درخواست

Persian

Etymology

در (dar) +‎ خواست (xâst, past stem of خواستن (xâstan, “to want”)). Compare Central Kurdish داخوازی (daxwazî), Northern Kurdish daxwaz.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [d̪äɾ.xɑ́ːst̪]
    • (Kabuli) IPA(key): [d̪äɾ.xɑ́ːst̪]
    • (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [d̪äɾ.ˈxɔːst̪]

Readings
Classical reading? darxwāst
Dari reading? darxāst
Iranian reading? darxvâst
Tajik reading? darxost

Noun

Dari درخواست
Iranian Persian
Tajik дархост

درخواست • (darxâst) (plural درخواست‌ها)

  1. request
    Synonym: خواهش (xâheš)
  2. application

Derived terms

Descendants

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian درخواست (darxʷāst).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪əɾ.xʷɑːst̪/, [d̪əɾ.xɑːst̪]
  • Rhymes: -ɑːst̪
  • Hyphenation: دَرخ‧واست

Noun

دَرْخْوَاسْت • (darxvāst) f (Hindi spelling दरख़ास्त)

  1. appeal, petition
  2. application, proposal
  3. desire, will, request

Declension

Declension of درخواست
singular plural
direct دَرْخْوَاسْت (darxvāst) دَرْخْوَاسْتیں (darxvāstẽ)
oblique دَرْخْوَاسْت (darxvāst) دَرْخْوَاسْتوں (darxvāstõ)
vocative دَرْخْوَاسْت (darxvāst) دَرْخْوَاسْتو (darxvāsto)

Descendants

Further reading

  • “درخواست”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “درخواست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “درخواست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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