ہوس

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian هوس (hawas), from Arabic هَوَس (hawas). Cognate with Gujarati હવસ (havas), Marathi हौस (haus), Punjabi ਹਵਸ (havas) / ہَوَس (hauas).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ʋəs/

Noun

ہوس • (havas) f (Hindi spelling हवस)

1. lust, greed, inordinate desire
2. curiosity

Declension

Declension of ہوس
	singular	plural
direct	ہَوَس (havas)	ہَوَسیں (havasẽ)
oblique	ہَوَس (havas)	ہَوَسوں (havasõ)
vocative	ہَوَس (havas)	ہَوَسو (havaso)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہوس”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “ہوس”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.