اشتہا

اشتہا

Urdu

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

اِشْتِہَا • (iśtihā) f (Hindi spelling इश्तिहा)

1. lust, appetite, craving, hunger

   Synonym: بھُوک‎ (bhūk)

References

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