خواهشمند

Persian

Etymology

From (xâheš) +‎ (-mand).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /xʷaː.hiʃ.ˈmand/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [xɑː.ɦɪʃ.mǽn̪d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [xɑː.jɪʃ.mǽn̪d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [xɔː.jiʃ.mǽn̪d̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [xɒː.ɦeʃ.mǽn̪d̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [χɔ.ɦiʃ.mǽn̪d̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	xwāhišmand
Dari reading^?	xāhišmand
Iranian reading^?	xâhešmand
Tajik reading^?	xohišmand

Adjective

خواهشمند • (xâhešmand)

requesting, asking

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “خواهشمند”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim