अशोक

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See also: अंशक and अंशुक

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”), a compound of अ (a, “un-, not”) + शोक (śoka, “grief”). Related to Persian سوگ (sug).

Noun

अशोक • (aśok) m (Urdu spelling اشوک)

  1. ashoka

Proper noun

अशोक • (aśok) m (Urdu spelling اشوک)

  1. Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)
  2. a male given name, Ashok, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of अशोक (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अशोक
aśok 		अशोक
aśok
oblique अशोक
aśok 		अशोकों
aśokõ
vocative अशोक
aśok 		अशोको
aśoko

Descendants

  • → English: Ashok

Sanskrit

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Etymology

From अ- (a-, “un-, not”) +‎ शोक (śoka, “grief”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

अशोक • (aśoka) stem

  1. without grief

Proper noun

अशोक • (aśoka) stem, m

  1. Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)

Descendants

References

  • Apte, Macdonell (2022) “अशोक”, in Digital Dictionaries of South India [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]
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