اکا
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ekka), from Sanskrit एक (eka).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪk.kɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
اِکّا • (ikkā) m (Hindi spelling इक्का)
- (card games) an ace
- (dice games) a one
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اِکّا (ikkā) | اِکّے (ikke) |
| oblique | اِکّے (ikke) | اِکّوں (ikkõ) |
| vocative | اِکّے (ikke) | اِکّو (ikko) |
See also
| Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| اِکّا (ikkā) | دُکّا (dukkā) | تِکّا (tikkā) | چَوکا (caukā) | پَن٘جا (pañjā) | چَھکّا (chakkā) | سَتّا (sattā) |
| اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā) | نَہْلا (nahlā) | دَہْلا (dahlā) | غُلام (ġulām) | بیگَم (begam) | بادْشاہ (bādśāh) | جوکَر (jokar) |
Adjective
اِکّا • (ikkā) (Hindi spelling इक्का)
Synonyms
References
- “اکا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اکا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.