خواہ
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خواه (xʷāh, “willing, desiring”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xɑːɦ/, /xwɑːɦ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːɦ
Conjunction
خواہ • (xāh, xvāh) (Hindi spelling ख़्वाह)
- (formal) even if
- (formal) whether, or
- Synonym: چاہے (cāhe)
- خواہ یہ ہو خواہ نا ہو
- xāh ye ho xāh nā ho
- Whether it happens or not
Related terms
- خواہ مخواہ (xāh ma-xāh, xvāh ma-xvāh)
Suffix
خواہ • (xāh, xvāh) (Hindi spelling ख़्वाह)
Derived terms
- اجازت خواہ (ijāzat-xvāh, “applicant”)
- بد خواہ (bad-xvāh, bad-xāh, “ill-wisher”)
- خیر خواہ (xair-xvāh, xair-xāh, “well-wisher”)
- دل خواہ (dil-xvāh, dil-xāh, “beloved, heart's desire”)
- 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 [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.