), مُنْيَة‎ f (munya)

  Gulf Arabic: امنية‎ f (umnīya)

• Armenian: ցանկություն (hy) (cʿankutʿyun), իղձ (hy) (iłj)
• Assamese: হেঁপাহ (hẽpah), ইচ্ছা (issa), বাঞ্ছা (bañsa)
• Azerbaijani: dilək (az), istək (az)
• Baluchi: واہگ‎, ارمان‎
• Belarusian: žadánne n (žadánnje)
• Bengali: আরজু (bn) (arzu), আরমান (bn) (arman), তামান্না (bn) (tamanna), ইচ্ছা (bn) (iccha), আরজু (bn) (arzu), খায়েশ (bn) (khayeś)
• Bulgarian: želánie (bg) n (želánie)
• Catalan: desig (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 願望／愿望 (zh) (yuànwàng)

• Czech: přání (cs) n
• Danish: ønske (da)
• Dutch: wens (nl)
• Esperanto: deziro (eo)
• Estonian: soov
• Finnish: toive (fi)
• French: souhait (fr) m

  Old French: vuel m

• Galician: desexo (gl) m
• Georgian: სურვილი (survili)
• German: Wunsch (de) m
• Greek: ευχή (el) f (efchí), επιθυμία (el) f (epithymía)
• Hebrew: משאלה‎ (he) (mish'alá)
• Hindi: इच्छा (hi) f (icchā), अभिलाषा (hi) f (abhilāṣā), आरज़ू f (ārzū), आरजू (hi) f (ārjū), कामना (hi) f (kāmnā), तमन्ना (hi) f (tamannā), चाहत (hi) f (cāhat), ख़्वाहिश f (xvāhiś), ख्वाहिश (hi) f (khvāhiś)
• Hungarian: kívánság (hu)
• Icelandic: ósk (is) f
• Ingrian: iso, halu, himo, ohvotta
• Irish:

  Old Irish: do·futhracair

• Italian: desiderio (it) m, voglia (it) f
• Japanese: 願い (ja) (ねがい, negai), 願望 (ja) (がんぼう, ganbō), 希望 (ja) (きぼう, kibō)
• Javanese: karep (jv)
• Kazakh: tіlek (kk) (tılek)
• Khmer: ចំណង (km) (châmnâng), បំណង (km) (bâmnâng)
• Korean: 소원(所願) (ko) (sowon), 희망(希望) (ko) (huimang)
• Krymchak: akibat
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھیوا‎ (ckb) (hîwa)

• Kyrgyz: tilek (ky) (tilek)
• Latgalian: gribiejums, gryba
• Latin: desiderium n, cupiditas f, studium (la) n
• Latvian: vēlme (lv) f, vēlēšanās f
• Lithuanian: noras (lt) m
• Macedonian: želba f (želba)
• Maranao: ilmi
• Marathi: इच्छा (mr) f (icchā), वासना f (vāsnā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: hүsэl (mn) (hüsel)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ønske (no) n

• Old English: wūsc m
• Old Javanese: harĕp
• Persian: آرزو‎ (fa) (ârezu)
• Plautdietsch: Wensch f
• Polish: życzenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: desejo (pt) m, pedido (pt) m
• Romanian: dorință (ro) f
• Russian: želánie (ru) n (želánije)
• Sanskrit: इच्छा (sa) (icchā), स्पृहा (sa) (spṛhā), काङ्क्षा (sa) f (kāṅkṣā)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: žȅlja f

  Roman: žȅlja (sh) f

• Sicilian: disiu (scn) m
• Sidamo: hexxo
• Slovak: prianie n, želanie n
• Slovene: želja (sl) f
• Spanish: deseo (es) m, gana (es) f
• Swedish: önskan (sv) c
• Tajik: orzu‍ (orzu‍), hoҳiš (tg) (xohiš), maйl (tg) (mayl), raғbat (raġbat)
• Telugu: కోరిక (te) (kōrika), అభిలాష (te) (abhilāṣa)
• Turkish: dilek (tr), istek (tr), arzu (tr)
• Turkmen: arzuw (tk)
• Ukrainian: bažánnя (uk) n (bažánnja)
• Uzbek: orzu (uz), tilak (uz), istak (uz)
• Vietnamese: lời chúc (vi)
• Volapük: vip (vo)
• West Frisian: winsk
• Zazaki: boka n, waştış c, maram f, merem f

See also

• precatory
• velleity

Verb

wish

1. (transitive) To desire; to want.

   I'll come tomorrow, if you wish it.

   • 2018 maj 13, Justin King, “How to Fix the Storylines of Film and Television”, in Return of Kings:

   • Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare Tempest
   • 1716, w:Jonathan Swift, Phyllis, or the Progress of Love:

   • 1899, w:Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:

2. (transitive, now rare) To hope (+ object clause with may or in present subjunctive).
   • Šablon:RQ:Richardson Clarissa
   • 1808, Jane Austen, letter, 1 October:

     She hears that Miss Bigg is to be married in a fortnight. I wish it may be so.

3. (intransitive, followed by for) To hope (for a particular outcome), even if that outcome is unlikely to occur or cannot occur.
   • 1727, w:John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures:

   • 1901, w:W. W. Jacobs, w:The Monkey's Paw:

   I wish I could go back in time and teach myself what I know now.

4. (ditransitive) To bestow (a thought or gesture) towards (someone or something).

   We wish you a Merry Christmas.

   • Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare Macbeth
   • Šablon:RQ:KJV
5. (intransitive, followed by to and an infinitive) To request or desire to do an activity.
   • 2013 July-August, w:Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in w:American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:

6. (transitive) To recommend; to seek confidence or favour on behalf of.
   • Šablon:RQ:Jonson Alchemist
   • Šablon:RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew

Usage notes

• In sense 4, this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

Terms derived from the verb "wish"

• as you wish
• half wish
• I wish
• unwish
• well-wisher
• wisher
• wish one joy of it
• you wish

Translations

to hope for an outcome

• Albanian: uroj (sq)
• Arabic: تَمَنَّى‎ (tamannā)
• Armenian: ցանկանալ (hy) (cʿankanal)
• Azerbaijani: arzu etmək (az)
• Basque: nahi izan
• Belarusian: žadácь impf (žadácʹ), pažadácь pf (pažadácʹ)
• Bulgarian: želáя (bg) impf (želája)
• Catalan: desitjar (ca)
• Chickasaw: anhi, imhani (to wish sth for sb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 願望／愿望 (zh) (yuànwàng), 希望 (zh) (xīwàng), 但願／但愿 (zh) (dànyuàn)

• Czech: přát si (cs) impf, přát (cs) impf
• Danish: ønske (da)
• Dutch: wensen (nl), willen (nl)
• Esperanto: deziri
• Estonian: soovima
• Finnish: toivoa (fi)
• French: souhaiter (fr), espérer (fr)
• Friulian: volê
• Galician: desexar (gl)
• Georgian: წადილი (c̣adili), ნდომა (ndoma), ნატვრა (naṭvra)
• German: wünschen (de)

  Silesian: wünschen

• Greek: εύχομαι (el) (éfchomai)

  Ancient: ἐθέλω (ethélō), θέλω (thélō) (later), βούλομαι (boúlomai)

• Hawaiian: makemake
• Hebrew: בִּקֵּשׁ‎ (he) (biqqésh)
• Hindi: चाहना (hi) (cāhnā), तमन्ना (hi) f (tamannā)
• Hungarian: kíván (hu)
• Icelandic: óska (is)
• Indonesian: harapan (id), keinginan (id)
• Irish: santaigh
• Italian: volere (it), desiderare (it)
• Japanese: 願う (ja) (ねがう, negau), 祈る (ja) (いのる, inoru), 欲する (ja) (ほっする, hossuru), 望む (ja) (のぞむ, nozomu), 希望する (ja) (きぼうする, kibō suru)
• Kazakh: қalau (kk) (qalau), tіleu (kk) (tıleu)
• Khmer: បួង (km) (buəng), ផ្សង (km) (phsɑɑng)
• Korean: 빌다 (ko) (bilda), 바라다 (ko) (barada), 원하다 (ko) (wonhada), 희망하다 (ko) (huimanghada), 소원하다 (ko) (sowonhada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: خواز‎ (xwaz)

