خواهش

See also: خواہش

Persian

Etymology

From خواه (xwāh / xâh) +‎ ـش (-iš / -eš).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷaː.ˈhiʃ/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɦɪʃ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɦɪʃ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.jɪʃ]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.jiʃ]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.ɦeʃ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.ɦiʃ]

Readings
Classical reading?	xwāhiš
Dari reading?	xāhiš
Iranian reading?	xâheš
Tajik reading?	xohiš

• Rhymes: (Iran) -eʃ, (Dari) -ɪʃ, (Classical Persian) -iʃ

Noun

خواهش • (xwāhiš / xâheš) (Tajik spelling хоҳиш)

1. request

Related terms

• خواهش می‌کنم (xwāhiš mē-kunam / xâheš mi-konam)
• خواهش کردن (xwāhiš kardan / xâheš kardan)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xahiş
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: ख़्वाहिश (xvāhiś)

  Urdu: خواہِش (xāhiś), خْواہِش (xvāhiś)

• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਖ਼ਾਹਿਸ਼ (xāhiś), ਖਾਹਸ਼ (khāhaś), ਖ਼ਾਹਸ਼ (xāhaś)