अशोक

See also: अंशक and अंशुक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”), a compound of अ (a, “un-, not”) + शोक (śoka, “grief”). Related to Persian سوگ (sug).

Noun

अशोक • (aśok) m (Urdu spelling اشوک)

1. ashoka

Proper noun

अशोक • (aśok) m (Urdu spelling اشوک)

1. Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)
2. a male given name, Ashok, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of अशोक (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अशोक aśok	अशोक aśok
oblique	अशोक aśok	अशोकों aśokõ
vocative	अशोक aśok	अशोको aśoko

Descendants

• → English: Ashok

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• অশোক (Assamese script)
• ᬅᬰᭀᬓ (Balinese script)
• অশোক (Bengali script)
• 𑰀𑰫𑰺𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀅𑀰𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• အၐောက (Burmese script)
• અશોક (Gujarati script)
• ਅਸ਼ੋਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌅𑌶𑍋𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦯꦺꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂃𑂬𑂷𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಅಶೋಕ (Kannada script)
• អឝោក (Khmer script)
• ອໂຨກ (Lao script)
• അശോക (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᡧᠣᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘀𑘫𑘻𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠠᠱᠣᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦠𑧋𑧜𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐀𑐱𑑀𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଅଶୋକ (Odia script)
• ꢂꢯꣂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆃𑆯𑆾𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖀𑖫𑖺𑖎 (Siddham script)
• අශොක (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩿𑩕𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚀𑚧𑚴𑚊 (Takri script)
• அஶோக (Tamil script)
• అశోక (Telugu script)
• อโศก (Thai script)
• ཨ་ཤོ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒁𑒬𑒼𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨮𑨆𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From अ- (a-, “un-, not”) +‎ शोक (śoka, “grief”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɕɐw.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɕoː.kɐ/

Adjective

अशोक • (aśoka) stem

1. without grief

Proper noun

अशोक • (aśoka) stem, m

1. Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: 𑀅𑀲𑁄𑀓 (asoka)
  • → English: Asoka
• → Bhojpuri: अशोक (aśōk)
• → English: Ashoka, Aśoka
• → Hindi: अशोक (aśok)
  • → English: Ashok
• → Marathi: अशोक (aśok)

References

• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अशोक”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]