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ambition meaning in Punjabi

ਹਵਸ havas

UK/æmˈbɪʃ.ən//æmˈbɪʃ.ən/

ambition in Punjabi: ਹਵਸ (havas). In English, ambition means eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.

Punjabi words for ambition

ambition
ਹਵਸ havas

English meaning of ambition

  1. noun Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
  2. noun An object of an ardent desire.
  3. noun A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
  4. noun A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.

Full definition of ambition

ambition in a sentence

  • My daughter, Johanna, wants to be a firefighter very much. She has a lot of ambition.
  • My ambition is to own a helicopter.

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Questions about ambition in Punjabi

What is the meaning of ambition in Punjabi?
Ambition in Punjabi is ਹਵਸ (havas).
ambition ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Ambition: ਹਵਸ (havas).
What does ambition mean in English?
Ambition means eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.

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Punjabi words from Wiktionary's Punjabi entries whose English meaning is “ambition”: ਹਵਸ. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: ambition (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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