ठीकरा
Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑀻𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀭 (*ṭhīkkara)[1] + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ठीकरा • (ṭhīkrā) m (Urdu spelling ٹِھیکْرا)
- potsherd, shard
- 2008 September, Ram Sharan Sharma, प्राचीन भारत में भौतिक प्रगति एवं सामाजिक संरचनाएँ [prācīn bhārat mẽ bhautik pragti evã sāmājik sanracnāẽ, Material Progress and Social Structures in Ancient India], Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 224:
- जब हम भारत में उत्तर-पश्चिम से दक्षिण-पूर्व की ओर जाते हैं, तो हम देखते हैं कि इस मृद्भांड के ठीकरे क्रमशः कम होते जाते हैं।
- jab ham bhārat mẽ uttar-paścim se dakṣiṇ-pūrv kī or jāte ha͠i, to ham dekhte ha͠i ki is mŕdbhāṇḍ ke ṭhīkre kramśaḥ kam hote jāte ha͠i.
- As we move from North-West to South-East in India, we see that the potsherds of this pottery gradually decrease.
- a begging bowl
- Synonym: भिक्षापात्र (bhikṣāpātra)
- 2006, न संसार न मुक्ति [na sansār na mukti], Diamond Pocket Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 32:
- मुक्त पुरुष नीरस है, क्योंकि उसे वह मिल गया है जिसको हम कहते हैं: ‘रसो वै सः’। उसने परम धन पा लिया। तुम्हारे ठीकरों में उसे धन नहीं दिखाई पड़ता।
- mukt puruṣ nīras hai, kyõki use vah mil gayā hai jisko ham kahte ha͠i: ‘raso vai saḥ’. usne param dhan pā liyā. tumhāre ṭhīkrõ mẽ use dhan nahī̃ dikhāī paṛtā.
- The liberated man is passionless, because he has got what we call: ‘that is rasa’. He has obtained the ultimate wealth. He does not see money in your begging bowls.
- (figurative) a worthless object
- ठीकरा समझना ― ṭhīkrā samajhnā ― to think of as a worthless object
Declension
[edit]Declension of ठीकरा (masc ā-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- ठीकरा फोड़ना (ṭhīkrā phoṛnā)
Related terms
[edit]- ठीकरी (ṭhīkrī)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭhīkkara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 307
Further reading
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “ठीकरा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1923
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “ठीकरा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 266
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ठीकरा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 413
- “ठीकरा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.