ashugh

English

Alternative forms

• ashough
• ashik, ashiq (from Turkic)

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq). The forms ashugh, ashough are borrowed from Armenian աշուղ (ašuġ).

Noun

ashugh (plural ashughs)

1. A mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour in the South Caucasus, Iran or Turkey who accompanied their songs with a long-necked lute (saz).

Translations

mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour

• Armenian: աշուղ (hy) (ašuġ)
• Azerbaijani: aşıq
• Bashkir: ашуғ (aşuğ)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿希克 (āxīkè)

• Georgian: აშუღი (ka) (ašuɣi)
• Karachay-Balkar: ашуг (aşug)
• Kazakh: ашик (aşik)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: ашьԛ (aşiq)

• Nogai: ашуг (aşug)
• Persian: عاشق (fa) ('âšeq)
• Russian: ашу́г (ru) (ašúg), аши́к (ašík)
• Turkish: âşık (tr)
• Uyghur: ئاشىق (ashiq)
• Uzbek: oshiq (uz)

Anagrams

• Haughs, haughs