Different Words In Any Language Meaning 'Breath Of Life'?

[Ananja]

I am looking for a word or a phrase (in any language), meaning the 'breath of life'. The air that you breathe in to live, and without it you will die. When you are born you take your first breathe and when you die you breathe out your last. Any words or phrases that encaptures this idea. Thank you!!

[DTCwordfan]

the spirit of life arrives, lives, dies.

the clock of life ticks.

the essence of life

In one word, vitality?

[Calibax]

Spiritus vitae
Souffle de vie

[woofgang]

Prana

[bookbinder]

(Dutch) levensadem

[Mamyalynne]

Swedish - "fläkt av liv"

[Mamyalynne]

Afrikaans - asem van die lewe

[The Builder]

Mamya got there before me.
Another one in Swedish would be "livsande"

I think "fläkt" is more of a "breeze", but I'm only being picky ;o)

[Tilly2]

Aanáil na beatha

Irish.

[jno]

the phrase in the Swahili bible translation of Genesis 2:7 is "pumzi ya uhai", but you probably know that already.

[DTCwordfan]

souffle de vie - in French.

[DTCwordfan]

ανάσα ζωής or in greeklish, anása zoís

livets åndedræt in Danish.

[maggiebee]

Fryma e jetes - Albanian

[Atheist]

I think the English word is 'breath'. With it you live; without it you die. Why make it more than that?

[DTCwordfan]

Atheist, 'breath' is exhausting..........

[Jackdaw33]

Дух Жизни (Dookh Zhizni) - Russian

[DTCwordfan]

生活气息
Shēnghuó qìxí

Mandarin obviously - Cantonese or Hokkien is different

In Cantonese, 生命美妙,令人动心, means the breath of life he has given.