شتک

Urdu

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit शतक (śataka).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʃə.t̪ək/
• Rhymes: -ək

Noun

شَتَک • (śatak) m (Hindi spelling शतक) (rare)

1. century, hundred

   Synonym: سَین٘کڑا (sa͠ikṛā)

2. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (cricket) a century

   Synonym: سِنْچُری (sincurī)

Further reading

• Platts, John T. (1884), “شتک”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 722