hanker after

hanker after someone or something

and hanker for someone or something

Rur. to want someone or something; to long for someone or something. I hanker after a nice big beefsteak for dinner.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Venyamin	vye-nee-ah-MEEN, vee-nee-ah-MEEN	Russian
Caprice	-	English (Rare)
Magdalina	-	Old Church Slavic, Bulgarian
Trajan	TRAY-jən (English)	History, Macedonian
Abubakar	-	Western African
Chiamaka	-	Western African, Igbo