یکتا

See also: یكتا

Persian

Etymology

From (yek) +‎ (tâ).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /jak.ˈtaː/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäk.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jäk.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jäk.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jekʲ.t̪ʰɒ́ː]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jäk.t̪ʰɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading^?	yaktā
Dari reading^?	yaktā
Iranian reading^?	yektâ
Tajik reading^?	yakto

Adjective


Iranian Persian	یکتا
Dari	یکتا
Tajik	якто

یکتا • (yektâ)

unique
Synonyms: یگانه (yegâne), بی‌نظیر (bi-nazir)

Derived terms

یکتائی (yektâ'i)
یکتاپرست (yektâ-parast)
یکتاپرستانه (yektâ-parastâne)
یکتاپرستی (yektâ-parasti)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: yekta
→ Chagatai: یكتا
Urdu: یکتا (yaktā)
- Uzbek: yakto
→ Hindustani:
Hindi: यकता (yaktā)

Urdu: یکتا (yaktā)
→ Ottoman Turkish: یكتا (yektâ)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (yaktā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jək.t̪ɑː/
Audio (Pakistan): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː

Adjective

یَکْتا • (yaktā) (Hindi spelling यकता)

Noun

یَکْتا • (yaktā) m (Hindi spelling यकता)

a garment without a lining

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

یَکْتائی (yaktāī)

Further reading

“یکتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Platts, John T. (1884) “یکتا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
“یکتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.