अभिलाषा

See also: अभिलाष

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā), analyzed as अभि- (abhi-) +‎ लाषा (lāṣā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɪ.lɑː.ʂɑː/, [ɐ.bʱɪ.läː.ʃäː]

Noun

अभिलाषा • (abhilāṣā) f (Urdu spelling ابھلاشا)

1. desire, want, wish, ambition, aspiration, longing

   Synonyms: अभिलाष (abhilāṣ), चाह (cāh), इच्छा (icchā), कामना (kāmnā)

   उस दिन मेरी हर अभिलाषा पूरी हुई।

   us din merī har abhilāṣā pūrī huī.

   On that day all of my desires were fulfilled.

Declension

Declension of अभिलाषा (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अभिलाषा abhilāṣā	अभिलाषाएँ abhilāṣāẽ
oblique	अभिलाषा abhilāṣā	अभिलाषाओं abhilāṣāõ
vocative	अभिलाषा abhilāṣā	अभिलाषाओ abhilāṣāo

Proper noun

अभिलाषा • (abhilāṣā) f

1. a female given name, Abhilasha, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of अभिलाषा (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	अभिलाषा abhilāṣā
oblique	अभिलाषा abhilāṣā
vocative	अभिलाषा abhilāṣā

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “अभिलाषा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 277
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “अभिलाषा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 38
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “अभिलाषा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 49
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “अभिलाषा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 20.