temenni

Meaning

  1. An act of wishing for something to come true.
  2. A wish, desire, request.

Synonyms

Hyphenated as
te‧men‧ni
Pronounced as (IPA)
/te.menˈniː/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish تمنی (temenni, “a desiring in one's heart and mind, an asking for, a requesting”), from Arabic تَمَنٍّ (tamannin), verbal noun of تَمَنَّى (tamannā, “to wish for, to desire”).

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