مشتهى

العربية

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مشتهى¹

Where it comes from

Derived from the passive participle of اِشْتَهَى (ištahā).

adjective مُشْتَهًى · muštahan · مُشْتَهَى · مُشْتَهَاة · مُشْتَهَوْن · مُشْتَهَيَات

  1. wished, desired, craved for

noun مُشْتَهًى · muštahan · مُشْتَهَى · مُشْتَهَيَات · الْمُشْتَهَى

  1. wish, desire

مشتهى²

Where it comes from

A plant not spread in the Arab world except scatteredly in Northwest Africa – a Romance borrowing, akin to Portuguese mostajeiro, Asturian mostayo, Leonese mostellar, mostayal, mostayo, Spanish mostajo, mostellar (the form mostellar from Leonese), Aragonese mostayo, mostajo, mostachera, moixera, Catalan mogera, moixera, moxera, meaning Sorbus aria, deriving from Vulgar Latin extensions of Latin mustum (“must”), because of the berries being stored in must or tasting of wine. Doublet of مُصْطَار / مُسْطَار (muṣṭār / musṭār, “must”), an earlier borrowing of a unit of measure for must.

noun مُشْتَهَى · muštahā · الْمُشْتَهَى

  1. common whitebeam (Aria edulis, syn. Sorbus aria) وفيه ينضج الخوخ والرمان والسفرجل ويسود بعض حب الريتون ويطيب حب شجر المشتهى والبلوط والقسطل ويفصل الجوز وهو أفضل وقت جمعه وفيه يجمع الصنوبر والعناب ويظهر فيه الأسفاراج وفيه يبدئ بالحرث والزراعة بعد نزول الغيث وذلك في بعض البلاد وفيه تجمع الكراويا والكمون واللوبياء والدرونج وبزور الأحباق والكزبر والأر

In English

  • whitebeam any of various Eurasian deciduous trees of the genus Sorbus subg. Aria

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {مشتهى},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%89},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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