हिक्का

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) 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.
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “हिक्का”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

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

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• হিক্কা (Assamese script)
• ᬳᬶᬓ᭄ᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• হিক্কা (Bengali script)
• 𑰮𑰰𑰎𑰿𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဟိက္ကာ (Burmese script)
• હિક્કા (Gujarati script)
• ਹਿਕ੍ਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌹𑌿𑌕𑍍𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦲꦶꦏ꧀ꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂯𑂱𑂍𑂹𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಹಿಕ್ಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ហិក្កា (Khmer script)
• ຫິກ຺ກາ (Lao script)
• ഹിക്കാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡥᡳᡬᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘮𑘱𑘎𑘿𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠾᠢᢉᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧎𑧒𑦮𑧠𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐴𑐶𑐎𑑂𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ହିକ୍କା (Odia script)
• ꢲꢶꢒ꣄ꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆲𑆴𑆑𑇀𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖮𑖰𑖎𑖿𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• හික‍්කා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪂𑩑𑩜 𑪙𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚩𑚮𑚊𑚶𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஹிக்கா (Tamil script)
• హిక్కా (Telugu script)
• หิกฺกา (Thai script)
• ཧི་ཀྐཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒯𑒱𑒏𑓂𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨱𑨁𑨋𑩇𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

हिक्का • (hikkā) stem, 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 / हिक्कायै² hikkāyāḥ / hikkāyai²	हिक्काभ्याम् hikkābhyām	हिक्काभ्यः hikkābhyaḥ
Genitive	हिक्कायाः / हिक्कायै² hikkāyāḥ / hikkāyai²	हिक्कयोः hikkayoḥ	हिक्कानाम् hikkānām
Locative	हिक्कायाम् hikkāyām	हिक्कयोः hikkayoḥ	हिक्कासु hikkāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Pali: hikkā
• Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā)
  • Gurjar Apabhramsa:
    • Gujarati: હીક (hīk)
  • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
    • Hindustani:

      Hindi: हीक (hīk)

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हिक्का (hikkā)

  Urdu: ہِکَّا (hikkā)

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

  Devanagari script: हिक्वा (hikvā)

  Modi script: 𑘮𑘲𑘎𑘿𑘪𑘰 (hīkvā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “हिक्का”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1298.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hikkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press