Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه‌دَار (takya-dār).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

تَکْیَہ دار (takya dārm (Hindi spelling तक्या दार)

  1. a faqīr, a dervish
    Synonym: تَکْیَہ نِشِین (takya niśīn)

Further reading edit

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “تکيه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.