शौक़

See also: शंका, शुक, शक, and शोक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شوق (šawq), from Arabic شَوْق (šawq), the verbal noun of شَاقَ (šāqa). Compare Bengali শখ (śokh), Punjabi ਸ਼ੌਕ (śauk).

Noun

शौक़ • (śauq) m (Urdu spelling شوق)

1. hobby, interest

   Synonym: रुचि (ruci)

   पढ़ने के अलावा तेरा और कोई शौक़ है क्या?

   paṛhne ke alāvā terā aur koī śauq hai kyā?

   Do you have any other hobbies besides reading?

Declension

Declension of शौक़ (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	शौक़ śauq	शौक़ śauq
oblique	शौक़ śauq	शौक़ों śauqõ
vocative	शौक़ śauq	शौक़ो śauqo

Related terms

• शौक़ीन (śauqīn)

Descendants

• → English: shoke, shouq

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “shauq”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Platts, John T. (1884) “shauq”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.