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Urdu
Etymology
From دِکھانا (dikhānā, “to show; to show off”) + ـاوا (-oā, nominal suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
دِکھاوا • (dikhāvā) m (Hindi spelling दिखावा)
- ostentation, showiness, flamboyance
- outward appearance; disguise
Declension
Further reading
- “دکھاوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “دکھاوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دکهانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 310
- Platts, John T. (1884) “دکھاوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 521