اشتها

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِشْتِهاء (ištihāʔ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔiʃ.ti.ˈhaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʃ.t̪ʰe.ɦɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.t̪ʰi.ɦɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ištihā
Dari reading^?	ištehā
Iranian reading^?	eštehâ
Tajik reading^?	ištiho

Noun

اشتها • (eštehâ)

appetite (desire of or relish for food)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: iştaha, iştah
→ Hindustani:
- → Hindi: इश्तिहा (iśtihā)
- → Urdu: اِشْتِہَا (iśtihā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: اشتاه (iştâh), اشتها (iştiha)
- → Turkish: iştah
- → Armenian: իշտահ (ištah), իշտախ (ištax), ըշտահ (əštah), ըշտըհա (əštəha), իշթախ (ištʻax), շտահ (štah)
- → Bulgarian: ишти́х (ištíh), ишта́х (ištáh), ища́х (ištáh)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
  - → Latin script: ištah
  - → Cyrillic script: ишта̄х
→ Punjabi: ਇਸ਼ਤਿਹਾ (iśatihā), اِشْتِہَا (īśtihā)
→ Uzbek: ishtaha, иштаҳа (ishtaha)