Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ع ش ق (ʕ š q)
5 terms

Derived from the active participle of عَشِقَ (ʕašiqa, to love).

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Adjective

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عَاشِق (ʕāšiq) (feminine عَاشِقَة (ʕāšiqa), masculine plural عَاشِقُونَ (ʕāšiqūna) or عُشَّاق (ʕuššāq), feminine plural عَاشِقَات (ʕāšiqāt) or عَوَاشِق (ʕawāšiq))

  1. in love with, enamored of, infatuated with

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عَاشِق (ʕāšiqm (plural عَاشِقُونَ (ʕāšiqūna) or عُشَّاق (ʕuššāq), feminine عَاشِقَة (ʕāšiqa))

  1. admirer, lover, adorer

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In many descendants the word has taken on the meaning of “ashugh, mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour”. This sense developed in Turkic, according to Sevortjan (apud Anikin) under the influence of Armenian. According to Asatryan, the term is of Sufi origin.

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References

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  • Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ашик”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 353
  • Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ашуг”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 355
  • Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 103 of 102–105
  • Corriente, F. (1997) “ʿŠQ”, in A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 354b
  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “عاشق”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes[3] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 132
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “عاشق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2054
  • Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aşık1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
  • Seeger, Ulrich (2015) Wörterbuch Palästinensisch-Deutsch[5], archived from the original on 5 March 2016, page 407
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عشق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 614b

Hijazi Arabic

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Root
ع ش ق
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʕaː.ʃiɡ/, [ʕaː.ʃɪɡ]

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عَاشِق (ʕāšig) (feminine عَاشْقة (ʕāšga), common plural عَاشْقين (ʕāšgīn))

  1. admirer, lover, adorer

Khalaj

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Adjective

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عاشِق (âşıq)

  1. Arabic spelling of âşıq (in love)

Northern Kurdish

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Noun

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عاشق (‘aşiqm

  1. Arabic spelling of aşiq

References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aşiq”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 16

Pashto

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Noun

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عاشق (āšíqm

  1. lover, amorist

References

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  • عاشق”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
  • Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “عاشق”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq).

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Readings
Classical reading? āšiq
Dari reading? āšiq
Iranian reading? âšeğ
Tajik reading? ošiq
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Adjective

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عاشق ('âšeq)

  1. loving
  2. amorous
  3. enamoured

Noun

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عاشق ('âšeq) (plural عاشقان ('âšeqân) or عشاق ('oššâq) or عاشق‌ها ('âšeq-hâ))

  1. lover

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Urdu

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Etymology

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First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi عاشِق ('aśq), borrowed from Classical Persian عَاشِق (āšiq), from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq).

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Noun

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عاشِق ('āśiqm (feminine عاشِقَہ ('āśiqa), Hindi spelling आशिक़)

  1. lover
    Synonym: پْریمی (premī)
  2. (by extension) fond, affection

Declension

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    Declension of عاشق
singular plural
direct عاشِق ('āśiq) عاشِق ('āśiq)
oblique عاشِق ('āśiq) عاشِقوں ('āśiqõ)
vocative عاشِق ('āśiq) عاشِقو ('āśiqo)
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Further reading

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  • عاشق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • عاشق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عاشق”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “عاشق”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “عاشق”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “عاشق”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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