آرزو

See also: أرزو

Khalaj

Noun

آرِزو (ârızu) (definite accusative آرِزونوُ, plural آرِزولار)

Arabic spelling of ârızu (“wish”)

Declension

Declension of
	singular	plural
nominative	آرزو	آرزولار
genitive	آرزوݧ	آرزولارؽݧ
dative	آرزوقا	آرزولارقا
definite accusative	آرزوݧ	آرزولارؽ
locative	آرزوچا	آرزولارچا
ablative	آرزودا	آرزولاردا
instrumental	آرزولا	آرزولارلا
equative	آرزووارا	آرزولاروارا

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Iranian Persian (ârzu).

Noun

آرزو • (ārzū)

Descendants

Turkish: arzu
→ Armenian: արզու (arzu)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian ʾlcwk (ārzōg, “desire, lust”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ɾi.ˈzoː/, /ʔaːɾ.ˈzoː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾɪ.zóː], [ʔɑː.ɾɪ.zúː], [ʔɑːɾ.zóː], [ʔɑːɾ.zúː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ɾɪ.zóː], [ʔɑː.ɾɪ.zúː], [ʔɑːɾ.zóː], [ʔɑːɾ.zúː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ɾi.zʊ́ː], [ʔɔː.ɾu.zú], [ʔɔːɾ.zʊ́ː], [ʔɔːɾ.zú]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ɹe.zúː], [ʔɒːɹ.zúː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ɾi.zú], [ʔɔɾ.zú]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ārizō, ārzō
Dari reading^?	ārizō, ārizū, ārzō, ārzū
Iranian reading^?	ârezu, ârzu
Tajik reading^?	orizu, orzu

Noun


Iranian Persian	آرزو
Dari	آرزو
Tajik	орзу

آرزو • (âr(e)zu or âr(i)zô) (plural آرزوها)

desire
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3969:
  همچنان که آرزوی سود هست
  آرزوی مرگ بردن ز آن به است
  hamčunān ki ārzō-i sud hast
  ārzō-i marg burdan za ān bih ast
  Even as there is desire for profit,
  the desire to win death is better than that.
wish
hope

Derived terms

آرزومند (âr(e)zumand)
آرزو کردن (âr(e)zu kardan)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: arzu
→ Bengali: আরজু (arzu)
→ Gujarati: આરજૂ (ārajū)
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: आरज़ू (ārzū)

Urdu: آرْزُو (ārzū)
→ Khalaj: ârızu
→ Ottoman Turkish: آرزو (ārzū)
- Turkish: arzu
- → Armenian: արզու (arzu)
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਆਰਜ਼ੂ (ārazū)

Shahmukhi script: آرْزُو (ārzū)
→ Uyghur: ئارزۇ (arzu)

Proper noun

آرزو • (âr(e)zu or ār(i)zô)

a female given name, Arezoo, Arezou, Arezu, Arzu, Arizo, or Arzo

References

^ Cheung, Johnny (2007) “*rauǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 318-319

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (ārzō) with the majhūl vowel lost (ō > ū).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑːɾ.zuː/
Rhymes: -uː

Noun

آرْزُو • (ārzū) f (Hindi spelling आरज़ू)

Yidgha

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu آرزو (ārzū), from Classical Persian (ārzō).

Noun

آرزو (ārzū) f

wish, desire, longing, aspiration

References

https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Yidgha-Wordlist.pdf