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Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic اِحْتِيَاج (iḥtiyāj).
Noun
احتیاج • (ihtiyac) (plural احتیاجلر)
- need, requirement
- necessity
Descendants
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاج (iḥtiyāj).
Pronunciation
| Readings
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| Classical reading?
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ihtiyāj
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| Dari reading?
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ehtiyāj
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| Iranian reading?
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ehtiyâj
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| Tajik reading?
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ehtiyoj
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Noun
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احتیاج
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| Iranian Persian
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| Tajik
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эҳтиёҷ
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احتیاج • (ehtiyâj) (plural احتیاجات (ehtiyâjât))
- need, necessity
- Synonym: نیاز (niyâz)
c. 1320, Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, “Ghazal 288”, in دیوانِ امیرخسرو دهلوی [Divan of Amīr Khusraw]:مست ترا به هیچ میی احتیاج نیست
رنج مرا ز هیچ طبیبی علاج نیست- mast tu-râ ba hêč may-ê ihtiyâj nêst
ranj ma-râ zi hêč tabîb-ê 'ilâj nêst - Drunk, you have no need for any wine;
Anguished, I have no cure from any doctor.
Derived terms
Urdu
Etymology
From Arabic اِحْتِيَاج (iḥtiyāj).
Pronunciation
Noun
احتیاج • (ihtiyāj) f (Hindi spelling इहतियाज)
- desideratum
- lack, necessity, need