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