آشا

See also: أشأ, اشا, آسا, أسأ, and اسا

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā). Doublet of آس (ās).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ʃɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: آ‧شا

Noun

آشا • (āśā) f (Hindi spelling आशा)

1. hope, wish, desire

   Synonym: اُمِّید (ummīd)

Proper noun

آشا • (āśā) f (Hindi spelling आशा)

1. a female given name, Asha, from Sanskrit, of Hindu or Indian usage

Further reading

More information

• “آشا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “آشا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “آشا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “آشا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “آشا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.