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desiderative

desiderative adjective: having or indicating wish or desire.

Adjective

desiderative (comparative more desiderative, superlative most desiderative)

  1. Having or indicating wish or desire.
  2. Of a verb expressing a wish.

Noun

desiderative (plural desideratives)

  1. A verbal mood expressing the desire to carry out an act, found in languages such as Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; the optative.

desiderative meaning in Bengali

desiderative in Bengali

ইচ্ছা, আকাঙ্ক্ষা প্রকাশকারী, নির্দেশক

Forms of desiderative

Adjective
comparativemore desiderative
superlativemost desiderative
Noun
pluraldesideratives

Origin of desiderative

Borrowed from Latin dēsīderātīvus.

Questions about desiderative

What does desiderative mean?
Desiderative means having or indicating wish or desire.
What is desiderative in Bengali?
Desiderative in Bengali is ইচ্ছা, আকাঙ্ক্ষা প্রকাশকারী, নির্দেশক. See Desiderative meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is desiderative?
Desiderative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near desiderative in the dictionary

  1. desiderated
  2. desiderates
  3. desiderating
  4. desideration
  5. desiderations
  6. desiderative
  7. desideratives
  8. desideratum
  9. Desiderius
  10. desidiose
  11. desidious

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