हवस

Borrowed from Classical Persian هوس (hawas), from Arabic هَوَس (hawas). Cognate with Gujarati હવસ (havas), Marathi हौस (haus) / हव्यास (havyās), Punjabi ਹਵਸ (havas) / ہَوَس (hauas).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦə.ʋəs/, [ɦɐ.ʋɐs]

हवस • (havas) f (Urdu spelling ہَوَس)

1. lust, greed, inordinate desire

   Synonyms: काम (kām), कामना (kāmnā), लोभ (lobh), इच्छा (icchā), मंशा (mañśā)

2. curiosity

   Synonyms: औत्सुक्य (autsukya), उत्सुकता (utsuktā), जिज्ञासा (jijñāsā)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हवस”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हवस”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• “हवस”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.