आशिक़

See also: आशिक़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عاشق ('āšiq), from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq). Compare Bengali আশেক (aśeq) / Bengali আশিক (aśiq).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ʃɪq/, [äː.ʃɪq], /ɑː.ʃɪk/, [äː.ʃɪk]

Noun

आशिक़ • (āśiq) m (feminine आशिक़ा, Urdu spelling عاشق)

1. lover

   Synonym: प्रेमिक (premik)

Declension

Declension of आशिक़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आशिक़ āśiq	आशिक़ āśiq
oblique	आशिक़ āśiq	आशिक़ों āśiqõ
vocative	आशिक़ āśiq	आशिक़ो āśiqo

Related terms

• आशिक़ा (āśiqā)
• आशिक़ाना (āśiqānā)
• आशिक़ी (āśiqī)
• इश्क़ (iśq)

 

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “عاشق”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “عاشتق”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul