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ashiq

ashiq is the alternative form of ashugh.

Meaning of ashugh

Noun

ashugh (plural ashughs)

  1. A mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour in the South Caucasus, Iran or Turkey who accompanied their songs with a long-necked lute (saz).

Forms of ashiq

pluralashiqs

Origin of ashiq

Via a Turkic language, ultimately from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq).

Questions about ashiq

What is ashiq the alternative form of?
Ashiq is the alternative form of ashugh.

Words near ashiq in the dictionary

  1. aship
  2. ashipboard
  3. Ashippun
  4. ashipu
  5. ashipus
  6. ashiq
  7. ashiqs
  8. Ashir
  9. Ashish
  10. ashitaba
  11. ashitori

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