چھکا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀓𑁆𑀓 (chakka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit षट्क (ṣáṭka), but influenced by Northwestern Indo-Aryan, for which compare Punjabi چھکا (chakkā) and the other playing card numbers. *chākā would be the expected reflex in Urdu. Cognate with Nepali छक्का (chakkā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰək.kɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

چَھکّا • (chakkā) m (Hindi spelling छक्का)

1. any set of six
   1. (cricket) sixer
   2. (card games) a six
   3. (dice games) a six
2. (slang) gay; trans

Declension

Declension of چھکا

	singular	plural
direct	چَھکّا (chakkā)	چَھکّے (chakke)
oblique	چَھکّے (chakke)	چَھکّوں (chakkõ)
vocative	چَھکّے (chakke)	چَھکّو (chakko)

See also

Playing cards in Urdu · تاش (tāś) (layout · text)
اِکّا (ikkā)	دُکّا (dukkā)	تِکّا (tikkā)	چَوکا (caukā)	پَن٘جا (pañjā)	چَھکّا (chakkā)	سَتّا (sattā)
اَٹّھا (aṭṭhā)	نَہْلا (nahlā)	دَہْلا (dahlā)	غُلام (ġulām)	بیگَم (begam)	بادْشاہ (bādśāh)	جوکَر (jokar)

Further reading

• “چھکا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “چھکا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “چھکا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.