حرص

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Arabic

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Root
ح ر ص (ḥ r ṣ)
4 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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حَرَصَ (ḥaraṣa) I (non-past يَحْرِصُ (yaḥriṣu), verbal noun حَرْص (ḥarṣ) or حِرْص (ḥirṣ))
حَرِصَ (ḥariṣa) I (non-past يَحْرَصُ (yaḥraṣu), verbal noun حَرْص (ḥarṣ) or حِرْص (ḥirṣ))

  1. to desire, to want
  2. to strive, to aspire
Conjugation
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Etymology 1.2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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حِرْص (ḥirṣm

  1. greed, craving, eagerness
Declension
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حرص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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From Arabic حِرْص (ḥirṣ).

Noun

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حرص (hırs)

  1. passion
  2. desire
  3. anger
  4. forwardness

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic حِرْص (ḥirṣ).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? hirs
Dari reading? hirs
Iranian reading? hers
Tajik reading? hirs

Noun

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حرص (hers)

  1. greed