The storyArabic · derived fromعَاشِقEnglish todayashikVia a Turkic language; ultimately from Arabic عَاشِق (ʕāšiq). Doublet of ashiq, ashough, and ashugh.Words from the same rootsArabicعَاشِق all →ashughEtymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.