अशोक
See also: अंशक and अंशुक
Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अशोक (aśoka, “without grief”), a compound of अ (a, “un-, not”) + शोक (śoka, “grief”). Related to Persian سوگ (sūg).
Proper noun
अशोक • (aśok) m
- Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)
- a male given name, Ashok, from Sanskrit
Declension
Declension of अशोक (masc cons-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | अशोक aśok | अशोक aśok |
| oblique | अशोक aśok | अशोकों aśokõ |
| vocative | अशोक aśok | अशोको aśoko |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- ᬅᬰᭀᬓ (Balinese script)
- অশোক (Assamese script)
- অশোক (Bengali script)
- 𑰀𑰫𑰺𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅𑀰𑁄𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅𑌶𑍋𑌕 (Grantha script)
- અશોક (Gujarati script)
- ਅਸ਼ੋਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦯꦺꦴꦏ (Javanese script)
- អឝោក (Khmer script)
- ಅಶೋಕ (Kannada script)
- ອໂຨກ (Lao script)
- അശോക (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀𑘫𑘻𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠠᠱᠣᠸᠠᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᡧᠣᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- အၐောက (Burmese script)
- 𑦠𑧋𑧜𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀𑐱𑑀𑐎 (Newa script)
- ଅଶୋକ (Oriya script)
- ꢂꢯꣂꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃𑆯𑆾𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀𑖫𑖺𑖎 (Siddham script)
- අශෝක (Sinhalese script)
- అశోక (Telugu script)
- อโศก (Thai script)
- ཨ་ཤོ་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁𑒬𑒼𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
अ- (a-) + शोक (śoka)
Adjective
अशोक • (aśoka)
- without grief
Proper noun
अशोक • (aśoka) m
- Ashoka (an emperor of the Mauryan Empire)