اشک

See also: اشك‎ and أشك‎

Persian

Etymology

A suffixed form of Proto-Iranian *Hácru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱru (“tear”). It may have been borrowed from Parthian 𐫀𐫢𐫐‎ (ʾšk /⁠ašk⁠/) or some other Iranian language. Doublet of ‎ (ars), which was inherited and lacks the suffix. Compare Khotanese [script needed] (āṣka-), Wakhi yašk.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [ʔaʃk]

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔæʃkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔäʃk]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ašk
Dari reading^?	ašk
Iranian reading^?	ašk
Tajik reading^?	ašk

Audio (Iran) (file)

Noun


Iranian Persian	اَشک‎
Dari	اَشک‎
Tajik	ашк

اشک • (ašk) (plural اشک‌ها‎ (ašk-hâ))

tear (from the eye)
Synonym: (archaic) ارس‎ (ars)

Derived terms

اشک باریدن‎ (ašk bâridan, “to cry”)
اشک ریختن‎ (ašk rixtan, “to cry”)

Descendants

→ Chagatai: اشك‎ (eşk)
→ Gujarati: અશ્ક (aśk)
→ Hindustani: aśk
Hindi: अश्क

Urdu: اشک‎
→ Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਅਸ਼ਕ (aśak)

Shahmukhi script: اشک‎ (aśk)
→ Ottoman Turkish: اشك‎ (eşk)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian ‎ (ašk) from Proto-Iranian *Hácru, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éḱru (“tear”). Doublet of آنسو‎ (ānso) and اشر‎.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /əʃk/

Noun

اشک • (aśk) m (Hindi spelling अश्क)

tears

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