# خواستن
## Persian
### Etymology

From Middle Persian hwʾstn' (/⁠xwāstan⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [xʷɑːs.ˈtan]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xɑːs.t̪ʰǽn]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [xɑːs.t̪ʰǽn]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [xɑːs.t̪ʰǽn]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [xɔːs.t̪ʰǽn]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [xɒːs.t̪ʰǽn]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [χɔs.t̪ʰǽn]
* Homophone: خاستن (xâstan)
* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Verb

| Dari | خواستن |
| Iranian Persian | خواستن |
| Tajik | хостан |
خواستن • (xâstan) (present stem خواه (xâh))
* to want, to intend (both of nouns and verbs)
    Synonym: میل داشتن (meyl dâštan, “to want, to desire”)
    می‌خواهم بروم. (more literary) ― mi-xâham beravam. ― I want to go.
    می‌خوام برم. (more colloquial) ― mi-xâm beram. ― I want to go.
** 1021-1077, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Tarikh-i Bayhaqi
    چون حسنک بیامد، خواجه بر پای خاست. چون او این مَکرُمت بکرد، همه – اگر خواستند یا نه – بر پای خاستند. بو سهل زوزنی بر خشم خود طاقت نداشت؛ برخاست، نه تمام و بر خویشتن می ژکید. احمد او را گفت: در همه کارها ناتمامی. وی نیک از جای بشد.Čūn Hasanak biyāmad, Xwāja bar pāy xāst. Čūn ō īn makrumat bikard, hama – agar xwāstand yā na – bar pāy xāstand. Bū Sahl Zawzanī bar xašm-i xwad tāqat nadāšt; bar-xāst, na tamām, wa bar xwēštan mē-žakīd. Ahmad ō rā guft: "dar hama-i kār-hā nā-tamāmī". Way nēk az jāy bišud.When Hasanak [the Vizier] arrived, Khwaja [Ahmad Maymandi] rose to his feet. Since he displayed this act of respect, everyone – whether they wanted or not – rose to their feet.. Bu Sahl Zawzani couldn't contain his irritation; he rose, [but] not completely, while muttering under his breath. Ahmad said to him: "In all [your] undertakings, you lack thoroughness." He [Bu Sahl] became extremely angered.
** 2008, Ali Khamenei, “بیانات در اجتماع زائران و مجاوران حرم مطهر رضوی”, in khamenei.ir‎, archived from the original on 25 June 2021:ملت ایران این را می‌خواهد، این را می‌گوید.mellat-e irân in-râ mi-xâhad, in-râ mi-guyad.The Iranian nation wants this, [and] it is saying this.
* (with از) to ask; to request
    Synonym: خواهش کردن (xâheš kardan)
    از من خواست که درس بخوانم.az man xâst ke dars bexânam.He asked me to study.
* (literary, auxiliary) will; in the literary language, appears in the aorist to form the future tense, preceding the bare past stem of the main verb
    خواهم رفت. ― xâham raft. ― I will go.
    آن را بر نخواهم داشت. ― ân-râ bar na-xâham dâšt. ― I will not pick it up.
* to be owed
    من از علی ۴٫۰۰۰ تومان می‌خواستم.man az ali 4, 000 tumân mi-xâstam.Ali owed me 4,000 tomans.

#### Usage notes

* (to want, to request): If used before a main verb, the main verb must be in the subjunctive.
* (auxiliary, will): The future tense with خواستن is virtually never used in colloquial Persian, where the present tense doubles as the future. The use of the present tense to express the future is also common in the literary language as well.

#### Conjugation
## Southern Kurdish
### Etymology

from Proto-Iranian *xwaz- (“to want; to wish”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Persian خواستن (xâstan, “to want”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xwɑːstən/

### Verb

| Northern Kurdish | xwestin |
| Central Kurdish | ویستن (wîstin) |
خواستن (xwastin)
* (verb) to want
    Synonym: تواستن (twāstin)

#### Usage notes

Chiefly used in Feylî dialects.