ٹکا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi ٿکا (ṭka /⁠ṭakā⁠/) (c. 1639),[1] derived from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka).[2]

Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Bengali টাকা (ṭaka). Cognate with Gujarati ટકો (ṭako).

Pronunciation

Noun

ٹَکا • (ṭakā) m (Hindi spelling टका)

  2. taka, rupee
  3. (numismatics) tanka (a copper coin worth two paisa)

Declension

Declension of ٹکا
singular plural
direct ٹَکا (ṭakā) ٹَکے (ṭake)
oblique ٹَکے (ṭake) ٹَکوں (ṭakõ)
vocative ٹَکے (ṭake) ٹَکو (ṭako)
  • ٹان٘ک (ṭā̃k)

References

  1. ^ “ٹکا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṭaṅka1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 300

Further reading

  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “تَکا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 444
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “ٹکا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 357
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ٹکا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 214
  • “ٹکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “ٿکا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 580
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