ڈکار

See also: ذكار‎

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀭 (*ḍakkāra), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀭 (*ḍakkāra). Cognate with Punjabi ਡਕਾਰ (ḍakār) / ڈکار‎ (ḍakār), Nepali डकार (ḍakār), Marathi ढेकर (ḍhekar), डकार (ḍakār), Kashmiri ڈاکُر‎ (ḍākur).

Pronunciation

Noun

ڈَکار • (ḍakār) f (Hindi spelling डकार)

  1. burp, belch
  2. bellowing of an ox
  3. the roar of a lion, tiger (and by extension) elephant, camel

Declension
Declension of ڈکار
singular plural
direct ڈکار‎ (ḍakār) ڈکاریں‎ (ḍakārẽ)
oblique ڈکار‎ (ḍakār) ڈکاروں‎ (ḍakārõ)
vocative ڈکار‎ (ḍakār) ڈکارو‎ (ḍakāro)

References
  • “ڈکار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “ڈکار”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḍakkāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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