تکیہ
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).
Noun edit
تَکْیَہ • (takyah) m
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تکیہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ək.jɑ(ː)/, /t̪ə.kɪj.ɑ(ː)/.
Noun edit
تَکْیَہ or تَکِیَہ • (takya or takiya) m (Hindi spelling तक्या or तकिया)
- a pillow, bolster, cushion
- anything upon which one leans, prop, support
- reliance, trust
- the reserve of an army
- a place of repose
- takya (all senses)
Derived terms edit
- تَکْیَہ دار (takya dār)
- تَکْیَہ لَگانا (takya lagānā)
- تَکْیَہ نِشِین (takya niśīn)
- تَکْیَہ کَرْنا (takya karnā)
- تَکْیَہ کَلام (takya kalām)
See also edit
- مَٹھ (maṭh)
Further reading edit
- Platts, John T. (1884) “تکيه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.