ఆశ
Telugu
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope, expectation; desire, wish, prospect”).
Noun
ఆశ • (āśa) ? (plural ఆశలు)
- love
- desire
- ఆశ లేనివానికి దేశమెందుకు
- āśa lēnivāniki dēśamenduku
- Why should a man without desire be in the world.
- hope
Antonyms
- నిరాశ (nirāśa, “despair”)
Derived terms
- ఆశావాది (āśāvādi, “optimist”)
- దురాశ (durāśa, “greed”)
Proper noun
ఆశ • (āśa) f
- a female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India
References
- "ఆశ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 127