خواہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خواه (xʷāh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑːɦ/, /xwɑːɦ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

Conjunction

خواہ • (xāh, xvāh) (Hindi spelling ख़्वाह)

1. (formal) even if, regardless of

   Synonym: چاہے (cāhe)

   خواہ کچھ بھی ہو جائے ― xāh kuch bhī ho jā'e ― No matter what happens (lit. Even if anything happens)

   خواہ یہ ہو یا نا ہو ― xāh ye ho yā nā ho ― Regardless of whether it happens or not

Derived terms

• خواہ مخواہ (xāh ma-xāh, xvāh ma-xvāh)

Suffix

خواہ • (xāh, xvāh) (Hindi spelling ख़्वाह)

1. desiring, wishing
2. requiring, wanting
3. soliciting

Derived terms

• خیر خواہ (xair-xvāh, xair-xāh, “well-wisher”)
• بد خواہ (bad-xvāh, bad-xāh, “ill-wisher”)
• دل خواہ (dil-xvāh, dil-xāh, “beloved, heart's desire”)
• اجازت خواہ (ijāzat-xvāh, “applicant”)
• رزم خواہ (razm-xvāh, razam-xāh, “warmonger”)
• نان خواہ (nān-xvāh, nān-xāh, “bishop's weed, carom (Trachyspermum ammi)”)

References

• “خواہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.