ਤੜਕਾ

From ਤੜਕਣਾ (taṛkaṇā, “to crackle”) from Sanskrit ਤ੍ਰਟ (traṭa). Cognate with Hindi तड़का (taṛkā).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪əɽ.käː/, [ˈt̪əɽ.käː]

ਤੜਕਾ • (taṛkā) m (Shahmukhi spelling تڑکا)

1. crack of dawn, early morning

   Synonyms: ਸਾਝਰਾ (sājhrā), ਸਵੇਰ (saver)

2. tarka

• ਤੜਕੇ (taṛke, “at the crack of dawn”) (singular locative case)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “traṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 341