دکھاوا
Urdu
Etymology
From دِکھانا (dikhānā, “to show; to show off”) + ـاوا (-oā, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɪ.kʰɑː.ʋɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: دِ‧کھا‧وا
Noun
دِکھاوا • (dikhāvā) m (Hindi spelling दिखावा)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دِکھاوا (dikhāvā) | دِکھاوے (dikhāve) |
| oblique | دِکھاوے (dikhāve) | دِکھاووں (dikhāvõ) |
| vocative | دِکھاوے (dikhāve) | دِکھاوو (dikhāvo) |
Further reading
- “دکھاوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دکھاوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دکهانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 310
- Platts, John T. (1884) “دکھاوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 521