Arabic vocabulary
اِشْتَهَىdesire
How to say “desire” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
وَكَذَلِكَ كُلُّ مَا يشتهيه فالهوى مستحلب لَهُ مَا يَفِيدُ
And similarly, everything he desires, the desire draws to him what benefits.
يَشْتَهِيهِ — he desires it. Present-tense verb, subject 'he' built in; '-hi' = 'it' object.
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