آشا

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See also: أشأ, اشا, آسا, أسأ, and اسا

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā). Doublet of آس (ās).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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آشا • (āśā) f (Hindi spelling आशा)

  1. hope, wish, desire
    Synonym: اُمِّید (ummīd)

Proper noun

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آشا • (āśā) f (Hindi spelling आशा)

  1. a female given name, Asha, from Sanskrit, of Hindu or Indian usage

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “āśás”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 66

Further reading

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More information
  • “آشا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آشا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “آشا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “آشا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “آشا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
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