हक्क

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حق (haq(q)), from Arabic حَقَّ (ḥaqqa). Compare Gujarati હક (hak), Hindi हक़ (haq), Punjabi ਹੱਕ (hakka) / حَق (ḥaq), Bengali হক (hok).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦək.kə/

Noun

हक्क • (hakka) m

1. right, privilege

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “हक्क”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “हक्क”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press