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ḥauṣala, vulg. ḥauṣila, ḥauṣla (for A. حوصلة ḥauṣalat, fem.; v.n. fr. حصل 'to be obtained,' etc.), s.m. Stomach, maw; crop, craw; (fig.) capacity; desire, ambition; resolution; spirit, courage:—ḥauṣila-dār, adj. Having a stomach (for); capacious;—ambitious (see ḥauṣila-mand):—ḥauṣila-dārī, s.f. Capacity, etc.:—ḥauṣila-mand, adj. Aspiring, ambitious;—enterprising, bold, daring:—ḥauṣila nikālnā(apnā), To satisfy (one's) ambition; to do one's best:—ḥauṣle-wālā, adj.=ḥauṣila-mand, q.v.:—`ālī ḥauṣila, adj. Aspiring, high-minded, etc. (=ḥauṣilamand):—kam-ḥauṣila, adj. With little or no ambition, or spirit, etc., unambitious.
Origin: Persian