آنسو

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀲𑀼 (aṃsu), 𑀅𑀲𑁆𑀲𑀼 (assu), from Sanskrit अश्रु (áśru), from Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Persian ارس (ars)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru-, from compound *dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- (“eye bitter”) (compare *dáḱru-).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ː.suː/, /ɑːn.suː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Hyphenation: آن‧سُو

Noun

آن٘سُو or آنْسُو • (ā̃sū or ānsū) m (Hindi spelling आँसू)

1. (usually in the plural) tear

   اُس کی آن٘کھوں میں آن٘سُو بَھر آئے۔

   us kī ā̃khõ mẽ ā̃sū bhar āe.

   Her eyes were filled with tears.

Declension

Declension of آنسو
	singular	plural
direct	آنْسُو (ānsū)	آنْسُو (ānsū)
oblique	آنْسُو (ānsū)	آنْسُووں (ānsūō̃)
vocative	آنْسُو (ānsū)	آنْسُوو (ānsūō)

Related terms

• آنسو بہانا (ānsū bahānā, “to shed tear(s)”)

References

• “آنسو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آنسو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.