اشتها

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اِشْتِهاء (ištihāʔ).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰe̞.ɦɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɪʃ.t̪ʰi.jɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔiʃ.t̪ʰi.jɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔeʃ.t̪ʰe.ɦɒ́ː]

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

Readings
Classical reading?	ištihā
Dari reading?	ištehā
Iranian reading?	eštehâ
Tajik reading?	ištiho

Noun

اشتها • (eštehâ)

1. appetite (desire of or relish for food)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: iştaha, iştah
• → Hindustani:
  • → Hindi: इश्तिहा (iśtihā)
  • → Urdu: اِشْتِہَا (iśtihā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: اشتاه (iştâh), اشتها (iştiha)
  • → Turkish: iştah
  • → Armenian: իշտահ (ištah), իշտախ (ištax), ըշտահ (əštah), ըշտըհա (əštəha), իշթախ (ištʻax), շտահ (štah)
  • → Bulgarian: ишти́х (ištíh), ишта́х (ištáh), ища́х (ištáh)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • → Latin script: ištah
    • → Cyrillic script: ишта̄х
• → Punjabi: ਇਸ਼ਤਿਹਾ (iśatihā), اِشْتِہَا (īśtihā)
• → Uzbek: ishtaha, иштаҳа (ishtaha)