From Arabic مَعْشُوق (maʕšūq), passive participle of عَشِقَ (ʕašiqa, “fall in love, love excessively”).
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | ma'šūq |
| Dari reading? | ma'šūq |
| Iranian reading? | ma'šuğ |
| Tajik reading? | maʾšuq |
| Dari | معشوق |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | маъшуқ |
معشوق • (ma'šuq) (comparative معشوقتَر (ma'šuq-tar), superlative معشوقتَرین (ma'šuq-tarin))
| Possessive forms of معشوق (ma'šuq) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| 1st person (“my, our”) |
معشوقم (ma'šuqam) △ (mašuqam) |
معشوقمان (ma'šuqemân) △ (mašuqemun) |
| 2nd person (“your”) |
معشوقت (ma'šuqat) △ (mašuqet) |
معشوقتان (ma'šuqetân) △ (mašuqetun) |
| 3rd person (“his, her, its, their”) |
معشوقش (ma'šuqaš) △ (mašuqeš) |
معشوقشان (ma'šuqešân) △ (mašuqešun) |
| △ Colloquial. | ||