اشتیاق

See also: اشتياق

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِشْتِيَاق (ištiyāq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.ti.ˈjɑːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ːq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʃ.t̪i.jɒ́ːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.t̪ʰi.jɔ́q]

Readings
Classical reading?	ištiyāq
Dari reading?	ištiyāq
Iranian reading?	eštiyâğ
Tajik reading?	ištiyoq

Noun

Dari	اشتیاق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	иштиёқ

اشتیاق • (eštiyâq)

1. ardent desire; longing; enthusiasm
   • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 3:

     سینه خواهم شرحه شرحه از فراق
     تا بگویم شرح درد اشتیاق

     sīna xwāham šarha šarha az firāq
     tā bigūyam šarh-i dard-i istiyāq

     I want a bosom torn by severance, that I may unfold the pain of love-desire.

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Urdu

Etymology

From Arabic اِشْتِيَاق (ištiyāq).

Noun

اشتیاق • (iśtiyāq) m (Hindi spelling इशतियाक़)

1. ardent desire, desire, craving, longing
2. zeal