इश्क़
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian عشق (išq), from Arabic عِشْق (ʕišq, “love, passion”). Cognate with Punjabi ਇਸ਼ਕ (iśak) and Bengali ইশ্ক (iśk)
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
इश्क़ • (iśq) m (Urdu spelling عشق)
Declension edit
Declension of इश्क़ (masc cons-stem)
References edit
- 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