धमाका

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dhammakkas. Compare Punjabi ਧਮਕੀ (dhamkī, “threat”), Nepali धम्कि (dhamki, “threat”), धम्काउनु (dhamkāunu, “to threaten”), Gujarati ધમકી (dhamkī, “threat”), ધમકાવવું (dhamkāvvũ, “to threaten”), Marathi धमकी (dhamkī, “threat”), Bengali ধমক (dhomok, “threat”), ধমকানো (dhomkanō, “to threaten”).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱə.mɑː.kɑː/, [d̪ʱɐ.mäː.käː]

धमाका • (dhamākā) m (Urdu spelling دھماکہ)

1. loud noise; boom, crash
2. blast

   Synonym: विस्फोट (visphoṭ)

3. hard blow, hit, strike
4. threat

   Synonym: धमकी (dhamkī)

• धमकाना (dhamkānā, “to threaten”)
• धमकी (dhamkī, “threat”)

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “धमाका”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2429
• Caturvedi, Mahendra; Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970), “धमाका”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 337
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “धमाका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 524
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “धमाका”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 327.