शौक़

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See also: शंका, शुक, शक, and शोक

Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Classical Persian شوق (šawq), from Arabic شَوْق (šawq), the verbal noun of شَاقَ (šāqa). Compare Bengali শখ (śokh), Punjabi ਸ਼ੌਕ (śauk).

Noun[edit]

शौक़ • (śauq) m (Urdu spelling شوق)

  1. hobby, interest
    Synonym: रुचि (ruci)
    पढ़ने के अलावा तेरा और कोई शौक़ है क्या?
    paṛhne ke alāvā terā aur koī śauq hai kyā?
    Do you have any other hobbies besides reading?

Declension[edit]

Declension of शौक़ (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct शौक़
śauq 		शौक़
śauq
oblique शौक़
śauq 		शौक़ों
śauqõ
vocative शौक़
śauq 		शौक़ो
śauqo

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → English: shoke, shouq

References[edit]

  • Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “shauq”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “shauq”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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