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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خواه (xʷāh).
Pronunciation
Conjunction
خواہ • (xāh, xvāh) (Hindi spelling ख़्वाह)
- (formal) even if, regardless of
- Synonym: چاہے (cāhe)
خواہ کچھ بھی ہو جائے- xāh kuch bhī ho jā'e
- No matter what happens (lit. Even if anything happens)
- خواہ یہ ہو یا نا ہو ― xāh ye ho yā nā ho ― Regardless of whether it happens or not
Derived terms
Suffix
خواہ • (xāh, xvāh) (Hindi spelling ख़्वाह)
- desiring, wishing
- requiring, wanting
- soliciting
Derived terms
- خیر خواہ (xair-xvāh, xair-xāh, “well-wisher”)
- بد خواہ (bad-xvāh, bad-xāh, “ill-wisher”)
- دل خواہ (dil-xvāh, dil-xāh, “beloved, heart's desire”)
- اجازت خواہ (ijāzat-xvāh, “applicant”)
- رزم خواہ (razm-xvāh, razam-xāh, “warmonger”)
- نان خواہ (nān-xvāh, nān-xāh, “bishop's weed, carom (Trachyspermum ammi)”)
References
- “خواہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.