हिक्का

हिक्का

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɪk.kɑː/, [ɦɪk̚.käː]

Noun

हिक्का • (hikkā) f (Urdu spelling ہِکَّا‎)

1. (rare, formal) 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

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) , “हिक्का”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) , “हिक्का”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
• Syamasundara Dasa (1965–1975) , “हिक्का”, in Hindi Sabdasagara [Comprehensive Hindi Dictionary] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha.

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Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ᬳᬶᬓ᭄ᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• হিক্কা (Assamese script)
• হিক্কা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• હિક્કા (Gujarati script)
• ꦲꦶꦏ꧀ꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• ಹಿಕ್ಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ဟိက္ကာ (Burmese script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହିକ୍କା (Oriya script)
• ꢲꢶꢒ꣄ꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• హిక్కా (Telugu script)
• ཧིཀྐཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)

Alternative forms

• हेक्का (hekkā)
• हिक्किका (hikkikā)
• हिक्वा (hikvā)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

हिक्का • (hikkā) f

1. a hiccup
2. an owl

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of हिक्का (hikkā)
	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 / हिक्का¹ hikkayā / hikkā¹	हिक्काभ्याम् hikkābhyām	हिक्काभिः hikkābhiḥ
Dative	हिक्कायै hikkāyai	हिक्काभ्याम् hikkābhyām	हिक्काभ्यः hikkābhyaḥ
Ablative	हिक्कायाः hikkāyāḥ	हिक्काभ्याम् hikkābhyām	हिक्काभ्यः hikkābhyaḥ
Genitive	हिक्कायाः hikkāyāḥ	हिक्कयोः hikkayoḥ	हिक्कानाम् hikkānām
Locative	हिक्कायाम् hikkāyām	हिक्कयोः hikkayoḥ	हिक्कासु hikkāsu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: hikkā
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā)
  • Gurjar Apabhramsa: [Term?]
    • Gujarati: હીક (hīk)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa: [Term?]
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: हीक (hīk)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हिक्का (hikkā)

  Urdu: ہِکَّا‎ (hikkā)

• → Old Marathi: (< Sanskrit हिक्वा (hikvā))

  Devanagari: हिक्वा (hikvā)

  Modi: 𑘮𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘪𑘰 (hīkvā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) , “हिक्का”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 1298.