احتیاج

See also: احتياج

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِحْتِيَاج (iḥtiyāj).

Noun

احتیاج • (ihtiyac) (plural احتیاجلر)

1. need, requirement
2. necessity

Descendants

• Turkish: ihtiyaç

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic اِحْتِيَاج (iḥtiyāj).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔih.ti.jɑːd͡ʒ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰi.jɑːd͡ʒ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰi.jɑːd͡ʒ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰi.jɑːd͡ʒ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔi.t̪ʰi.jɔːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪i.jɒːd͡ʒ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeɦ.t̪ʰi.jɔd͡ʒ]

Readings
Classical reading?	ihtiyāj
Dari reading?	ehtiyāj
Iranian reading?	ehtiyâj
Tajik reading?	ehtiyoj

Noun

Dari	احتیاج
Iranian Persian
Tajik	эҳтиёҷ

احتیاج • (ehtiyâj) (plural احتیاجات (ehtiyâjât))

1. need, necessity

   Synonym: نیاز (niyâz)

   • c. 1320, Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, “Ghazal 288”, in دیوانِ امیرخسرو دهلوی [Divan of Amīr Khusraw]‎^[1]:

     مست ترا به هیچ میی احتیاج نیست
     رنج مرا ز هیچ طبیبی علاج نیست

     mast tu-râ ba hêč may-ê ihtiyâj nêst
     ranj ma-râ zi hêč tabîb-ê 'ilâj nêst

     Drunk, you have no need for any wine;
     Anguished, I have no cure from any doctor.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• احتیاج داشتن (ehtiyâj dâštan, “to need”)

 

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪɦ.t̪ɪ.jɑːd͡ʒ/

Noun

احتیاج • (ihtiyāj) f (Hindi spelling इहतियाज)

1. desideratum
2. lack, necessity, need