माशूक़

Hindi

Etymology

From a form of Arabic شَاقَ (šāqa, “to please”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /mɑː.ʃuːq/, [mäː.ʃuːq], /mɑː.ʃuːk/, [mäː.ʃuːk]

Noun

माशूक़ • (māśūq) m (Urdu spelling ماشوق)

1. (poetic) beloved, love

   Synonyms: प्रेमी (premī), प्रिय (priya)

Declension

Declension of माशूक़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	माशूक़ māśūq	माशूक़ māśūq
oblique	माशूक़ māśūq	माशूक़ों māśūqõ
vocative	माशूक़ māśūq	माशूक़ो māśūqo

References

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