इलाक़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• इलाका (ilākā)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Arabic عَلَاقَة (ʕalāqa)bor.

Classical Persian عَلَاقَه (alāqa)bor.

Hindi इलाक़ा (ilāqā)

Borrowed from Classical Persian عَلَاقَه (alāqa), borrowed from Arabic عَلَاقَة (ʕalāqa). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi علاقہ ('laqh).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɪ.lɑː.qɑː/, [ɪ.läː.qäː], /ɪ.lɑː.kɑː/, [ɪ.läː.käː]

Noun

इलाक़ा • (ilāqā) m (Urdu spelling علاقہ)

1. area, region, locality
   • फणीश्वरनाथ रेणु [phaṇīśvarnāth reṇu] ((Can we date this quote?)) इस जल प्रलय में [is jal pralay mẽ]

     मेरा गाँव ऐसे इलाके में है जहाँ हर साल […]

     merā gā̃v aise ilāke mẽ hai jahā̃ har sāl […]

     My town is in such a region that every year […]

Declension

Declension of इलाक़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इलाक़ा ilāqā	इलाक़े ilāqe
oblique	इलाक़े ilāqe	इलाक़ों ilāqõ
vocative	इलाक़े ilāqe	इलाक़ो ilāqo

Descendants

• → Telugu: ఇలాకా (ilākā)

References

• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “इलाक़ा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ilāqā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 107