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)

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
dual	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]
- (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'šuġ
Tajik reading^?	ma'šuq

Adjective


Iranian Persian	معشوق
Dari	معشوق
Tajik	маъшуқ

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

beloved

Inflection

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

^△ Colloquial.