तकिया

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (takya, “support, prop”). Compare Gujarati તકિયો (takiyo), Malayalam തക്യാവ് (takyāvŭ), Punjabi ਤਕੀਆ (takīā).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ə.kɪ.jɑː/, [t̪ɐ.ki.jäː]

Noun

तकिया • (takiyā) m (Urdu spelling تکیہ)

pillow, cushion
Synonyms: सिरहाना (sirhānā), मसनद (masnad), (rare) उपधान (updhān)

योगिनी ने एक बड़ा तकिया पाँव तले रख दिया
yoginī ne ek baṛā takiyā pā̃v tale rakh diyā
Yogini put a big pillow under the feet

Declension

Declension of तकिया (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	तकिया takiyā	तकिए, तकिये takie, takiye
oblique	तकिए, तकिये takie, takiye	तकियों takiyõ
vocative	तकिए, तकिये takie, takiye	तकियो takiyo

References

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

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (takya).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [t̪ʌkijä]

Phonetic Devanagari: तकिया

Noun

तकिया • (takiyā)

pillow
Synonym: सिरानी (sirānī)
cushion
Synonym: चकटी (cakaṭī)

Further reading

“तकिया”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary]‎, Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “तकिया”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar

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