حرص

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Arabic

Root
ح ر ص (ḥ-r-ṣ)

Pronunciation 1

Noun

حِرْص (ḥirṣm

  1. greed, craving, eagerness
  2. fruit stone, pulp round the stone
Declension

Pronunciation 2

Verb

حَرِصَ or حَرَصَ (ḥaraṣa or ḥariṣa) I, non-past يَحْرِصُ‎ (yaḥriṣu)

  1. to desire, to want
  2. to strive, to aspire
Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حرص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حرص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حِرْص (ḥirṣ).

Noun

حرص (hırs)

  1. passion
  2. desire
  3. anger
  4. forwardness

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic حِرْص (ḥirṣ).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? hirs
Dari reading? hirs
Iranian reading? hers
Tajik reading? hirs

Noun

حرص (hers)

  1. greed