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ashugh

ashugh

English

Alternative forms

ashough
ashik, ashiq (from Turkic)

Noun

ashugh ‎(plural ashughs)

a mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour in the South Caucasus, Iran and Turkey who accompanied his song with a long necked lute (saz)

Translations

mystic bard, balladeer, or troubadour

Armenian: աշուղ (hy) ‎(ašuł)
Azeri: aşıq
Georgian: აშუღი (ka) ‎(ašuɣi)

Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: ашьԛ ‎(aşiq)
Russian: ашу́г (ru) ‎(ašúg), аши́к ‎(ašík)
Turkish: âşık (tr)