दक़ीक़ा
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian دقیقه (daqīqa), from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa). By surface analysis, दक़ीक़ (daqīq) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ə.qiː.qɑː/, [d̪ɐ.qiː.qäː], /d̪ə.kiː.kɑː/, [d̪ɐ.kiː.käː]
Noun
दक़ीक़ा • (daqīqā) f (Urdu spelling دقیقہ)
- anything small, minute or trifling; a trifle
- subtile or intricate point
- subtilty, nicety
- 1962, Premacanda, Maṅgalācaraṇa:
- वो उनकी खातिर करने में कोई दक़ीक़ा नहीं फ़रोगुज़ाश्त करती।
- vo unkī khātir karne mẽ koī daqīqā nahī̃ faroguzāśt kartī.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension) a minute (one-sixtieth of an hour)
- Mughal Kaleen Bharat : Humayu : Vol.-1, Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, page 482:
- २२ दक़ीक़ा रात्रि में शेष रह गए थे
- 22 daqīqā rātri mẽ śeṣ rah gae the
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
- कोई दक़ीक़ा उठा न रखना (koī daqīqā uṭhā na rakhnā)
- कोई दक़ीक़ा बाकी न छोड़ना (koī daqīqā bākī na choṛnā)
- कोई दक़ीक़ा बाकी न रखना (koī daqīqā bākī na rakhnā)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “daqiqa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “dakika”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- Platts, John T. (1884) “daqiqa”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
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