عاشق

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ش ق (ʕ š q)
4 terms

Derived from the active participle of عَشِقَ (ʕašiqa, “to love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.ʃiq/

Adjective

عَاشِق • (ʕāšiq) (feminine عَاشِقَة (ʕāšiqa), masculine plural عَاشِقُونَ (ʕāšiqūna) or عُشَّاق (ʕuššāq), feminine plural عَاشِقَات (ʕāšiqāt) or عَوَاشِق (ʕawāšiq))

1. in love with, enamored of, infatuated with

Declension

Declension of adjective عَاشِق (ʕāšiq)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَاشِق ʕāšiq	الْعَاشِق al-ʕāšiq	عَاشِقَة ʕāšiqa	الْعَاشِقَة al-ʕāšiqa
Nominative	عَاشِقٌ ʕāšiqun	الْعَاشِقُ al-ʕāšiqu	عَاشِقَةٌ ʕāšiqatun	الْعَاشِقَةُ al-ʕāšiqatu
Accusative	عَاشِقًا ʕāšiqan	الْعَاشِقَ al-ʕāšiqa	عَاشِقَةً ʕāšiqatan	الْعَاشِقَةَ al-ʕāšiqata
Genitive	عَاشِقٍ ʕāšiqin	الْعَاشِقِ al-ʕāšiqi	عَاشِقَةٍ ʕāšiqatin	الْعَاشِقَةِ al-ʕāšiqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَاشِقَيْن ʕāšiqayn	الْعَاشِقَيْن al-ʕāšiqayn	عَاشِقَتَيْن ʕāšiqatayn	الْعَاشِقَتَيْن al-ʕāšiqatayn
Nominative	عَاشِقَانِ ʕāšiqāni	الْعَاشِقَانِ al-ʕāšiqāni	عَاشِقَتَانِ ʕāšiqatāni	الْعَاشِقَتَانِ al-ʕāšiqatāni
Accusative	عَاشِقَيْنِ ʕāšiqayni	الْعَاشِقَيْنِ al-ʕāšiqayni	عَاشِقَتَيْنِ ʕāšiqatayni	الْعَاشِقَتَيْنِ al-ʕāšiqatayni
Genitive	عَاشِقَيْنِ ʕāšiqayni	الْعَاشِقَيْنِ al-ʕāšiqayni	عَاشِقَتَيْنِ ʕāšiqatayni	الْعَاشِقَتَيْنِ al-ʕāšiqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَاشِقِين‎; عُشَّاق ʕāšiqīn‎; ʕuššāq	الْعَاشِقِين‎; الْعُشَّاق al-ʕāšiqīn‎; al-ʕuššāq	عَاشِقَات‎; عَوَاشِق ʕāšiqāt‎; ʕawāšiq	الْعَاشِقَات‎; الْعَوَاشِق al-ʕāšiqāt‎; al-ʕawāšiq
Nominative	عَاشِقُونَ‎; عُشَّاقٌ ʕāšiqūna‎; ʕuššāqun	الْعَاشِقُونَ‎; الْعُشَّاقُ al-ʕāšiqūna‎; al-ʕuššāqu	عَاشِقَاتٌ‎; عَوَاشِقُ ʕāšiqātun‎; ʕawāšiqu	الْعَاشِقَاتُ‎; الْعَوَاشِقُ al-ʕāšiqātu‎; al-ʕawāšiqu
Accusative	عَاشِقِينَ‎; عُشَّاقًا ʕāšiqīna‎; ʕuššāqan	الْعَاشِقِينَ‎; الْعُشَّاقَ al-ʕāšiqīna‎; al-ʕuššāqa	عَاشِقَاتٍ‎; عَوَاشِقَ ʕāšiqātin‎; ʕawāšiqa	الْعَاشِقَاتِ‎; الْعَوَاشِقَ al-ʕāšiqāti‎; al-ʕawāšiqa
Genitive	عَاشِقِينَ‎; عُشَّاقٍ ʕāšiqīna‎; ʕuššāqin	الْعَاشِقِينَ‎; الْعُشَّاقِ al-ʕāšiqīna‎; al-ʕuššāqi	عَاشِقَاتٍ‎; عَوَاشِقَ ʕāšiqātin‎; ʕawāšiqa	الْعَاشِقَاتِ‎; الْعَوَاشِقِ al-ʕāšiqāti‎; al-ʕawāšiqi

