आलिंगन

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana). By surface analysis, आ- (ā-) +‎ लिंगन (liṅgan). Compare Gujarati આલિંગન (āliṅgan), Marathi आलिंगन (āliṅgan), Kannada ಆಲಿಂಗನ (āliṅgana), Telugu ఆలింగనము (āliṅganamu), Malayalam ആലിംഗനം (āliṅganaṁ), Maithili आलिङ्गन (āliṅgan) / 𑒂𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (āliṅgana), Bengali আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Assamese আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Sinhalese ආලිංගනය (āliṁganaya).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɪŋ.ɡən/, [äː.lɪ̃ŋ.ɡɐ̃n]

आलिंगन • (āliṅgan) m (Urdu spelling آلِنگَن)

1. (formal) a hug, embrace

   Synonym: आग़ोश (āġoś)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आलिंगन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आलिंगन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आलिंगन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana). Compare Gujarati આલિંગન (āliṅgan), Hindustani آلِنگَن (ālingan) / आलिंगन (āliṅgan), Kannada ಆಲಿಂಗನ (āliṅgana), Telugu ఆలింగనము (āliṅganamu), Malayalam ആലിംഗനം (āliṅganaṁ), Maithili आलिङ्गन (āliṅgan) / 𑒂𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (āliṅgana), Bengali আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Assamese আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Sinhalese ආලිංගනය (āliṁganaya).

• IPA^(key): /a.liŋ.ɡən/

आलिंगन • (āliṅgan) n

1. (formal) hug, embrace

   Synonym: मिठी (miṭhī)

• Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “आलिंगन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आलिंगन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “आलिंगन”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ)