इश्क़

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عشق (išq), from Arabic عِشْق (ʕišq, “love, passion”). Cognate with Punjabi ਇਸ਼ਕ (iśak) and Bengali ইশ্ক (iśk)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

इश्क़ • (iśq) m (Urdu spelling عشق)

1. love

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

   तेरे इश्क़ में हम ने क्या क्या ना देखा?

   tere iśq mẽ ham ne kyā kyā nā dekhā?

   What all did I not see in your love?

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

• Platts, John T. (1884) “عشق”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “عشق”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul