ఆశ

Telugu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आशा (āśā, “hope, expectation; desire, wish, prospect”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aːɕa/, [aːʃa]

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, Asha, from Sanskrit commonly used in India

References

"ఆశ" in Charles Philip Brown (1903) A Telugu-English dictionary, Madras: Promoting Christian Knowledge, page 127

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