ఆశ

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope, expectation; desire, wish, prospect”).

Noun

ఆశ • (āśa) ? (plural ఆశలు)

1. love
2. desire

   ఆశ లేనివానికి దేశమెందుకు

   āśa lēnivāniki dēśamenduku

   Why should a man without desire be in the world.

3. hope

Antonyms

• నిరాశ (nirāśa, “despair”)

Derived terms

• ఆశావాది (āśāvādi, “optimist”)
• దురాశ (durāśa, “greed”)

Proper noun

ఆశ • (āśa) f

1. a female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India.

References

• "ఆశ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 127