ašik

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish عاشق (ʼâşık) from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq), and also عشق (ʼaşk, “love”) unless back-formed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎʃik/
  • Hyphenation: a‧šik

Noun

àšik m anim or m inan (Cyrillic spelling а̀шик)

  1. (animate) suitor, gallant
  2. (animate) lover
  3. (inanimate) flirting, suiting
  4. (inanimate) passion, desire, yearning

Derived terms

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