Noun

عَاشِق • (ʕāšiq) m (plural عَاشِقُونَ (ʕāšiqūna) or عُشَّاق (ʕuššāq), feminine عَاشِقَة (ʕāšiqa))

1. admirer, lover, adorer

Usage notes

In many descendants the word has taken on the meaning of “ashugh, mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour”. This sense developed in Turkic, according to Sevortjan (apud Anikin) under the influence of Armenian. According to Asatryan, the term is of Sufi origin.

Declension

Declension of noun عَاشِق (ʕāšiq)

Singular	Masculine			Feminine
	basic singular triptote			singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاشِق ʕāšiq	الْعَاشِق al-ʕāšiq	عَاشِق ʕāšiq	عَاشِقَة ʕāšiqa	الْعَاشِقَة al-ʕāšiqa	عَاشِقَة ʕāšiqat
Nominative	عَاشِقٌ ʕāšiqun	الْعَاشِقُ al-ʕāšiqu	عَاشِقُ ʕāšiqu	عَاشِقَةٌ ʕāšiqatun	الْعَاشِقَةُ al-ʕāšiqatu	عَاشِقَةُ ʕāšiqatu
Accusative	عَاشِقًا ʕāšiqan	الْعَاشِقَ al-ʕāšiqa	عَاشِقَ ʕāšiqa	عَاشِقَةً ʕāšiqatan	الْعَاشِقَةَ al-ʕāšiqata	عَاشِقَةَ ʕāšiqata
Genitive	عَاشِقٍ ʕāšiqin	الْعَاشِقِ al-ʕāšiqi	عَاشِقِ ʕāšiqi	عَاشِقَةٍ ʕāšiqatin	الْعَاشِقَةِ al-ʕāšiqati	عَاشِقَةِ ʕāšiqati
Dual	Masculine			Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاشِقَيْن ʕāšiqayn	الْعَاشِقَيْن al-ʕāšiqayn	عَاشِقَيْ ʕāšiqay	عَاشِقَتَيْن ʕāšiqatayn	الْعَاشِقَتَيْن al-ʕāšiqatayn	عَاشِقَتَيْ ʕāšiqatay
Nominative	عَاشِقَانِ ʕāšiqāni	الْعَاشِقَانِ al-ʕāšiqāni	عَاشِقَا ʕāšiqā	عَاشِقَتَانِ ʕāšiqatāni	الْعَاشِقَتَانِ al-ʕāšiqatāni	عَاشِقَتَا ʕāšiqatā
