خواہ مخواہ
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Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Classical Persian خواه مخواه (xʷāh ma-xʷāh, literally “willing (or) unwilling, willy-nilly”). Compare Bengali খামাখা (khamakha).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɑːʱ.mə.xɑːɦ/, /xʷɑːʱ.mə.xʷɑːɦ/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /xwɑː.mə.xwɑː/, /xɑː.mə.xɑː/
Adverb
[edit]خواہ مَخواہ • (xāh-maxāh) (Hindi spelling खामखा)
- uncalled for, without reason, justification, provocation
- certainly, positively, absolutely, inevitably
Derived terms
[edit]- خواہ مخواہی (xāh-maxāhī)