ارادہ

See also: اراده and إرادة

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اِرَادَه (irāda), from Arabic إِرَادَة (ʔirāda).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɪ.ɾɑː.d̪ɑ(ː)/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): [e.ɾɑː.d̪ɑː]
• Hyphenation: اِ‧رَ‧ادَہ

Noun

اِرَادَہ • (irāda) m (Hindi spelling इरादा)

1. intention
2. purpose; aim
3. desire; inclination

   Synonym: اِچّھا (icchā)

Declension

Declension of ارادہ
	singular	plural
direct	اِرَادَہ (irādah)	اِرَادے (irāde)
oblique	اِرَادے (irāde)	اِرَادوں (irādõ)
vocative	اِرَادے (irāde)	اِرَادو (irādo)

Further reading

• “ارادہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ارادہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اراده”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “اراده”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “اِراده”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “اراده”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu ارادہ (irādah), from Classical Persian اراده (irāda), from Arabic إِرَادَة (ʔirāda).

Noun

ارادہ (erādeh)

1. intention, purpose, aim, object
2. desire, will, wish, dream, meaning, intent, intentness, volition, would