Accusative	عَاشِقَيْنِ ʕāšiqayni	الْعَاشِقَيْنِ al-ʕāšiqayni	عَاشِقَيْ ʕāšiqay	عَاشِقَتَيْنِ ʕāšiqatayni	الْعَاشِقَتَيْنِ al-ʕāšiqatayni	عَاشِقَتَيْ ʕāšiqatay
Genitive	عَاشِقَيْنِ ʕāšiqayni	الْعَاشِقَيْنِ al-ʕāšiqayni	عَاشِقَيْ ʕāšiqay	عَاشِقَتَيْنِ ʕāšiqatayni	الْعَاشِقَتَيْنِ al-ʕāšiqatayni	عَاشِقَتَيْ ʕāšiqatay
Plural	Masculine			Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural triptote			sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاشِقِين‎; عُشَّاق ʕāšiqīn‎; ʕuššāq	الْعَاشِقِين‎; الْعُشَّاق al-ʕāšiqīn‎; al-ʕuššāq	عَاشِقِي‎; عُشَّاق ʕāšiqī‎; ʕuššāq	عَاشِقَات‎; عَوَاشِق ʕāšiqāt‎; ʕawāšiq	الْعَاشِقَات‎; الْعَوَاشِق al-ʕāšiqāt‎; al-ʕawāšiq	عَاشِقَات‎; عَوَاشِق ʕāšiqāt‎; ʕawāšiq
Nominative	عَاشِقُونَ‎; عُشَّاقٌ ʕāšiqūna‎; ʕuššāqun	الْعَاشِقُونَ‎; الْعُشَّاقُ al-ʕāšiqūna‎; al-ʕuššāqu	عَاشِقُو‎; عُشَّاقُ ʕāšiqū‎; ʕuššāqu	عَاشِقَاتٌ‎; عَوَاشِقُ ʕāšiqātun‎; ʕawāšiqu	الْعَاشِقَاتُ‎; الْعَوَاشِقُ al-ʕāšiqātu‎; al-ʕawāšiqu	عَاشِقَاتُ‎; عَوَاشِقُ ʕāšiqātu‎; ʕawāšiqu
Accusative	عَاشِقِينَ‎; عُشَّاقًا ʕāšiqīna‎; ʕuššāqan	الْعَاشِقِينَ‎; الْعُشَّاقَ al-ʕāšiqīna‎; al-ʕuššāqa	عَاشِقِي‎; عُشَّاقَ ʕāšiqī‎; ʕuššāqa	عَاشِقَاتٍ‎; عَوَاشِقَ ʕāšiqātin‎; ʕawāšiqa	الْعَاشِقَاتِ‎; الْعَوَاشِقَ al-ʕāšiqāti‎; al-ʕawāšiqa	عَاشِقَاتِ‎; عَوَاشِقَ ʕāšiqāti‎; ʕawāšiqa
Genitive	عَاشِقِينَ‎; عُشَّاقٍ ʕāšiqīna‎; ʕuššāqin	الْعَاشِقِينَ‎; الْعُشَّاقِ al-ʕāšiqīna‎; al-ʕuššāqi	عَاشِقِي‎; عُشَّاقِ ʕāšiqī‎; ʕuššāqi	عَاشِقَاتٍ‎; عَوَاشِقَ ʕāšiqātin‎; ʕawāšiqa	الْعَاشِقَاتِ‎; الْعَوَاشِقِ al-ʕāšiqāti‎; al-ʕawāšiqi	عَاشِقَاتِ‎; عَوَاشِقِ ʕāšiqāti‎; ʕawāšiqi

