Persian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Dari درخواست
Iranian Persian
Tajik дархост

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

  1. request
    Synonym: خواهش (xâheš)
  2. application

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian درخواست (darxʷāst).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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دَرْخْوَاسْت (darxvāstf (Hindi spelling दरख़ास्त)

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

Declension

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

Descendants

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Further reading

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  • 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.