خواہ مخواہ

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Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian خواه م‌خواه (xʷāh ma-xʷāh, literally willing (or) unwilling, willy-nilly). Compare Bengali খামাখা (khamakha).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

خواہ مَخواہ (xāh-maxāh) (Hindi spelling खामखा)

  1. uncalled for, without reason, justification, provocation
  2. certainly, positively, absolutely, inevitably

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