अश्क

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian اشک (ašk) from Proto-Iranian *Hácru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱru (“tear”). Doublet of आँसू (ā̃sū) and अश्रु (aśru).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /əʃk/, [ɐʃk]

Noun

अश्क • (aśk) m (Urdu spelling اشک)

1. tear

   Synonym: आँसू (ā̃sū)

Declension

Declension of अश्क (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	अश्क aśk	अश्क aśk
oblique	अश्क aśk	अश्कों aśkõ
vocative	अश्क aśk	अश्को aśko

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अश्क”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press