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عاشقانه · عَاشِق — romantic, loving (of songs, letters); lovingly

Persian coinageCertainadjective · Mind & feeling · common

Built in Persian from Arabic parts. Arabic doesn't say it this way.

Arabic

عَاشِق
ʿāshiq

/ʕaːʃiq/

In Arabic

lover; in love (of a person)

Arabic says: غَرَامِيّ gharāmī

Persian

عاشقانه
āšeqāne

/ɒʃeɢɒne/

In Persian

romantic, loving (of songs, letters); lovingly

Root
ع ش ق

Note. Arabic ʿāshiq + Persian -āne. A love song in Arabic is ughniya gharāmiyya or rūmānsiyya.

Spelling. Persian adds the suffix -āne to the Arabic participle.

Sources: Dehkhoda · Moʻin · Wehr

Same root ع ش ق