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ashugh

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour in the South Caucasus, Iran or Turkey who accompanied their songs with a long-necked lute (saz).

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History

Etymology

Ultimately from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq). The forms ashugh, ashough are borrowed from Armenian աշուղ (ašuġ).

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: աշուղ (ašuġ) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Azerbaijani: aşıq — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Bashkir: ашуғ (aşuğ) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿希克 (āxīkè) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Georgian: აშუღი (ašuɣi) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Karachay-Balkar: ашуг (aşug) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Kazakh: ашик (aşik) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Northern Kurdish: ашьԛ (aşiq) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Nogai: ашуг (aşug) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Persian: عاشق ('âšeq) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Russian: ашу́г (ašúg) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Russian: аши́к (ašík) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Turkish: âşık — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Uyghur: ئاشىق (ashiq) — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour
  • Uzbek: oshiq — mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour