इश्क़

Hindi

Alternative forms

इस्क़ (isq), इस्क (isk), इश्क (iśk), इशक (iśak), इस्साक (issāk), इस्साक़ (issāq), इष्क (iṣk)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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