आलिंगन

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana). By surface analysis, आ- (ā-) +‎ लिंगन (liṅgan). 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

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɑː.lɪŋ.ɡən/, [äː.lɪ̃ŋ.ɡɐ̃n]

Noun

आलिंगन • (āliṅgan) m (Urdu spelling آلِنگَن)

1. (formal) a hug, embrace

   Synonym: आग़ोश (āġoś)

Declension

Declension of आलिंगन (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	आलिंगन āliṅgan	आलिंगन āliṅgan
oblique	आलिंगन āliṅgan	आलिंगनों āliṅganõ
vocative	आलिंगन āliṅgan	आलिंगनो āliṅgano

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “आलिंगन”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “आलिंगन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “आलिंगन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit आलिङ्गन (āliṅgana). Compare Gujarati આલિંગન (āliṅgan), Hindustani آلِنگَن (ālingan) / 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

• IPA^(key): /a.liŋ.ɡən/

Noun

आलिंगन • (āliṅgan) n

1. (formal) hug, embrace

   Synonym: मिठी (miṭhī)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “आलिंगन”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “आलिंगन”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “आलिंगन”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).