حرص

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح ر ص (ḥ-r-ṣ).

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ħirsˤ/

Noun

حِرْص (ḥirṣ) m

  1. greed, craving, eagerness
  2. fruit stone, pulp round the stone
Declension

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ħa.ra.sˤa/

Verb

حَرَصَ (ḥaraṣa) I, non-past يَحْرُصُ‎ (yaḥruṣu)

  1. (transitive) to guard, to watch, to control
    حَرَصَ جُحَا عَلَى تَجَنُّبِ غَضَبِ زَوْجَتِهِ وَمَرَّةً...
    ḥaraṣa juḥā ʿalā tajannubi ḡaḍabi zawjatihi wamarratan...
    Joha was keen to avoid his wife's anger and once ...
Conjugation

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), حرص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), حرص”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic حِرْص (ḥirṣ).

Noun

حرص (hırs)

  1. passion
  2. desire
  3. anger
  4. forwardness

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حِرْص (ḥirṣ).

Noun

حرص (hers)

  1. greed
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