ఆశ
Telugu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope, expectation; desire, wish, prospect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aːɕa/, [aːʃa]
Noun
ఆశ • (āśa) ? (plural ఆశలు)
- love
- desire
- ఆశ లేనివానికి దేశమెందుకు
- āśa lēnivāniki dēśamenduku
- Why should a man without desire be in the world.
- hope
Antonyms
- నిరాశ (nirāśa, “despair”)
Derived terms
Proper noun
ఆశ • (āśa) f
- a female given name, Asha, from Sanskrit commonly used in India
References
- "ఆశ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 127