इश्क़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عشق‎ (išq), from Arabic عِشْق‎ (ʿišq, “love, passion”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪʃk/, /ɪʃq/

Noun

इश्क़ • (iśq) m (Urdu spelling عشق‎)

1. love

   तेरे इश्क़ में हम ने क्या क्या न देखा?

   tere iśq mẽ ham ne kyā kyā na dekhā?

   What all did I not see in your love?

   Synonyms: प्रेम (prem), मुहब्बत (muhabbat), प्यार (pyār)

2. passion

Declension

Declension of इश्क़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इश्क़ iśq	इश्क़ iśq
oblique	इश्क़ iśq	इश्क़ों iśqõ
vocative	इश्क़ iśq	इश्क़ो iśqo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “इश्क़”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press.