تکیہ دار

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه‌دَار (takya-dār).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَکْیَہ دار • (takya dār) m (Hindi spelling तक्या दार)

  1. a faqīr, a dervish
    Synonym: تَکْیَہ نِشِین (takya niśīn)

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “تکيه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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