आशिक़ी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَاشِقِی (āšiqī, “being in love, falling in love”), derived from عَاشِق (āšiq, “in love”) + ی (-ī), the former from Arabic عاشِق (ʕāšiq). By surface analysis, आशिक़ (āśiq, “lover”) +‎ -ई (-ī). Cognate with Bengali আশিকী (aśiki).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ʃɪ.qiː/, [äː.ʃɪ.qiː], /ɑː.ʃɪ.kiː/, [äː.ʃɪ.kiː]

Noun

आशिक़ी • (āśiqī) f (Urdu spelling عاشقی)

1. love

   Synonyms: प्यार (pyār), प्रेम (prem), मुहब्बत (muhabbat), इश्क़ (iśq)

2. romance, passion

Declension

Declension of आशिक़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आशिक़ी āśiqī	आशिक़ियाँ āśiqiyā̃
oblique	आशिक़ी āśiqī	आशिक़ियों āśiqiyõ
vocative	आशिक़ी āśiqī	आशिक़ियो āśiqiyo

References

• Platts, John T. (1884) “عاشقی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “عاشقی”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul