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ashoka

UK/əˈʃəʊkə//əˈʃoʊkə/

ashoka noun: a tree of species Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar.

Noun

ashoka (plural ashokas)

  1. A tree of species Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar.
  2. A tree of species Saraca indica, native to Southeast Asia and eastern Myanmar.

Proper noun capitalized: Ashoka

Ashoka

  1. (historical) An ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from c. 268 to 232 BCE.
    • The defeat inflicted by Ashoka must have brought about depression and retarded the growth for some centuries.1964, Nabin Kumar Sahu, Utkal University History Of Orissa, volume 1, The Utkal University, page 7
    Synonyms:
    Asoka
  2. (Hinduism) The charioteer of Bhima in the epic Mahabharata.

ashoka meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Gujarati

ashoka in Hindi

ashoka
अशोक aśok

ashoka in Urdu

ashoka
اشوک aśok

ashoka in Punjabi

ashoka
ਅਸ਼ੋਕ aśok

ashoka in Gujarati

ashoka
અશોક aśok, આસુ āsu

Synonyms of ashoka

Forms of ashoka

Noun
pluralashokas
alternative formasoka
Proper noun
alternative formAśoka

Origin of ashoka

From Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, “without grief”).

From Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, literally “without grief”). Doublet of Ashok and Asoka.

Words formed from ashoka

  • Ashoka Chakra
  • Ashokan
  • pillar of Ashoka
  • false ashoka

Questions about ashoka

What does ashoka mean?
Ashoka means a tree of species Saraca asoca, native to South Asia and western Myanmar.
What is ashoka in Hindi?
Ashoka in Hindi is अशोक (aśok). See Ashoka meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ashoka?
Ashoka can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ashoka?
Ashoka is pronounced /əˈʃoʊkə/ (US).
What is the plural of ashoka?
The plural of ashoka is ashokas.

Words near ashoka in the dictionary

  1. Ashochimi
  2. Ashodian
  3. Ashodians
  4. ashoebi
  5. Ashok
  6. ashoka
  7. Ashokan
  8. Ashokan Prakrit
  9. ashokas
  10. Ashoknagar
  11. Ashop

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ashoka (page history and authors); Ashoka (page history and authors); अशोक (Hindi) (page history and authors); اشوک (Urdu) (page history and authors); ਅਸ਼ੋਕ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); અશોક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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