यकायक

Hindi

Alternative forms

• यक-आ-यक (yak-ā-yak)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian يکايک (yak-ā-yak).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /jə.kɑː.jək/, [jɐ.käː.jɐk]

Adverb

यकायक • (yakāyak) (Urdu spelling يکايک)

1. one by one; suddenly, all at once
2. one opposed to another

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “यक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “यकायक”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.