हसरत

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حسرت (hasrat), from Arabic حَسْرَة (ḥasra, “grief”). Compare Turkish hasret (“longing”) for similar semantic development.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦəs.ɾət̪/, [ɦɐs.ɾɐt̪]

Noun

हसरत • (hasrat) f (Urdu spelling حسرت)

1. wanting, longing, desire

   Synonyms: कामना (kāmnā), अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā), चाहत (cāhat), ख़्वाहिश (xvāhiś), आरज़ू (ārzū)

Declension

Declension of हसरत (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हसरत hasrat	हसरतें hasratẽ
oblique	हसरत hasrat	हसरतों hasratõ
vocative	हसरत hasrat	हसरतो hasrato

Derived terms

• हसरत करना (hasrat karnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हसरत”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press