ہلکان

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai هلکان (halkān).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦəl.kɑːn/

Adjective

ہَلْکان • (halkān) (Hindi spelling हलकान)

1. worry, fatigue, overwhelmed
2. exhausted, tiredness

References

• “ہلکان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ہلکان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.