شهوة

Arabic

Root
ش ه و (š-h-w)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃah.wa/

Noun

شَهْوَة • (šahwa) f (plural شَهَوَات (šahawāt))

1. lust; craving; greed; yearning; passion

Declension

Declension of noun شَهْوَة (šahwa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَهْوَة šahwa	الشَّهْوَة aš-šahwa	شَهْوَة šahwat
Nominative	شَهْوَةٌ šahwatun	الشَّهْوَةُ aš-šahwatu	شَهْوَةُ šahwatu
Accusative	شَهْوَةً šahwatan	الشَّهْوَةَ aš-šahwata	شَهْوَةَ šahwata
Genitive	شَهْوَةٍ šahwatin	الشَّهْوَةِ aš-šahwati	شَهْوَةِ šahwati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَهْوَتَيْن šahwatayn	الشَّهْوَتَيْن aš-šahwatayn	شَهْوَتَيْ šahwatay
Nominative	شَهْوَتَانِ šahwatāni	الشَّهْوَتَانِ aš-šahwatāni	شَهْوَتَا šahwatā
Accusative	شَهْوَتَيْنِ šahwatayni	الشَّهْوَتَيْنِ aš-šahwatayni	شَهْوَتَيْ šahwatay
Genitive	شَهْوَتَيْنِ šahwatayni	الشَّهْوَتَيْنِ aš-šahwatayni	شَهْوَتَيْ šahwatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَهَوَات šahawāt	الشَّهَوَات aš-šahawāt	شَهَوَات šahawāt
Nominative	شَهَوَاتٌ šahawātun	الشَّهَوَاتُ aš-šahawātu	شَهَوَاتُ šahawātu
Accusative	شَهَوَاتٍ šahawātin	الشَّهَوَاتِ aš-šahawāti	شَهَوَاتِ šahawāti
Genitive	شَهَوَاتٍ šahawātin	الشَّهَوَاتِ aš-šahawāti	شَهَوَاتِ šahawāti

Descendants

• Maltese: xehwa
• → Azerbaijani: şəhvət
• → Northern Kurdish: şehwetî
• Persian: شهوت (šahvat)
  • → Gujarati: શેહેવત (śehevat)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: شهوت
    • → Turkish: şehvet
  • → Urdu: شہوت
• → Malay: syahwat
  • Indonesian: syahwat
• → Swahili: shahawa
• → Uyghur: شەھۋەت (shehwet)
• → Uzbek: shahvat

Further reading

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “شهو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Malay

Noun

شهوة (plural شهوة-شهوة or شهوة۲, informal 1st possessive شهوةکو, 2nd possessive شهوةمو, 3rd possessive شهوةڽ)

1. Jawi spelling of syahwat.