ज़ायक़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zā'iqa), from Arabic ذَائِقَة (ḏāʔiqa).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /zɑːj.qɑː/, [zäːj.qäː], /d͡ʒɑːj.kɑː/, [d͡ʒäːj.käː]

Noun

ज़ायक़ा • (zāyqā) m (Urdu spelling ذائقہ)

taste
Synonym: स्वाद (svād)

Declension

Declension of ज़ायक़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ज़ायक़ा zāyqā	ज़ायक़े zāyqe
oblique	ज़ायक़े zāyqe	ज़ायक़ों zāyqõ
vocative	ज़ायक़े zāyqe	ज़ायक़ो zāyqo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zāyqā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 369

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