دھکا

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀥𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*dhakka), from *𑀥𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁆 (*dhakk).

• (Phonetic): tàkkā

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ək˩.käː/, [ˈt̪ək̚˩.käː(˧)]
• Rhymes: -äː

دَھکّا • (dhakkā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੱਕਾ)

1. shove, push
2. shock
3. (by extension) loss, damage

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “دھکّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਧੱਕਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*dhakk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 383

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *𑀥𑀓𑁆𑀓 (*dhakka), from *𑀥𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁆 (*dhakk).^[1]

Compare Gujarati ધક્કો (dhakko), Bengali ধাক্কা (dhakka).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱək.kɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

دَھکّا • (dhakkā) m (Hindi spelling धक्का)

1. shove, push
2. shock
3. (by extension) loss, damage
4. (figurative) misfortune, bad luck

• “دھکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “دهکا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 321
• Platts, John T. (1884), “دهکا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 545
• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “دهکا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 658
• John Shakespear (1834), “دهکا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 903