اشتها

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِشْتِهاء (ištihāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.ti.ˈhɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʃ.t̪ʰe.ɦɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.t̪ʰi.ɦɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	ištihā
Dari reading?	ištehā
Iranian reading?	eštehâ
Tajik reading?	ištiho

Noun

اشتها • (eštehâ)

1. appetite (desire of or relish for food)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: iştaha, iştah
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: इश्तिहा (iśtihā)

  Urdu: اِشْتِہَا (iśtihā)

• → Ottoman Turkish: اشتاه (iştah), اشتها (iştiha)
  • Turkish: iştah
  • → Armenian: իշտահ (ištah), իշտախ (ištax), ըշտահ (əštah), ըշտըհա (əštəha), իշթախ (ištʻax), շտահ (štah)
  • → Bulgarian: ишти́х (ištíh), ишта́х (ištáh), ища́х (ištáh)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: ištah / ишта̄х
  • → Uzbek: иштаҳа (ishtaha)