آلنگن

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana). Compare Gujarati આલિંગન (āliṅgan), Marathi आलिंगन (āliṅgan), Kannada ಆಲಿಂಗನ (āliṅgana), Telugu ఆలింగనము (āliṅganamu), Malayalam ആലിംഗനം (āliṅganaṁ), Maithili आलिङ्गन (āliṅgan) / 𑒂𑒪𑒱𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒢 (āliṅgana), Bengali আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Assamese আলিঙ্গন (aliṅgon), Sinhalese ආලිංගනය (āliṁganaya).

Pronunciation

Noun

آلِنگَن • (āliṅgan) m (Hindi spelling आलिंगन)

  1. (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 (urdū luġat) (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 ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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