آلنگن

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana). Compare Gujarati આલિંગન (āliṅgan), Marathi आलिंगन (āliṅgan), Kannada ಆಲಿಂಗನ (āliṅgana), Telugu ఆలింగనము (āliṅganamu), Malayalam ആലിംഗനം (āliṅganaṁ), Maithili आलिङ्गन (āliṅgan) / 𑒂𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (āliṅgana), Bengali আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Assamese আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Sinhalese ආලිංගනය (āliṁganaya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɪŋ.ɡən/
• Rhymes: -ən

Noun

آلِنگَن • (āliṅgan) m (Hindi spelling आलिंगन)

1. (rare) a hug, embrace

   Synonym: آغوش (āġoś)

Declension

Declension of آلنگن
	singular	plural
direct	آلِنگَن (āliṅgan)	آلِنگَن (āliṅgan)
oblique	آلِنگَن (āliṅgan)	آلِنگَنوں (āliṅganō̃)
vocative	آلِنگَن (āliṅgan)	آلِنگَنو (āliṅganō)

Further reading

• “آلنگن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आलिंगन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “آلِن٘گَن”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.