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“ I said, let my body dwell in poverty, and my hands be as the hands of the toiler: but let my soul be as a temple of remembrance where the treasures of knowledge enter and the inner sanctuary is hope. ” – George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, 1876

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🇬🇧 soul

Etymology: of Germanic origin. Old English sāwol/sāwel/sāwl; Dutch ziel; German Seele.

🏛 anima

Etymologia: from animus, from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, a nominal derivative of *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄνεμος (ánemos, “wind, breeze”).

🇷🇺 душа dusha

Этимология etimologiya: from Old East Slavic доуша (duša, “soul”), from Proto-Slavic *duša.

🇬🇷 ψυχή psychí

Ετυμολογία etymología: from Ancient Greek ψῡχή psūkhḗ, from ψῡ́χω (psū́khō, “I blow”) +‎ -η (-ē).

🇮🇷 روح rwh/ruh

‘elm ashtqaq lghat علم اشتقاق لغات: from Arabic رُوح‎ (rūḥ).

🇹🇷 ruh

Etimoloji: from Ottoman Turkish روح‎ (ruh), from Arabic رُوح‎ (rūḥ, “soul”

🇯🇵 魂 tamashī

語源 gogen: compound of 魂 (tama, “soul, spirit”) and an uncertain shii. From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic*tamasipi. ⟨tamasipi₁⟩ → */tamasipʲi/ → /tamaɕifi/ → /tamaɕiwi/ → /tamaɕiː/

🇲🇳 сэтгэл зүрх ᠰᠡᠳᠬᠢᠯ ᠢᠷᠤᠬᠡ^{mb setgel zurkh}

үгийн гарал зүй ᠦᠭᠡᠶᠢᠨ ᠭᠠᠷᠤᠯ ᠵᠦᠢ^mb ugiyn garal zuy: сэтгэл ᠰᠡᠳᠬᠢᠯ^mb setgel [~sytghyɬ] – spirit, thinking, anima, mind, idea, pulse; зүрх ᠵᠢᠷᠦᠬᠡ^mb zurkh – heart, courage

🇨🇳 魂 hún

词源 cí yuán: phono-semantic compound: phonetic 云 (Old Chinese *ɢun) + semantic 鬼. Cognate with 雲 (OC *ɢun, “cloud”) (Carr, 1985).

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…Visions of the soul! … How do you say “soul” in your language, with what connotations?