دھکا
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Indo-Aryan *dhakk-. Compare Gujarati ધક્કો (dhakko), Bengali ধাক্কা (dhakka).
Noun
[edit]دھکا • (dhakkā) m (Hindi spelling धक्का)
- shove, push
- (figurative) misfortune, bad luck
References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhakk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press