Peace, Pax, ??

I thought it might be nice to start a thread of the word “Peace” in different languages. Granted, that alone is not an act of peace, however, I thought it would be nice to hear from folks all over the world how they say peace in their native tongue. Perhaps it could become a fun bonding exercise for us all, eh? Anyone out there up for the game?

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Yes, I think that is a great idea-
isn't Pax, Angelina and Brad's boy's name?
Was thinking of him the other day -but not sure what his nationa;ity
was?

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Heddwch in Welsh

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Heddwch in Welsh , Chaparral -
how is it pronounced?
Perhaps as we do this we could
also spell it out how it sounds in English that we may
be able to say it properley?
I guess although we say peace here in Aussie Land -
I haven't even found the Aboriginal word equivelant.
Which i must do -or maybe they their word would be\
more harmony -did they need the word peace before
white man came along ,along - I wonder?
Peace to the Welsh -and Catherine Zeta-Jones of course, too!
sandy

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Heddwch (probably pronounced differently in south wales) sounds like -
Heth (hard th as in 'those' and not thought
oo (short oo) and ch as in the scottish loch (not much 'c' and lots of 'hh') a bit like Ugh.

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Oh la la -soujnds like a bit of a mouthful!
Pity isn't it that so many of our friends don't have internet
access -hope those jungle drums are relaying our messages!

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I would like to contribute with the word for peace in my native language Danish :  FRED
It is the same in Norwegian and Swedish …

Fred i verden (peace in the world) og i hvert et menneskehjerte (and in every human heart) er mit største ønske ( is my supreme wish) …

Freden være med dig ( may the peace be with you)..

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that is beautiful  Poul ,thankyou-
and FRED to you too -
we share a special link , don't we -because of
“Our Mary ” !

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I'd forgotten Fred ! we named our son Fred 17 years ago partly because of the peace connection. My wife has made a peace prayer work of art with many peace words, I will swot up on them and report back.

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That sounds wonderful Chaparral and it would be lovey to see
your wife's peace prayer work of art.
Perhaps you can take a photo of it and post it up here -
if she would like -then other's may see and share her piece
of peace.

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This might be interesting for you - in Russian the words for “peace” and “world” are the same: “Мир” -  “MYR” (or “meer”). There is a popular “soviet” slogan saying “MYRU - MYR”, or “peace to the world”!

And in Greek it's (“eirini”) “YRINI”, a root for a popular name Irine I believe. A popular greeting on various national holidays in Greek is “Agapi kai eirini!”, or “love and peace!”.

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Yes Zet -that is more than interesting -i love seeing the
words for peace from other Nations -
and it really is an honour to know the Russian terms.
I have never had much contact with Russia and it is so
amazing to hear that “meer” is the word for both
peace and the world.
peace to you all , everywhere -long may we keep spreading it
and connecting with each other.

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This is wonderful!
Peace Eagle

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How about Shanti - from Sankrit? :)

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I can't find an image of my wifes peace flag , but fred went with friede and vrede and pax goes with paz and pace. sadly I cannot say which countries use those spellings. Then there's the different alphabets……..

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Shanti -I like the sound of that on my  tongue !

We are learning -slowly ,that whatever the lanuage -
there is always a word for peace.

I have no doubt I am not pronouncing them properly
but it gives me great joy just to read them and to imagine
being in another Country and saying it with them!

Guess we won't get the word peace in EVERY language-
cause some Countrie would not have internet accessible to
the everyday kind of people like us.

We ARE blessed to be able to share with one another-
and we ARE spreading the word…….

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How wonderful to read of Peace in every language. In Dutch it is 'vrede' (as I noticed it's already up here somewhere. It is pronounced vrayduh.
De la paix  (pronounced duh-la peh - no h-sound after p) in French.
In Papiamentu (spoken language in Curacao, Aruba and Bonaire) it is 'pas' (paahs - again without the h-sound after p).
שלום (shalom) in Hebrew
سلام (salām) in Arabic
And in Hopi, one of the (if not the) eldest native american tribes, it is 'Sipala'.

Let's practice saying these peaceful words, close our eyes and feel the vibration of the power behind them, inhaling deeply, feeling them in every fiber of our being, and exhaling them with a strong intention to send these vibrations all around. As you exhale, do so loud enough to hear your breath, which is the voice of your soul. Feel yourself giving and receiving peace with every breath, and recognize that this quiet peace within you is your truest and highest self.

Om shanti!
Nell ;-)

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Perhaps new members have not seen this thread yet ?
I love looking through it and reading the word for peace ,in
other languages and Countries and hope there will be many more
added to it.
We have a long way to go to add every variation of the word peace ,
and wouldn't it be wonderful to have them all?

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Looking for new languages to say the word peace -
for those who have not seen this thread- we already have quite
a collection -and it would be wonderful to add to them.
How many ways -can we say peace ?

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Preeta'yr.
Now the language this word for PEACE comes from is called “Embosha” from the planet Emboson and it is a fully functional literary language from The Embosonians series of kids' sci fi adventures by KE Allen.  The language boasts around 1250 words and is spoken by Embosonians, Orphies and some humans.
Disclaimer: This is not an unabashed plug for my fourth kids book, The Embosonians - ORBAN THALIN, hopefully coming out in 2009 about being green and peaceful. I'm working on the website. busy, busy, busy!
:D

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Samoan - Filemu
Maori - Rangima'arie

There are hundreds of different Australian Aboriginal languages, hence the problem of knowing a word that stands for peace. Will check a few out and get back.

Peace,  (Australian English)
Jenny

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What an inspiring thread. Pax is latin, I believe, interesting how children use this to settle their differences, perhaps without realising origins. I thought the synonyms for peace might add to this idea, there are many
accord,, amity, armistice, cessation,, conciliation, concord,, friendship, love, neutrality, order, pacification, pacifism, reconciliation treaty, truce, unanimity, union, , unity
 
War and peace
reside in me
I look within
for harmony.
                Peace,
                  Gael
 
 

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The German word is:

Frieden

BTW:

I am a recognized conscientious objector.

Peace,
Albert

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Saanthi
Samaathaanam
Amaithi
in Tamil
&
Saamaya
in Sinhala

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GWANDALAN: rest, peace
An Australian Aboriginal word for  peace as in rest and peacefulness, not sure whether it means peace as opposed to war. Not sure which people it came from but could be Central Coast of New South Wales The Darkinjung people are made up of the tribes Erina, WoyWoy, Narara, Patonga, Wyong, Kulnura, Tuggerah and Wolombi. They went up to Newcastle I think.

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Peace in Lakota

Wolakota

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paix in French

145 different ways: http://www.peaceloveandme.com/peacelanguage.html

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In Hungarian, peace is BEKE.

In Rumanian, peace is PACE (pronounced pa'che)

I noticed with interest that peace in Dutch is 'vrede' for that same word in Danish means, angry (of course, pronounced differently).

As mentioned in an earlier, post, in Hebrew, peace is SHALOM (שלום). In Hebrew, different words/meanings emanate from the same root. The root of SHALOM is SHALEM, which means, 'wholeness.' This indicates perhaps, that to be at peace with oneself is to feel whole with oneself, for example.   

  

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In Arabic the word for peace is Salam.
The Arabic Muslim greeting is
Asalam Aliakum, which means “Peace be upun you”

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Well, its not in my native tongue, but I have tattooed this version of Peace onto my left wrist. It says Salaam, which is Peace in Arabic. It was a gift from an activist I worked with in the Iraq Veterans Against the War at a fundraiser we did at a tattoo parlor. To me, it serves as a reminder of my cause, a defining moment in my life, and what I have dedicated much of mySelf to.

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“Peace Train” in Cat Stevens. “Love” in me.

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Thankyou so much, all of you who have posted and added to our
peace naming list.
It is wonderful to read all the new versions/languages, to reinforce
our shared beliefs :)
I hope we can keep growing!

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How lovely to see this thread and lovely friends here this morning!

In  HIndi [and the parent language Sanskrit] we say Shanti.
शांति

Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi is a chant that ends many prayers.

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Om Shanti Shanti Shantihi ;-)

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an add on in dutch…we have an expression “in peis en vrede” .. it is special because it links “pax” (peace, latin/roman derivative) to “frede”(german/sakson/scandinavian origin), 
this expression litterally connects “peace” with being “at rest”.Lovely
BTW: peis,sometimes written pais is to pronounce like “pays”(english pronounciation, not the french one :-)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BwxnFd1oGc

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barış

in Turkish.
“bar-” can pronuonce like bar(celona)
“-ış” is something like sh like “hush”
Tolga

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Thankyou again dear friends for more ways and languages to say
PEACE in ~
I am going to start sharing these words when I sign into Twitter -
where I re-inforce the word peace, most days.
I believe the more we see it and the more it is in our mind -the more
we are aware and practise the peace…

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“Liebe und Freude auf ein und alles.

Love and Joy to one and all.
Rita

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Beautiful~ love and joy to you Rita and all our lovely peace words and people~
I think we are up to 23 ways to say peace now !!!

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Hi Sandy I came a little late and of course every auspicious occasion and ceremony in many languages in India contains or ends with om Shanti (Hindi, Sanskrit, Oriya and Bengali and may be many more that I don't know).

I just found this page “How to say Peace in 144 ways”
and a poster on Peace in different languages

Enjoy the images of peace march

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Thankyou SO much mita !
Wonderful links/pages and images… I have looked at them and bookmarked
them all ;)

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Amost time for the 2 minutes silence at 11am on the 11th Day of the 11th month-Remberance Day~
As I can't start a new thread- I thought it appropriate to add hear -where
we have Peace in many languages.

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In dutch it is VREDE.

The translation of the words on the image is approx.:

Let us think peace
in the images in our head
let us speak peace
with our voice and our words
let us do peace
by our attitude and our acts
and lets celebrate peace
with each other from our hearts

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That is SO beautiful Alluvja, thankyou -and VREDE :)