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کاو kāw

P کاو kāw [fr. kāwīdan = kābīdan = kāfīdan = kāftan; rt. Zend kap; said to be akin to S. श्वि; cf. Gr. κόπ˚, κάπ˚, and Lat. cav˚ (as in cavare, cavus)], act. part. (used in comp.), Digging, excavating, hollowing out;—examining, investigating; meditating (on);—kāw or (more com.) kāw-kāw, s.f. Diligent search, strict investigation or inquiry, scrutiny; diligence, pains, toil, labour, trouble.

خواه ḵẖẉāh act. part. of خواستن, see ḵẖẉāst

P خواه ḵẖẉāh (act. part. of خواستن, see ḵẖẉāst), part. adj. Wishing, willing, desiring, soliciting, requiring, wanting (used in comp., e.g. taraqqī-ḵẖẉāh, 'Wishing for increase, soliciting advancement';—ḵẖāt̤ir-ḵẖẉāh, q.v.s.v. ḵẖāt̤ir:—ḵẖẉāh ma-ḵẖẉāh, ḵẖẉāh na-ḵẖwāh, adv. Willing or unwilling, nolens volens, perforce; certainly, positively, absolutely, inevitably, at all events);—conj. Either, or; whether:—ḵẖẉāh—ḵẖẉāh, and ḵẖẉāh—yā, Whether—or.