तकिया
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya, “support, prop”). Compare Gujarati તકિયો (takiyo), Malayalam തക്യാവ് (takyāvŭ), Punjabi ਤਕੀਆ (takīā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
तकिया • (takiyā) m (Urdu spelling تکیہ)
Declension edit
Declension of तकिया (masc ā-stem)
References edit
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तकिया”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Nepali edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
तकिया • (takiyā)
Further reading edit
- “तकिया”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary][1], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “तकिया”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar