تکیہ

See also: تكية and تکیه

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).

Noun

تَکْیَہ • (takyah) m

1. pillow
2. reliance
3. takya

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تکیہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تَکْیَه (takya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ək.jɑ(ː)/, /t̪ə.kɪj.ɑ(ː)/.

Noun

تَکْیَہ or تَکِیَہ • (takya or takiya) m (Hindi spelling तक्या or तकिया)

1. a pillow, bolster, cushion

   Synonyms: سِرْہانَہ (sirhāna), بالِش (bāliś), مَسْنَد (masnad)

2. anything upon which one leans, prop, support
3. reliance, trust
4. the reserve of an army
5. a place of repose
6. takya (all senses)
   1. Sufi monastery
   2. the stand or abode of a faqīr

Derived terms

• تَکْیَہ دار (takya dār)
• تَکْیَہ لَگانا (takya lagānā)
• تَکْیَہ نِشِین (takya niśīn)
• تَکْیَہ کَرْنا (takya karnā)
• تَکْیَہ کَلام (takya kalām)

 

See also

• مَٹھ (maṭh)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884) “تکيه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.