معشوق

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْشُوق (maʕšūq), passive participle of عَشِقَ (ʕašiqa, “fall in love, love excessively”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʔ.ˈʃuːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ʃúːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ʃúːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ʃúːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.ʃúq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.ʃúːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ʃúq]

Readings
Classical reading?	ma'šūq
Dari reading?	ma'šūq
Iranian reading?	ma'šuğ
Tajik reading?	maʾšuq

Adjective

Dari	معشوق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маъшуқ

معشوق • (ma'šuq) (comparative معشوق‌تَر (ma'šuq-tar), superlative معشوق‌تَرین (ma'šuq-tarin))

1. beloved

Inflection

Possessive forms of معشوق (ma'šuq)
	singular	plural
1st person (“my, our”)	معشوقم (ma'šuqam) [Term?]△ (mašuqam)	معشوقمان (ma'šuqemân) [Term?]△ (mašuqemun)
2nd person (“your”)	معشوقت (ma'šuqat) [Term?]△ (mašuqet)	معشوقتان (ma'šuqetân) [Term?]△ (mašuqetun)
3rd person (“his, her, its, their”)	معشوقش (ma'šuqaš) [Term?]△ (mašuqeš)	معشوقشان (ma'šuqešân) [Term?]△ (mašuqešun)
△ Colloquial.