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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).
Noun
تَکْیَہ • (takyah) m
- pillow
- reliance
- takya
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تکیہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).
Pronunciation
Noun
تَکْیَہ or تَکِیَہ • (takya or takiya) m (Hindi spelling तक्या or तकिया)
- a pillow, bolster, cushion
- Synonyms: سِرْہانَہ (sirhāna), بالِش (bāliś), مَسْنَد (masnad)
- anything upon which one leans, prop, support
- reliance, trust
- the reserve of an army
- a place of repose
- takya (all senses)
- Sufi monastery
- the stand or abode of a faqīr
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- Platts, John T. (1884) “تکيه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.