ठिकाना

Hindi[edit]

Related to ठीक (ṭhīk). Cognate with Punjabi ਟਿਕਾਣਾ (ṭikāṇā) / ٹِکانا (ṭikānā), Gujarati ઠેકાણું (ṭhekāṇũ), Marathi ठिकाण (ṭhikāṇ), Bengali ঠিকানা (ṭhikana).

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ठिकाना • (ṭhikānā) m (Urdu spelling ٹِھکَانَا)

abode, home, place; proper place
क्रांतिकारियों का अब कोई ठिकाना नहीं रहा।
krāntikāriyõ kā ab koī ṭhikānā nahī̃ rahā.
The revolutionaries do not have a base anymore.

प्राकृतिक ठिकाना ― prākŕtik ṭhikānā ― natural place
end, destination, goal
नाव ठिकाने लगी। ― nāv ṭhikāne lagī. ― The boat reached its destination.
certainty, reliability

Declension of ठिकाना (masc ā-stem)

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Platts, John T. (1884) “ठिकाना”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ठिकाना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭhīkka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press