آنسو

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćru

Sanskrit अश्रु॑ (áśru)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀲𑀼 (aṃsu)

Urdu آن٘سُو (ā̃sū)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀁𑀲𑀼 (aṃsu), from Sanskrit अश्रु॑ (áśru), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háćru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱru, from *h₂eḱ-.

Cognates include Gujarati આંસુ (ā̃su), Marathi आसू (āsū), Nepali आँसु (ā̃su), Punjabi ہنجھو / ਹੰਝੂ (hañjhū), and Sindhi هَنجَ (hañja).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɑ̃ː.suː/, /ɑːn.suː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Hyphenation: آن‧سُو

Noun

آن٘سُو or آنْسُو • (ā̃sū or ānsū) m (Hindi spelling आँसू)

1. (usually in the plural) tear

   اُس کی آن٘کھوں میں آن٘سُو بَھر آئے۔

   us kī ā̃khõ mẽ ā̃sū bhar āe.

   Her eyes were filled with tears.

Declension

Declension of آنسو
	singular	plural
direct	آنْسُو (ānsū)	آنْسُو (ānsū)
oblique	آنْسُو (ānsū)	آنْسُووں (ānsūõ)
vocative	آنْسُو (ānsū)	آنْسُوو (ānsūo)

Related terms

• آنسو بہانا (ānsū bahānā, “to shed tear(s)”)

References

• “آنسو”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “آنسو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.