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چھکا. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀓𑁆𑀓 (chakka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit षट्क (ṣáṭka), but influenced by Northwestern Indo-Aryan, for which compare Punjabi چھکا (chakkā) and the other playing card numbers. *chākā would be the expected reflex in Urdu. Cognate with Nepali छक्का (chakkā).
Pronunciation
Noun
چَھکّا • (chakkā) m (Hindi spelling छक्का)
- any set of six
- (cricket) sixer
- (card games) a six
- (dice games) a six
- (slang) gay; trans
Declension
| Declension of چھکا
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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چَھکّا (chakkā)
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چَھکّے (chakke)
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| oblique
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چَھکّے (chakke)
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چَھکّوں (chakkõ)
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| vocative
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چَھکّے (chakke)
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چَھکّو (chakko)
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See also
Further reading
- “چھکا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “چھکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “چھکا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
