ज़ायक़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ذائقه (zâ'iqa), from Arabic ذَائِقَة (ḏāʔiqa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /zɑːj.qɑː/, [zäːj.qäː], /d͡ʒɑːj.kɑː/, [d͡ʒäːj.käː]

Noun

ज़ायक़ा • (zāyqā) m (Urdu spelling ذائقہ)

1. taste

   Synonym: स्वाद (svād)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zāyqā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 369