तकिया

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya, “support, prop”).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.kɪ.jɑː/, [t̪ɐ.ki.jäː]

तकिया • (takiyā) m (Urdu spelling تکیہ)

1. pillow, cushion

   Synonyms: सिरहाना (sirhānā), मसनद (masnad), (rare) उपधान (updhān)

   योगिनी ने एक बड़ा तकिया पाँव तले रख दिया

   yoginī ne ek baṛā takiyā pā̃v tale rakh diyā

   Yogini put a big pillow under the feet

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तकिया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Borrowed from Hindi तकिया (takiyā), from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).

• IPA^(key): [t̪ʌkijä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: तकिया

तकिया • (takiyā)

1. pillow

   Synonym: सिरानी (sirānī)

2. cushion

   Synonym: चकटी (cakaṭī)

• “तकिया”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎^[1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
• Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “तकिया”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1931) “तकिया”, in A comparative and etymological dictionary of the Nepali language, London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner, page 270