درخواست

Persian

Etymology

در (dar) +‎ خواست (xâst, past stem of خواستن (xâstan, “to want”)). Compare Central Kurdish داخوازی (daxwazî), Northern Kurdish daxwaz.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [daɾ.ˈxʷɑːst]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.xɑ́ːst̪]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.xɑ́ːst̪]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.xɑ́ːst̪]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.ˈxɔːst̪]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪æɹ.xɒ́ːst̪]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [d̪äɾ.χɔ́st̪]

Readings
Classical reading?	darxwāst
Dari reading?	darxāst
Iranian reading?	darxâst
Tajik reading?	darxost

Noun

Dari	درخواست
Iranian Persian
Tajik	дархост

درخواست • (darxâst) (plural درخواست‌ها (darxâst-hâ))

1. request

   Synonym: خواهش (xâheš)

2. application

Derived terms

• درخواست دادن (darxâst dâdan)
• درخواست کردن (darxâst kardan)

 

Descendants

• → Assamese: দৰ্খাস্ত (dorkhasto)
• → Bengali: দরখাস্ত (dorkhasto)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: दरख़ास्त (darxāst), दरख़्वास्त (daraxvāst)

  Urdu: درخواست (darxāst, daraxvāst)

  • → Telugu: దరఖాస్తు (darakhāstu)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦਰਖਾਸਤ (darkhāsat)

  Shahmukhi script: درخواست (darxāst)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian درخواست (darxʷāst).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪əɾ.xʷɑːst̪/, [d̪əɾ.xɑːst̪]
• Rhymes: -ɑːst̪
• Hyphenation: دَرخ‧واست

Noun

دَرْخْوَاسْت • (darxvāst) f (Hindi spelling दरख़ास्त)

1. appeal, petition
2. application, proposal
3. desire, will, request

Declension

Declension of درخواست
	singular	plural
direct	دَرْخْوَاسْت (darxvāst)	دَرْخْوَاسْتیں (darxvāstẽ)
oblique	دَرْخْوَاسْت (darxvāst)	دَرْخْوَاسْتوں (darxvāstõ)
vocative	دَرْخْوَاسْت (darxvāst)	دَرْخْوَاسْتو (darxvāsto)

Descendants

• → Telugu: దరఖాస్తు (darakhāstu)

Further reading

• “درخواست”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “درخواست”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “درخواست”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.