واکیہ

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit वाक्य (vākya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʋɑːk.jᵊ/

Noun

واکیہ • (vākya) m (Hindi spelling वाक्य)

1. (grammar) sentence
2. (linguistics) clause

   Synonym: جُمْلَہ (jumlā)

References

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