معشوق

Arabic

Root
ع ش ق (ʕ š q)
5 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.ʃuːq/
• Rhymes: -uːq

Adjective

مَعْشُوق • (maʕšūq)

1. beloved

Declension

Declension of adjective مَعْشُوق (maʕšūq)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْشُوق maʕšūq	الْمَعْشُوق al-maʕšūq	مَعْشُوقَة maʕšūqa	الْمَعْشُوقَة al-maʕšūqa
Nominative	مَعْشُوقٌ maʕšūqun	الْمَعْشُوقُ al-maʕšūqu	مَعْشُوقَةٌ maʕšūqatun	الْمَعْشُوقَةُ al-maʕšūqatu
Accusative	مَعْشُوقًا maʕšūqan	الْمَعْشُوقَ al-maʕšūqa	مَعْشُوقَةً maʕšūqatan	الْمَعْشُوقَةَ al-maʕšūqata
Genitive	مَعْشُوقٍ maʕšūqin	الْمَعْشُوقِ al-maʕšūqi	مَعْشُوقَةٍ maʕšūqatin	الْمَعْشُوقَةِ al-maʕšūqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْشُوقَيْن maʕšūqayn	الْمَعْشُوقَيْن al-maʕšūqayn	مَعْشُوقَتَيْن maʕšūqatayn	الْمَعْشُوقَتَيْن al-maʕšūqatayn
Nominative	مَعْشُوقَانِ maʕšūqāni	الْمَعْشُوقَانِ al-maʕšūqāni	مَعْشُوقَتَانِ maʕšūqatāni	الْمَعْشُوقَتَانِ al-maʕšūqatāni
Accusative	مَعْشُوقَيْنِ maʕšūqayni	الْمَعْشُوقَيْنِ al-maʕšūqayni	مَعْشُوقَتَيْنِ maʕšūqatayni	الْمَعْشُوقَتَيْنِ al-maʕšūqatayni
Genitive	مَعْشُوقَيْنِ maʕšūqayni	الْمَعْشُوقَيْنِ al-maʕšūqayni	مَعْشُوقَتَيْنِ maʕšūqatayni	الْمَعْشُوقَتَيْنِ al-maʕšūqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	مَعْشُوقَات maʕšūqāt	الْمَعْشُوقَات al-maʕšūqāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	مَعْشُوقَاتٌ maʕšūqātun	الْمَعْشُوقَاتُ al-maʕšūqātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	مَعْشُوقَاتٍ maʕšūqātin	الْمَعْشُوقَاتِ al-maʕšūqāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	مَعْشُوقَاتٍ maʕšūqātin	الْمَعْشُوقَاتِ al-maʕšūqāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məşuq
• → Persian: معشوق (ma'šuq)
  • → Urdu: معشوق (ma'śūq)
• → Ottoman Turkish: معشوق (ma'şûk)
  • > Turkish: maşuk (inherited)
• → Turkmen: magşuk
• → Uyghur: مەشۇق (meshuq)
• → Uzbek: maʼshuq

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْشُوق (maʕšūq), passive participle of عَشِقَ (ʕašiqa, “fall in love, love excessively”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʔ.ˈʃuːq]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ʃúːq]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ʃúːq]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.ʃúːq]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.ʃúq]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.ʃúːɢ̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.ʃúq]

Readings
Classical reading?	ma'šūq
Dari reading?	ma'šūq
Iranian reading?	ma'šuğ
Tajik reading?	maʾšuq

Adjective

Dari	معشوق
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маъшуқ

معشوق • (ma'šuq) (comparative معشوق‌تَر (ma'šuq-tar), superlative معشوق‌تَرین (ma'šuq-tarin))

1. beloved

Inflection

Possessive forms of معشوق

	singular	plural
1st person (“my, our”)	معشوقم (ma'šuqam, mašuqam△)	معشوقمان (ma'šuqemân, mašuqemun△)
2nd person (“your”)	معشوقت (ma'šuqat, mašuqet△)	معشوقتان (ma'šuqetân, mašuqetun△)
3rd person (“his, her, its, their”)	معشوقش (ma'šuqaš, mašuqeš△)	معشوقشان (ma'šuqešân, mašuqešun△)

^△ Colloquial.