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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit हक्क (hakka, “calling to an elephant”). Cognate with Gujarati હાંક (hā̃k), Marathi हाक (hāk).
Pronunciation
Noun
ہَان٘ک • (hā̃k) f (Hindi spelling हाँक)
- calling aloud, bawling
- driving off or away (by shouting or bawling)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ہَان٘ک (hā̃k)
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ہَان٘کیں (hā̃kẽ)
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| oblique
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ہَان٘ک (hā̃k)
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ہَان٘کوں (hā̃kõ)
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| vocative
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ہَان٘ک (hā̃k)
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ہَان٘کو (hā̃ko)
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References
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہانکنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “hāṅk”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hakka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press