Hasrat (हसरत)
Origin: Arabic
Hasrat is an Urdu word, it means “regret/intense sorrow/desire/longing” in English, while in Hindi it’s called as “khed/खेद, teevra dukh/तीव्र दुःख, icha/इच्छा, lalsa/लालसा.
For eg: “Kyun teri hasrat hai har khwaish se badhkar mujhe” which means, “why I desire you, more than anything else.”
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