खामखा

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Haryanvi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian خواه م‌خواه (xʷāh ma-xʷāh, literally willing (or) not willing, willy-nilly). Compare Urdu خواہ مَخواہ (xāh maxāh).

Adverb

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खामखा (khāmkhā)

  1. unnecessarily, unwillingly
  2. without any good reason
  3. used for an action which did not give the expected benefit