इलाक़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic عَلَاقَة (ʕalāqa)bor.
    Classical Persian عَلَاقَه (alāqa)bor.
    Hindi इलाक़ा (ilāqā)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَاقَه (alāqa), borrowed from Arabic عَلَاقَة (ʕalāqa). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi علاقہ ('laqh).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɪ.lɑː.qɑː/, [ɪ.läː.qäː], /ɪ.lɑː.kɑː/, [ɪ.läː.käː]

    Noun

    इलाक़ा • (ilāqā) m (Urdu spelling علاقہ)

    1. area, region, locality
      • फणीश्वरनाथ रेणु [phaṇīśvarnāth reṇu] ((Can we date this quote?)) इस जल प्रलय में [is jal pralay mẽ]
        मेरा गाँव ऐसे इलाके में है जहाँ हर साल […]
        merā gā̃v aise ilāke mẽ hai jahā̃ har sāl […]
        My town is in such a region that every year […]

    Declension

    Declension of इलाक़ा (masc ā-stem)
    singular plural
    direct इलाक़ा
    ilāqā     		इलाक़े
    ilāqe
    oblique इलाक़े
    ilāqe     		इलाक़ों
    ilāqõ
    vocative इलाक़े
    ilāqe     		इलाक़ो
    ilāqo

    Descendants

    • → Telugu: ఇలాకా (ilākā)

    References

    1. ^ “इलाक़ा”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
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