આશક

Gujarati

Alternative forms

  • આશિક (āśik)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَاشِق (āšiq), from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq).

Pronunciation

Noun

આશક • (āśakm

  1. lover
    Synonyms: અનુરાગી (anurāgī), પ્રેમી (premī)
    • 1950, “તારી આંખનો અફીણી [tārī ā̃khno aphīṇī]”, in Venibhai Purohit (lyrics), Divadandi:
      તારી મસ્તીનો મતવાલો આશક એકલો
      તારા રૂપની પૂનમનો પાગલ એકલો
      tārī mastīno matvālo āśak eklo
      tārā rūpnī pūnamno pāgal eklo
      I am the only intoxicated lover of your mischief;
      I am the only one who is mad for the full moon of your beauty.

Derived terms

  • આશકમાશૂક (āśakmāśūk)

Further reading

  • આશક”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-English dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
  • આશક”, in Gujaratilexicon.com [Gujarati-Gujarati dictionary], Arnion Technologies, 2009.
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    Edalji, Shapurji (1863) “આશક”, in A dictionary Gujarati and English[2], Atmaram Sagun, page 30
  • નાયક, છોટુભાઈ રણછોડજી [Naik, Chhotubhai Ranchhodji] (1972-1988) “આશક”, in ફારસી શબ્દોનો સાર્થ વ્યુત્પત્તિ કોશ (phārsī śabdono sārth vyutpatti koś) [Dictionary of the meanings and origins of Persian words]‎[3] (in Gujarati), volume 1, અમદાવાદ [Ahmedabad]: ગુજરાત યુનિવર્સિટી [Gujarat University], page 85, column 2