ہکنگ

Brahui

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian [Term?]. Cognate with Gondi [script needed] (inkawata), Kurukh [script needed] (iū̃khnā, “to cough”), Kumarbhag Paharia [script needed] (inqe, “to cough”).

Alternatively, borrowed from Northwestern Indo-Aryan or Northwestern Iranian. Compare Sanskrit हिक्कति (hikkati, “to cough”), हिक्का (hikkā, “cough”), Baluchi [script needed] (hik).

Verb

ہِکِّنْگ (hikkiṅg)

1. to hiccup

References

• Bray, Denys (1934) “hikking”, in The Brahui Language‎^[1], Calcutta, India: Superintendent Government Printing, Part II: The Brāhūī Problem; Part III: Etymological Vocabulary, page 136
• Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “419”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hikkati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press