ڈکار

See also: ذكار

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀭 (*ḍakkāra), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀭 (*ḍakkāra). Cognate with Punjabi ਡਕਾਰ (ḍakār) / ڈکار (ḍakār), Nepali डकार (ḍakār), Marathi ढेकर (ḍhekar), डकार (ḍakār), Kashmiri ڈاکُر (ḍākur).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɖə.kɑːɾ/, /ɖɪ.kɑːɾ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

ڈَکار • (ḍakār) f (Hindi spelling डकार)

1. burp, belch
2. bellowing of an ox
3. the roar of a lion, tiger (and by extension) elephant, camel

Declension

Declension of ڈکار
	singular	plural
direct	ڈکار (ḍakār)	ڈکاریں (ḍakārẽ)
oblique	ڈکار (ḍakār)	ڈکاروں (ḍakārõ)
vocative	ڈکار (ḍakār)	ڈکارو (ḍakāro)

References

• “ڈکار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ڈکار”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍakkāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press