आग़ोश

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian آغوش (āğōš), from Middle Persian [script needed] (ʾkwš /⁠āgōš⁠/, “embrace”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ɣoːʃ/, [äː.ɣoːʃ], /ɑː.ɡoːʃ/, [äː.ɡoːʃ]

Noun

आग़ोश • (āġoś) f (Urdu spelling آغوش)

1. embrace

   Synonym: आलिंगन (āliṅgan)

Declension

Declension of आग़ोश (fem cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आग़ोश āġoś	आग़ोशें āġośẽ
oblique	आग़ोश āġoś	आग़ोशों āġośõ
vocative	आग़ोश āġoś	आग़ोशो āġośo

References

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