تکیہ نشین

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Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه‌نِشِین (takya-nišīn).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَکْیَہ نِشِین (takya niśīnm (Hindi spelling तक्या निशीन)

  1. a faqīr, a dervish
    Synonym: تَکْیَہ دار (takya dār)

Further reading

  • Platts, John T. (1884) “تکيه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.