خواہ

Borrowed from Persian خواه‎ (xâh).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /xɑːɦ/, /xwɑːɦ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /xɑːɦ/, /xwɑːɦ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɦ

خواہ • (xāh, xvāh) (Hindi spelling ख़्वाह)

1. (formal) even if, regardless of

   ‏خواہ کچھ بھی ہو جائے‎ ― xāh kuch bhī ho jā'e ― No matter what happens (lit. Even if anything happens)

   ‏خواہ یہ ہو یا نا ہو‎ ― xāh ye ho yā nā ho ― Regardless of whether it happens or not

   Synonym: چاہے‎ (cāhe)

• خواہ مخواہ‎ (xāh ma-xāh, xvāh ma-xvāh)

خواہ • (xāh, xvāh) (Hindi spelling ख़्वाह)

1. desiring, wishing
2. requiring, wanting
3. soliciting

• خیر خواہ‎ (xair-xvāh, xair-xāh, “well-wisher”)
• بد خواہ‎ (bad-xvāh, bad-xāh, “ill-wisher”)
• دل خواہ‎ (dil-xvāh, dil-xāh, “beloved, heart's desire”)
• اجازت خواہ‎ (ijāzat-xvāh, “applicant”)
• رزم خواہ‎ (razm-xvāh, razam-xāh, “warmonger”)
• نان خواہ‎ (nān-xvāh, nān-xāh, “bishop's weed, carom (Trachyspermum ammi)”)

• “خواہ”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.