ایک

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• IPA^(key): [uiːk]

ایک (uiik)

1. name

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “uiik”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Inherited from Old Hindi एक (eka), from Apabhramsa एक्क (ekka), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ekka), from Sanskrit एक (éka). Doublet of یَک (yak).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /eːk/

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• Rhymes: -eːk

ایک • (ek) (Hindi spelling एक)

1. one

ایک • (ek) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling एक)

1. one, sole, only

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “ایک”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 188
• Platts, John T. (1884) “ایک”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 114
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ایک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 87
• “ایک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• John Shakespear (1834) “ايک”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 185
• “ایک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.