ابھلاش

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिलाषा (abhilāṣā). Doublet of اَبِھلاکھا (abhilākhā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.bʱɪ.lɑː.ʃɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

اَبِھلاشا • (abhilāśā) m (Hindi spelling अभिलाषा)

1. (rare) desire, longing

   Synonym: اَبِھلاکھا (abhilākhā)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “ابھلاش”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 6
• “ابھلاش”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• “ابھلاش”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.