कीकर
Hindi
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Proto-New Indo-Aryan *किक्कर (kikkara)
Hindi कीकर
Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *किक्कर (kikkara) of unknown and probably substrate origin. Cognate with Punjabi ਕਿੱਕਰ (kikkar) and related to Sanskrit किङ्किराल (kiṅkirāla).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /kiː.kəɾ/, [kiː.kɐɾ]
Noun
कीकर • (kīkar) m (Urdu spelling کِیکَر)
- the babul tree, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica
- Synonyms: बबूल (babūl), दृढ़बीज (dŕṛhbīj), वर्वूर (varvūr), पंक्तिबीज (paṅktibīj)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | कीकर kīkar |
कीकर kīkar |
| oblique | कीकर kīkar |
कीकरों kīkarõ |
| vocative | कीकर kīkar |
कीकरो kīkaro |
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kikkara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 160
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कीकर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 199
- “कीकर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कीकर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 958