احتیاج

See also: احتياج

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic اِحْتِيَاج (iḥtiyāj).

Noun

احتیاج • (ihtiyac) (plural احتیاجلر)

  1. need, requirement
  2. necessity

Descendants

  • Turkish: ihtiyaç

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِحْتِيَاج (iḥtiyāj).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [ʔe̞ɦ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [ʔɪ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːd͡ʒ]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [ʔi.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ːd͡ʒ̥]

Readings
Classical reading? ihtiyāj
Dari reading? ehtiyāj
Iranian reading? ehtiyâj
Tajik reading? ehtiyoj

Noun

Dari احتیاج
Iranian Persian
Tajik эҳтиёҷ

احتیاج • (ehtiyâj) (plural احتیاجات)

  1. need, necessity
    Synonym: نیاز (niyâz)
    • c. 1320, Amīr Khusraw Dihlavī, “Ghazal 288”, in دیوانِ امیرخسرو دهلوی [Divan of Amīr Khusraw]‎[1]:
      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.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic اِحْتِيَاج (iḥtiyāj).

Pronunciation

Noun

احتیاج • (ihtiyājf (Hindi spelling इहतियाज)

  1. desideratum
  2. lack, necessity, need