ٹھکانا

Urdu

Etymology

Related to ٹھیک‎ (ṭhīk). Cognate with Punjabi ਟਿਕਾਣਾ (ṭikāṇā) / ٹِکانا‎ (ṭikānā), Gujarati ઠેકાણું (ṭhekāṇũ), Marathi ठिकाण (ṭhikāṇ), Bengali ঠিকানা (ṭhikana).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʈʰɪ.kɑː.nɑː/

Noun

ٹھکانا • (ṭhikānā) m (Hindi spelling ठिकाना)

abode, home, place; proper place
end, destination, goal
certainty, reliability

Declension

Declension of ٹھکانا
	singular	plural
direct	ٹھکانا‎ (ṭhikānā)	ٹھکانے‎ (ṭhikāne)
oblique	ٹھکانے‎ (ṭhikāne)	ٹھکانوں‎ (ṭhikānõ)
vocative	ٹھکانے‎ (ṭhikāne)	ٹھکانو‎ (ṭhikāno)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ṭhīkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press