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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana). By surface analysis, आ- (ā-) + लिंगन (liṅgan). Compare Gujarati આલિંગન (āliṅgan), Marathi आलिंगन (āliṅgan), Kannada ಆಲಿಂಗನ (āliṅgana), Telugu ఆలింగనము (āliṅganamu), Malayalam ആലിംഗനം (āliṅganaṁ), Maithili आलिङ्गन (āliṅgan) / 𑒂𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (āliṅgana), Bengali আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Assamese আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Sinhalese ආලිංගනය (āliṁganaya).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɑː.lɪŋ.ɡən/,
Noun
आलिंगन • (āliṅgan) m (Urdu spelling آلِنگَن)
- (formal) a hug, embrace
- Synonym: आग़ोश (āġoś)
Declension
Declension of आलिंगन (masc cons-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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आलिंगन
āliṅgan
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आलिंगन
āliṅgan
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| oblique
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आलिंगन
āliṅgan
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आलिंगनों
āliṅganõ
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| vocative
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आलिंगन
āliṅgan
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आलिंगनो
āliṅgano
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Further reading
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आलिंगन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “आलिंगन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आलिंगन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Marathi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana). Compare Gujarati આલિંગન (āliṅgan), Hindustani آلِنگَن (ālingan) / आलिंगन (āliṅgan), Kannada ಆಲಿಂಗನ (āliṅgana), Telugu ఆలింగనము (āliṅganamu), Malayalam ആലിംഗനം (āliṅganaṁ), Maithili आलिङ्गन (āliṅgan) / 𑒂𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (āliṅgana), Bengali আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Assamese আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Sinhalese ආලිංගනය (āliṁganaya).
Pronunciation
Noun
आलिंगन • (āliṅgan) n
- (formal) hug, embrace
- Synonym: मिठी (miṭhī)
Further reading
- Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “आलिंगन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
- Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आलिंगन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
- दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “आलिंगन”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).