हसरत

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

हसरत • (hasrat) f (Urdu spelling حسرت)

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

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