मुनक़्क़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مُنَقّیٰ (munaqqā), from Arabic مُنَقَّى (munaqqā).[1] Compare Marathi मनुका (manukā).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /mʊ.nəq.qɑː/, [mʊ.nɐq.qäː], /mʊ.nək.kɑː/, [mʊ.nɐk̚.käː]
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: मु‧नक़्‧क़ा, मु‧न‧क़्क़ा

Noun

मुनक़्क़ा • (munaqqā) m (Urdu spelling مُنَقّیٰ)[2][3][4][5][6]

  1. raisin (typically bigger than kishmish)
    Synonyms: किशमिश (kiśmiś), दाख (dākh)

References

More information
  1. ^ Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka (2008) “munnaḵḵā”, in Perso-Arabic Loanwords in Hindustani, Part 1 Dictionary, Kraków: Księgarnia Akademicka, →ISBN, page 602.
  2. ^ McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “munaqqā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 823
  3. ^ Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मुनक्का”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 3968
  4. ^ “मुनक़्क़ा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  5. ^ “مُنَقّیٰ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  6. ^ Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منقیٰ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 614
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