یکتا

See also: یكتا

Persian

Etymology

From یک (yek) +‎ تا (tâ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [jak.ˈtɑː]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäk.t̪ʰɑ́ː]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [jäk.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [jäk.t̪ʰɑ́ː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [jäk.t̪ʰɔ́ː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [jekʲ.t̪ʰɒ́ː]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [jäk.t̪ʰɔ́]

Readings
Classical reading?	yaktā
Dari reading?	yaktā
Iranian reading?	yektâ
Tajik reading?	yakto

Adjective

Dari	یکتا
Iranian Persian
Tajik	якто

یکتا • (yektâ)

1. unique

   Synonyms: یگانه (yegâne), بی‌نظیر (bi-nazir)

Derived terms

• یکتائی (yektâ'i)
• یکتاپرست (yektâ-parast)
• یکتاپرستانه (yektâ-parastâne)
• یکتاپرستی (yektâ-parasti)

 

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: yekta
• → Chagatai: یكتا

  Urdu: یکتا (yaktā)

  • Uzbek: yakto
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: यकता (yaktā)

  Urdu: یکتا (yaktā)

• → Ottoman Turkish: یكتا (yektâ)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian یکتا (yaktā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /jək.t̪ɑː/

• Audio (Pakistan):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Adjective

یَکْتا • (yaktā) (Hindi spelling यकता)

1. single; singular
2. simple
3. unique, incomparable

Noun

یَکْتا • (yaktā) m (Hindi spelling यकता)

1. a garment without a lining

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Related terms

• یَکْتائی (yaktāī)

Further reading

• “یکتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “یکتا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “یکتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.