آلنگن
Urdu
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana). Compare Gujarati આલિંગન (āliṅgan), Marathi आलिंगन (āliṅgan), Kannada ಆಲಿಂಗನ (āliṅgana), Telugu ఆలింగనము (āliṅganamu), Malayalam ആലിംഗനം (āliṅganaṃ), Maithili आलिङ्गन (āliṅgan) / 𑒂𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (āliṅgana), Bengali আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgônô), Assamese আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Sinhalese ආලිංගනය (āliṁganaya).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɑː.lɪŋ.ɡən/
- Rhymes: -ən
Noun
آلِنگَن • (āliṅgan) m (Hindi spelling आलिंगन)
- (rare) a hug, embrace
- Synonym: آغوش (āġoś)
Declension
| Declension of آلنگن | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | آلِنگَن (āliṅgan) | آلِنگَن (āliṅgan) |
| oblique | آلِنگَن (āliṅgan) | آلِنگَنوں (āliṅganō̃) |
| vocative | آلِنگَن (āliṅgan) | آلِنگَنو (āliṅganō) |
Further reading
- “آلنگن”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “आलिंगन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “آلِن٘گَن”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.