वाक़ई

वाक़ई

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian واقعی‎ (vâqe'i, “real; actual; true”), from Arabic واقِعِيّ‎ (wāqiʿiyy, “actual; real”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʋɑː.qə.iː/, [ʋäː.qə.iː], /ʋɑː.kə.iː/, [ʋäː.kə.iː]

Adverb

वाक़ई • (vāqaī) (Urdu spelling واقعی‎)

1. truly, actually; really

   उसने वाक़ई ऐसा किया? ― usne vāqaī aisā kiyā? ― Did he really do this?

   Synonyms: सच में (sac mẽ), वास्तव में (vāstav mẽ)

Adjective

वाक़ई • (vāqaī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling واقعی‎)

1. true

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “वाक़ई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press