شهوت

See also: شهوة

Persian

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic شَهْوَة (šahwa)bor.
    Persian شهوت

    Borrowed from Arabic شَهْوَة (šahwa).

    Pronunciation

     

    Readings
    Classical reading? šahwat
    Dari reading? šahwat
    Iranian reading? šahvat
    Tajik reading? šahvat

    Noun

    شهوت • (šahvat)

    1. lust, sexual desire, sex drive, libido
      Synonym: حَشَر (hašar)
      • c. 1080, Kaykāwūs, Qābūs-nāma:
        پدر و مادر را بر من چه حق است که ایشان را غرض شهوت بود نه مقصود من بودم.
        pidar u mādar rā bar man či haqq ast ki ēšān rā ġaraz šahwat būd na maqsūd-i man būdam.
        What right do my father and mother have over me? For their intention was sexual gratification, and [having] me was not their goal.
        (Classical Persian transliteration)
      • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1977:
        عاقبت بینی نشان نور تست
        شهوت حالی حقیقت گور تست‏
        'āqibat bīnī nišān-i nūr ast
        šahwat-i hālī haqīqat gōr ast
        Vision of the end is the sign of your (having the) light;
        the lust of the moment is in truth your (dark) grave.

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    • → Gujarati: શેહેવત (śehevat)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: شهوت
    • → Urdu: شہوت
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