इलाक़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

इलाका (ilākā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَاقَة (ʕalāqa). Compare Bengali এলাকা (elaka).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪ.lɑː.qɑː/, [ɪ.läː.qäː], /ɪ.lɑː.kɑː/, [ɪ.läː.käː]

Noun

इलाक़ा • (ilāqā) m (Urdu spelling علاقہ)

area, region, locality
- फणीश्वरनाथ रेणु [phaṇīśvarnāth reṇu] ((Can we date this quote?)) इस जल प्रलय में [is jal pralay mẽ]
  मेरा गाँव ऐसे इलाके में है जहाँ हर साल […]
  merā gā̃v aise ilāke mẽ hai jahā̃ har sāl […]
  My town is in such a region that every year […]

Declension

Declension of इलाक़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	इलाक़ा ilāqā	इलाक़े ilāqe
oblique	इलाक़े ilāqe	इलाक़ों ilāqõ
vocative	इलाक़े ilāqe	इलाक़ो ilāqo

Descendants

→ Telugu: ఇలాకా (ilākā)

References

Bahri, Hardev (1989) “इलाक़ा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ilāqā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 107

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