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اشتها · اِشْتِهَاء — appetite

Same meaningCertainnoun · Food · everyday

Persian took the Arabic word and kept its meaning.

Arabic

اِشْتِهَاء
ishtihāʾ

/ʔiʃtihaːʔ/

In Arabic

appetite

Persian

اشتها
eštehā

/eʃtehɒ/

In Persian

appetite

Root
ش ه و

Spelling. Persian drops the final hamza of Arabic -āʾ.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr