شوق

See also: سوف, سوق, and شوف

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ش و ق (š-w-q)

Borrowed from Aramaic שׁוּקָא (šūqā, desire, longing), also found in Mishnaic Hebrew שׁוּק (šūq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃawq/

Noun

شَوْق • (šawq) m (plural أَشْواق (ʔašwāq))

  1. longing, yearning, missing, verbal noun of شَاقَ (šāqa) (form I)
    • 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 13:127:
      وَأَسْأَلُكَ لَذَّةَ ٱلنَّظَرِ إِلَى وَجْهِكَ وَٱلشَّوْقَ إِلَى لِقَائِكَ فِي غَيْرِ ضَرَّاءَ مُضِرَّةٍ وَلَا فِتْنَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ
      waʔasʔaluka laḏḏata n-naẓari ʔilā wajhika waš-šawqa ʔilā liqāʔika fī ḡayri ḍarrāʔa muḍirratin walā fitnatin muḍillatin
      I ask you for the sweetness of looking upon your face and desire to meet you in a manner that does not entail a calamity bringing harm or devious temptation.
Declension
Descendants
  • Gulf Arabic: شوق (šōg)
  • Hijazi Arabic: شوق (šōg)
  • Azerbaijani: şövq
  • Bengali: শখ (śôkh)
  •  Hindustani:
  • Malay: syok
  • Ottoman Turkish: شوق
  • Persian: شوق
  • Swahili: shauku

Etymology 2

Denominal verb of شَوْق (šawq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃaw.wa.qa/

Verb

شَوَّقَ • (šawwaqa) II, non-past يُشَوِّقُ‎ (yušawwiqu)

  1. to fill with longing, to arouse desire
Conjugation

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ش و ق
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic شَوْق (šawq).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃoːɡ/, [ʃo̞ːɡ]

Noun

شوق • (šōg) m (plural أشواق (ʔašwāg))

  1. longing, yearning, missing

Libyan Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish چوق (çok).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃoːɡ]

Adverb

شوق (šōg)

  1. plenty of

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic شَوْق (šawq).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? šawq
Dari reading? šawq
Iranian reading? šowğ
Tajik reading? šavq

Noun

Dari شَوْق
Iranian Persian شُوْق
Tajik шавқ

شُوْق • (šowq)

  1. zeal, ardor

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian شوق (šawq), from Arabic شَوْق (šawq).

Pronunciation

Noun

شَوق • (śauq) m (Hindi spelling शौक़)

  1. desire, yearning
  2. ardor, interest
  3. pleasure, gratification
  4. alacrity, gaiety

Declension

Declension of شوق
singular plural
direct شَوْق (śauq) شَوْق (śauq)
oblique شَوْق (śauq) شَوْقوں (śauqō̃)
vocative شَوْق (śauq) شَوْقو (śauqō)

Derived terms

  • شوقین (śauqīn)
  • شوقیہ (śauqiyā)
  • شوق ذوق (śauq-zauq, great pleasure)

References

  • شوق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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