Related terms

• عِشْق (ʕišq)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: aşiq, aşıq
  • → Russian: аши́к (ašík)
• → Classical Persian: عَاشِق (āšiq)
  • Tajik: ошиқ (ošiq)
  • → Bashkir: ғашиҡ (ğaşiq)
  • → Bengali: আশেক (aśek)
  • → Chagatai: [script needed] (ašik)
    • Uzbek: oshiq
  • → Khalaj: âşıq
  • → Tatar: гашыйк (ğaşıyk)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: आशिक़ (āśiq)

    Urdu: عاشق

  • → Kazakh: ғашық (ğaşyq)
  • → Kyrgyz: ашык (aşık)
  • → Turkmen: aşyk
• → Crimean Tatar: aşıq
• → Kipchak:

  Armeno-Kipchak: աշըխ (ašəx)

  Kipchak: asuch (/⁠*ašuq⁠/)

  • → Armenian: աշուղ (ašuġ)
    • → English: ashough, ashugh
    • → Georgian: აშუღი (ašuɣi)
    • → Russian: ашу́г (ašúg)
• Kurdish:

  → Northern Kurdish: aşiq

• → Malay: asyik, asik
  • Indonesian: asyik, asik
• → Ottoman Turkish: عاشق (âşık)
  • Turkish: âşık
  • → Albanian: ashik
  • → Bulgarian: аши́к (ašík)
  • → English: ashik, ashiq (or from another Turkic language)
  • → Georgian: აშიკი (ašiḳi)
  • → Greek: ασίκης (asíkis), ασήκης (asíkis)
  • → Macedonian: ашик (ašik)
  • → Middle Armenian: աշըխ (ašəx), աշըղ (ašəġ), աշըք (ašəkʻ)
    • Armenian: աշըխ (ašəx), աշըղ (ašəġ)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Latin script: àšik

    Cyrillic script: а̀шик

References

• Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ашик”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 353
• Anikin, A. E. (2007) “ашуг”, in Русский этимологический словарь [Russian Etymological Dictionary] (in Russian), issue 1 (A – аяюшка), Moscow: Manuscript Monuments Ancient Rus, →ISBN, page 355
• Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 103 of 102–105
• Corriente, F. (1997) “ʿŠQ”, in A Dictionary of Andalusi Arabic (Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 1 The Near and Middle East; 29)‎^[2], Leiden, New York, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 354b
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “عاشق”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 132
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عاشق”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, page 2054
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “aşık1”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Seeger, Ulrich (2015) Wörterbuch Palästinensisch-Deutsch‎^[5], archived from the original on 5 March 2016, page 407
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عشق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 614b

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ع ش ق
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.ʃiɡ/, [ʕaː.ʃɪɡ]

Adjective

عَاشِق • (ʕāšig) (feminine عَاشْقة (ʕāšga), common plural عَاشْقين (ʕāšgīn))

1. admirer, lover, adorer

Khalaj

Adjective

عاشِق (âşıq)

1. Arabic spelling of âşıq (“in love”)

Northern Kurdish

Noun

عاشق (‘aşiq) m

1. Arabic spelling of aşiq

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aşiq”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 16

Pashto

Noun

عاشق • (āšíq) m

1. lover, amorist

References

• “عاشق”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “عاشق”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ˈʃiq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ʃɪ́q]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ʃɪ́q]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.ʃɪ́q]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.ʃíq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.ʃéɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.ʃíq]

Readings
Classical reading?	āšiq
Dari reading?	āšiq
Iranian reading?	âšeğ
Tajik reading?	ošiq

• Audio (Iran):

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• Audio (Iran):

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Adjective

عاشق • ('âšeq)

1. loving
2. amorous
3. enamoured

Noun

عاشق • ('âšeq) (plural عاشقان ('âšeqân) or عشاق ('oššâq) or عاشق‌ها ('âšeq-hâ))

1. lover

Synonyms

• دلداده (deldâde)
• دلباخته (delbâxte)
• بیدل (bidel)
• خاطرخواه (xâterxâh)
• شیدا (šeydâ)
• شیفته (šifte)
• دوستدار (dustdâr)

Related terms

• عشاق ('ošâq)
• عاشقانه ('âšeqâne)
• عاشق بودن ('âšeq budan)
• عاشق شدن ('âšeq šodan)

Descendants

• → Khalaj: âşıq

Urdu

Etymology

First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi عاشِق ('aśq), borrowed from Classical Persian عَاشِق (āšiq), from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ɑː.ʃɪq/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɪq
• Hyphenation: عا‧شِق

Noun

عاشِق • ('āśiq) m (feminine عاشِقَہ ('āśiqa), Hindi spelling आशिक़)

1. lover

   Synonym: پْریمی (premī)

2. (by extension) fond, affection

Declension

Declension of عاشق
	singular	plural
direct	عاشِق ('āśiq)	عاشِق ('āśiq)
oblique	عاشِق ('āśiq)	عاشِقوں ('āśiqõ)
vocative	عاشِق ('āśiq)	عاشِقو ('āśiqo)

Related terms

• عِشْق ('iśq, “love”)

Further reading

• “عاشق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “عاشق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “عاشق”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “عاشق”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “عاشق”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
• John Shakespear (1834) “عاشق”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC