अशोक

See also: अंशक and अंशुक

Hindi

Etymology

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

Noun

अशोक • (aśok) m (Urdu spelling اشوک)

ashoka

Proper noun

अशोक • (aśok) m (Urdu spelling اشوک)

Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)
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

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

অশোক (Assamese script)
ᬅᬰᭀᬓ (Balinese script)
অশোক (Bengali script)
𑰀𑰫𑰺𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀅𑀰𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
အၐောက (Burmese script)
અશોક (Gujarati script)
ਅਸ਼ੋਕ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌅𑌶𑍋𑌕 (Grantha script)
ꦄꦯꦺꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
𑂃𑂬𑂷𑂍 (Kaithi script)
ಅಶೋಕ (Kannada script)
អឝោក (Khmer script)
ອໂຨກ (Lao script)
അശോക (Malayalam script)
ᠠᡧᠣᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘀𑘫𑘻𑘎 (Modi script)
ᠠᠱᠣᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦠𑧋𑧜𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
𑐀𑐱𑑀𑐎 (Newa script)
ଅଶୋକ (Odia script)
ꢂꢯꣂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
𑆃𑆯𑆾𑆑 (Sharada script)
𑖀𑖫𑖺𑖎 (Siddham script)
අශොක (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩿𑩕𑩜 (Soyombo script)
𑚀𑚧𑚴𑚊 (Takri script)
அஶோக (Tamil script)
అశోక (Telugu script)
อโศก (Thai script)
ཨ་ཤོ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
𑒁𑒬𑒼𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨮𑨆𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ɕɐw.kɐ/
(Classical) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɕoː.kɐ/

Adjective

अशोक • (aśoka) stem

without grief

Proper noun

अशोक • (aśoka) stem, m

Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)

Descendants

→ Bhojpuri: अशोक (aśōk)
→ English: Ashoka
→ Hindi: अशोक (aśok)
→ Marathi: अशोक (aśok)

References

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

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