اکائی
Urdu
Etymology
From ایک (ek, “one”) + ـَائی (-āī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɪ.kɑː.iː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: اِ‧کَا‧ءِی
Noun
اِکَائی • (ikāī) f (Hindi spelling इकाई)
- (arithmetic) a single unit, digit; ones
- unit; measure
- Synonym: فَرْد (fard)
- (politics) an administrative unit of a country
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اِکَائی (ikāī) | اِکَائِیاں (ikāiyā̃) |
| oblique | اِکَائی (ikāī) | اِکَائِیوں (ikāiyō̃) |
| vocative | اِکَائی (ikāī) | اِکَائِیو (ikāiyō) |
Further reading
- “اکائی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اکائی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اکائی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اکائی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “اِکاي”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 105