اشتہا

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ištihā), from Arabic اِشْتِهَاء (ištihāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪʃ.t̪ɪ.ɦɑː/

Noun

اِشْتِہَا • (iśtihā) f (Hindi spelling इश्तिहा)

lust, appetite, craving, hunger
Synonym: بھُوک (bhūk)

References

Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اشتہا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.

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