शौक़

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 • (śauqm (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

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.