तुक्का

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تکه (tukka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊk.kɑː/, [t̪ʊk̚.käː]

Noun

तुक्का • (tukkā) m (Urdu spelling تکہ)

1. headless arrow
2. (idiomatic, colloquial) an uninformed guess

   जो भी मैंने लिखा है सब तुक्का है।

   jo bhī ma͠ine likhā hai sab tukkā hai.

   Everything I have written is baseless speculation.

Declension

Declension of तुक्का (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तुक्का tukkā	तुक्के tukke
oblique	तुक्के tukke	तुक्कों tukkõ
vocative	तुक्के tukke	तुक्को tukko

Derived terms

• तुक्का मारना (tukkā mārnā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “तुक्का”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press