روکڑ
(Redirected from روکڑا)
Urdu
editAlternative forms
edit- (masculine) روکڑا (rokaṛā)
Etymology
editInherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀭𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*rokka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-),[1] from Sanskrit रोक (roka, “buying with ready money”). Cognate with Punjabi ਰੋਕੜ (rokaṛ) / روکَڑ (rokaṛ), Sindhi روڪَڙِ / रोकड़ि, Gujarati રોકડ (rokaḍ), Marathi रोकड (rokaḍ).
Noun
editروکڑ • (rokaṛ) f (Hindi spelling रोकड़)
Synonyms
edit- نقد (naqad)
References
edit- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*rōkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
edit- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “روکڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.