ask

Mane (Îngilîzî)

1. To request or petition.
2. To request or petition.
3. To request or petition.
4. To request or petition.
5. To request or petition.
6. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
7. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
8. To invite.
9. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
10. To take (a person's situation) as an example.

request

inquire

require

inquire about

beg for

ask a question

beg for something

take counsel with

question closely

ask one’s opinion

offer price

examine

ask price

inquire after

ask advice

ask questions

call upon

cry out for

extend an invitation

look about

make enquiries

request for

say to

tell a story

be told

wish for

fish

🐟

ask for information

beseech repeatedly

bid welcome

make request

arrange with

ask for something

Implore

solicit for anything

ask advice of

tell someone

give task

address

apply for

ask about

make inquiries

pray for

put a question

refer to

Pircarînî

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ˈɑːsk/

From Middle English asken (also esken, aschen, eschen, etc.), from Old English āscian, from Proto-West Germanic *aiskōn, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eys- (“to wish; request”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian aaskje (“to ask, demand, require”), West Frisian easkje (“to ask, demand, require”), Dutch eisen (“to demand, require”), German heischen (“to ask, request, implore”), Russian иска́ть (iskátʹ), Sanskrit इच्छति (iccháti) (whence Hindi ईछना (īchnā).