Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिक्का (hikkā). Doublet of ہِیک (hīk).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ہِکَّا (hikkāf (Hindi spelling हिक्का) (rare)

  1. hiccup
    Synonym: ہِچْکِی (hickī)

Declension edit

Declension of ہکا
singular plural
direct ہِکَّا (hikkā) ہِکَّائیں (hikkāẽ)
oblique ہِکَّا (hikkā) ہِکَّاؤں (hikkāõ)
vocative ہِکَّا (hikkā) ہِکَّاؤ (hikkāo)

References edit

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