• Kyrgyz: kaaloo (ky) (kaaloo), tilөө (ky) (tilöö)
• Latin: volō (la), desiderio, cupio, desidero
• Latvian: vēlēties
• Lithuanian: norėti (lt)
• Macedonian: posakuva impf (posakuva), posaka pf (posaka), poželuva impf (poželuva), poželi pf (poželi)
• Maltese: tixtieq
• Maori: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: hүsэh (mn) (hüseh)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ønske (no)

• Occitan: desirar (oc)
• Old English: willan (ang)
• Old Japanese: 願ふ (negapu), 望む (nozomu)
• Persian: خواستن‎ (fa) (xâstan), آرزو داشتن‎ (fa) (ârezu dâštan), آرزو کردن‎ (fa) (ârezu kardan)
• Polish: życzyć (pl) impf, pożyczyć (pl) pf
• Portuguese: desejar (pt)
• Romanian: dori (ro)
• Russian: želátь (ru) impf (želátʹ), poželátь (ru) pf (poželátʹ)
• Sanskrit: प्रकाङ्क्षति (prakāṅkṣati), विकाङ्क्षति (vikāṅkṣati), लषति (sa) (laṣati)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarr
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: žѐleti impf (Ekavian), žѐljeti impf (Ijekavian)

  Roman: žèleti impf (Ekavian), žèljeti (sh) impf (Ijekavian)

• Slovak: priať si impf, priať impf
• Slovene: želeti (sl) impf
• Spanish: desear (es)
• Swedish: önska (sv)
• Tajik: hostan (tg) (xostan), orzu doštan (orzu doštan), orzu kardan (orzu kardan)
• Tamil: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Tày: ái
• Telugu: అభిలషించు (te) (abhilaṣiñcu), కోరు (te) (kōru)
• Thai: ประสงค์ (th)
• Turkish: istemek (tr), dilemek (tr)
• Ukrainian: bažáti (uk) impf (bažáty)
• Urdu: چاہنا‎ (cāhnā)
• Uzbek: tilamoq (uz), istamoq (uz), orzu qilmoq
• Vietnamese: cầu mong (vi), muốn (vi), mong (vi), hy vọng (vi) (希望), chúc (vi) (祝)
• Welsh: dymuno (cy)
• West Frisian: winskje
• Yiddish: ווינטשן‎ (vintshn)
• Zazaki: wasten, arzu kerden

to bestow a thought

• Azerbaijani: diləmək
• Bulgarian: želáя (bg) impf (želája)
• Catalan: desitjar (ca)
• Chickasaw: anhi, imanhi (to wish sth for sb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 祝 (zh) (zhù)

• Dutch: wensen (nl)
• Esperanto: deziri
• Faroese: ynskja
• Finnish: toivottaa (fi)
• French: souhaiter (fr)
• German: wünschen (de)
• Hungarian: kíván (hu)
• Italian: augurare (it)
• Japanese: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Khmer: សូមជូនពរ (somchunpôr)
• Korean: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Macedonian: posakuva (posakuva), posaka (posaka)
• Persian: آرزو کردن‎ (fa) (ârezu kardan), آرزو داشتن‎ (fa) (ârezu dâštan)
• Portuguese: desejar a
• Romanian: ura (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: guidh
• Spanish: desear (es)
• Swedish: tillönska
• Tày: ái
• Thai: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete
• Ukrainian: zíčiti impf (zýčyty), bažáti (uk) impf (bažáty), pobažáti pf (pobažáty)
• Vietnamese: molim dodajte ovaj prevod ako možete

References

• wish at OneLook Dictionary Search
• wish in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Etymology

From Middle English vish, from Old English fisċ, from Proto-West Germanic *fisk.

Noun

wish

1. fish

References

• Šablon:R:Poole 1867