# غرض
## Arabic
### Verb

غَرِضَ • (ḡariḍa) I (non-past يَغْرَضُ (yaḡraḍu), verbal noun غَرَض (ḡaraḍ))
* to be vexed, to be distressed
* to yearn, to long

#### Conjugation
### Verb

غَرَّضَ • (ḡarraḍa) II (non-past يُغَرِّضُ (yuḡarriḍu), verbal noun تَغْرِيض (taḡrīḍ))
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#### Conjugation
### Noun

غَرَض • (ḡaraḍ) m (plural أَغْرَاض (ʔaḡrāḍ))
* verbal noun of غَرِضَ (ḡariḍa) (form I)
* object of will, intention, target, desire, interest

#### Descendants

* → Azerbaijani: qərəz
* → Northern Kurdish: xered
* → Persian: غرض (ğaraz)
** → Gujarati: ગરજ (garaj)
** → Hindustani:
    Hindi: ग़रज़ (ġaraz)
    Urdu: غَرَض (ġaraz)
** → Marathi: गरज (garaj)
** → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਗਰਜ਼ (garaz)
    Shahmukhi script: غَرَض (ġaraẓ)
* → Ottoman Turkish: غرض (ġaraz)
    > Turkish: garaz (inherited)
* → Uyghur: غەرەز (gherez)
* → Uzbek: gʻaraz

### Adjective

غَرِض • (ḡariḍ)
* vexed, distressed

#### Declension
### References

* Freytag, Georg (1835) “غرض”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 269
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “غرض”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2247–2248

## Hijazi Arabic
### Etymology

From Arabic غَرَض (ḡaraḍ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣa.radˤ/

### Noun

غرض • (ḡaraḍ) m (plural أغراض (ʔaḡrāḍ))
* a thing
    Synonyms: حاجة (ḥāja), شي (šayy)
* object

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic غَرَض (ḡaraḍ).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [ɣa.ˈɾaz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣä.ɾǽz]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [ɣä.ɾǽz]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [ɣä.ɾǽz]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [ɣä.ɾǽz]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qæ.ɹǽz]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [ʁä.ɾǽz]

### Noun

غرض • (ğaraz) (plural اغراض (ağrâz))
* intention; desire
    Synonyms: نیت (niyyat), انگیزه (angize)
* self-interest; self-servingness
    اغراض شخصی او ― ağrâz-e šaxsi-ye u ― his personal interests
** c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 334:چون غرض آمد هنر پوشیده شد صد حجاب از دل به سوی دیده شدčōn ğaraz āmad hunar pōšīda šud sad hijāb az dil ba sōy-i dīda šudWhen self-interest appears, virtue becomes hidden: a hundred veils rise from the heart to the eye.(Classical Persian transliteration)
* spite; grudge; rancor
    Synonym: کینه (kine)
    با تو غرض دارند. ― bâ to ğaraz dârand. ― They have a grudge with you.

## Urdu
### Etymology

First attested in c. 1609 as Middle Hindi غَرَض (ġrẓ), borrowed from Classical Persian غَرَض (ğaraz), from Arabic غَرَض (ḡaraḍ).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /ɣə.ɾəz/
* Rhymes: -əz
* Hyphenation: غَ‧رَض

### Noun

غَرَض • (ġaraz) f (formal plural اَغْرَاض (aġrāz), Hindi spelling ग़रज़)
* desire, purpose, intention
    Synonyms: مَطْلَب (matlab), حاجَت (hājat), مَقْصَد (maqsad), اِرادَہ (irāda), ہَدَف (hadaf)
* desire, selfishness

#### Declension
### Adverb

غَرَض • (ġaraz) (Hindi spelling ग़रज़)
* in short, in summary

### Further reading

* UDB:
    (noun) “غرض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    (adverb) “غرض”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
* “غرض”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “غرض”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]