ख़ाका

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian خاکا (xākā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /xɑː.kɑː/, [xäː.käː], /kʰɑː.kɑː/, [kʰäː.käː]

Noun

ख़ाका • (xākā) m (Urdu spelling خاکا)

1. plan, scheme; draft, outline

   ख़ाका बनाना ― xākā banānā ― to make a plan

   ख़ाका खींचना ― xākā khī̃cnā ― to lay out a plan; outline a plan

2. diagram

   Synonym: आलेख (ālekh)

Declension

Declension of ख़ाका (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ख़ाका xākā	ख़ाके xāke
oblique	ख़ाके xāke	ख़ाकों xākõ
vocative	ख़ाके xāke	ख़ाको xāko

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ख़ाका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 234