हिक्का

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हिक्का (hikkā). Doublet of हीक (hīk).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪk.kɑː/, [ɦɪk̚.käː]

Noun

हिक्का • (hikkā) f (Urdu spelling ہِکَّا)

1. (rare) hiccup

   Synonym: हिचकी (hickī)

Declension

Declension of हिक्का (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हिक्का hikkā	हिक्काएँ hikkāẽ
oblique	हिक्का hikkā	हिक्काओं hikkāõ
vocative	हिक्का hikkā	हिक्काओ hikkāo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हिक्का”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: 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 forms

• हेक्का (hekkā), हिक्वा (hikvā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হিক্কা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬶᬓ᭄ᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• হিক্কা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟိက္ကာ (Burmese script)
• હિક્કા (Gujarati script)
• ਹਿਕ੍ਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦶꦏ꧀ꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಿಕ್ಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ហិក្កា (Khmer script)
• ຫິກ຺ກາ (Lao script)
• ഹിക്കാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡳᡬᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠢᢉᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧒𑦮𑧠𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହିକ୍କା (Odia script)
• ꢲꢶꢒ꣄ꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හික‍්කා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹிக்கா (Tamil script)
• హిక్కా (Telugu script)
• หิกฺกา (Thai script)
• ཧི་ཀྐཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root हिक्क् (hikk) +‎ -आ (-ā), onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɦik.kɑː/, [ɦik̚.kɑː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɦik.kɑː/, [ɦik̚.kɑː]

Noun

हिक्का • (hikkā) stem, f

1. hiccup

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of हिक्का

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	हिक्का (hikkā)	हिक्के (hikke)	हिक्काः (hikkāḥ)
vocative	हिक्के (hikke)	हिक्के (hikke)	हिक्काः (hikkāḥ)
accusative	हिक्काम् (hikkām)	हिक्के (hikke)	हिक्काः (hikkāḥ)
instrumental	हिक्कया (hikkayā) हिक्का¹ (hikkā¹)	हिक्काभ्याम् (hikkābhyām)	हिक्काभिः (hikkābhiḥ)
dative	हिक्कायै (hikkāyai)	हिक्काभ्याम् (hikkābhyām)	हिक्काभ्यः (hikkābhyaḥ)
ablative	हिक्कायाः (hikkāyāḥ) हिक्कायै² (hikkāyai²)	हिक्काभ्याम् (hikkābhyām)	हिक्काभ्यः (hikkābhyaḥ)
genitive	हिक्कायाः (hikkāyāḥ) हिक्कायै² (hikkāyai²)	हिक्कयोः (hikkayoḥ)	हिक्कानाम् (hikkānām)
locative	हिक्कायाम् (hikkāyām)	हिक्कयोः (hikkayoḥ)	हिक्कासु (hikkāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• हिक्किका (hikkikā)

Descendants

• Pali: hikkā
• Prakrit: 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā)
  • Gujarati: હીક (hīk)
  • Hindi: हीक (hīk)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हिक्का (hikkā)

  Urdu: ہِکَّا (hikkā)

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