ठेका

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See also: ठोका

Hindi

Etymology

Deverbal from ठेकना (ṭheknā, to take help)

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Particularly: “Ultimately Proto-Indo-Aryan.”

Cognate with Gujarati ઠેકો (ṭheko), Marathi ठेका (ṭhekā), Punjabi ਠੇਕਾ (ṭhekā) / ٹھیکہ (ṭhekh), Sindhi ٺيڪو / ठेको.

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʈʰeː.kɑː/,

Noun

ठेका (ṭhekām (Urdu spelling ٹھیکا)

  1. (finance) contract
  2. (Hindustani classical music) a theka
  3. an alcohol shop
    शराब का ठेकाśarāb kā ṭhekāalcohol shop

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Marathi

Etymology

Cognate with Gujarati ઠેકો (ṭheko), Hindi ठेका (ṭhekā), Punjabi ਠੇਕਾ (ṭhekā) / ٹھیکہ (ṭhekh), Sindhi ٺيڪو / ठेको.

Pronunciation

Noun

ठेका (ṭhekām

  1. (finance) contract
    Synonym: कंत्राट (kantrāṭ)
  2. (music) beat, rhythm

Declension

Declension of ठेका (masc ā-stem)
direct
singular
ठेका
ṭhekā
direct
plural
ठेके
ṭheke
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
ठेका
ṭhekā
ठेके
ṭheke
oblique
सामान्यरूप
ठेक्या
ṭhekyā
ठेक्यां-
ṭhekyān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
ठेक्याला
ṭhekyālā
ठेक्यांना
ṭhekyānnā
ergative ठेक्याने, ठेक्यानं
ṭhekyāne, ṭhekyāna
ठेक्यांनी
ṭhekyānnī
instrumental ठेक्याशी
ṭhekyāśī
ठेक्यांशी
ṭhekyānśī
locative
सप्तमी
ठेक्यात
ṭhekyāt
ठेक्यांत
ṭhekyāt
vocative
संबोधन
ठेक्या
ṭhekyā
ठेक्यांनो
ṭhekyānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of ठेका (masc ā-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
ठेक्याचा
ṭhekyāċā
ठेक्याचे
ṭhekyāċe
ठेक्याची
ṭhekyācī
ठेक्याच्या
ṭhekyācā
ठेक्याचे, ठेक्याचं
ṭhekyāċe, ṭhekyāċa
ठेक्याची
ṭhekyācī
ठेक्याच्या
ṭhekyācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
ठेक्यांचा
ṭhekyānċā
ठेक्यांचे
ṭhekyānċe
ठेक्यांची
ṭhekyāñcī
ठेक्यांच्या
ṭhekyāncā
ठेक्यांचे, ठेक्यांचं
ṭhekyānċe, ṭhekyānċa
ठेक्यांची
ṭhekyāñcī
ठेक्यांच्या
ṭhekyāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “ठेका”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
  • Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ठेका”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
  • दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण (1932-1950) “ठेका”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे : महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭhēkk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press