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 (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 (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] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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