आशंका

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशंका (āśaṃkā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.ʃəŋ.kɑː/, [äː.ʃɐ̃ŋ.käː]

Noun

आशंका • (āśaṅkā) f (Urdu spelling آشنکا)

1. fear; doubt, suspicion

   मेरी आशंका सही सिद्ध हुआ। ― merī āśaṅkā sahī siddh huā. ― My fear was validated.

2. danger

   Synonym: ख़तरा (xatrā)

Declension

Declension of आशंका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आशंका āśaṅkā	आशंकाएँ āśaṅkāẽ
oblique	आशंका āśaṅkā	आशंकाओं āśaṅkāõ
vocative	आशंका āśaṅkā	आशंकाओ āśaṅkāo

Derived terms

• आशंका करना (āśaṅkā karnā)

References

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