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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिक्का (hikkā). Doublet of हीक (hīk).
Pronunciation
Noun
हिक्का • (hikkā) f (Urdu spelling ہِکَّا)
- (rare) hiccup
- Synonym: हिचकी (hickī)
Declension
Declension of हिक्का (fem ā-stem)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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हिक्का
hikkā
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हिक्काएँ
hikkāẽ
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| oblique
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हिक्का
hikkā
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हिक्काओं
hikkāõ
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| vocative
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हिक्का
hikkā
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हिक्काओ
hikkāo
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References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हिक्का”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi : Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5508
- Platts, John T. (1884) “हिक्का”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 1230
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
From the root हिक्क् (hikk) + -आ (-ā), onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Noun
हिक्का • (hikkā) stem, f
- hiccup
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “हिक्का”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1298.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “hikkā”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1757
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hikkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 814