ڈکار

See also: ذكار‎

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀭 (*ḍakkāra), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀟𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀭 (*ḍakkāra). Cognate with Punjabi ਡਕਾਰ (ḍakār) / ڈکار‎ (ḍakār), Nepali डकार (ḍakār), Marathi ढेकर (ḍhekar), डकार (ḍakār), Kashmiri ڈاکُر‎ (ḍākur).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɖə.kɑːɾ/, /ɖɪ.kɑːɾ/
Rhymes: -ɑːɾ

Noun

ڈَکار • (ḍakār) f (Hindi spelling डकार)

burp, belch
bellowing of an ox
the roar of a lion, tiger (and by extension) elephant, camel

Declension

Declension of ڈکار
	singular	plural
direct	ڈکار‎ (ḍakār)	ڈکاریں‎ (ḍakārẽ)
oblique	ڈکار‎ (ḍakār)	ڈکاروں‎ (ḍakārõ)
vocative	ڈکار‎ (ḍakār)	ڈکارو‎ (ḍakāro)

References

“ڈکار”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“ڈکار”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḍakkāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press