तालुका

See also: तलक, तलाक़, तालक, तालिका, and तिलक

Konkani

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تعلقه (taʻalluqa), from Arabic تَعَلُّقَة (taʕalluqa), Hindustani تَعَلُّقَہ (ta'alluqa) / ताल्लुक़ा (tālluqā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t̪aːlukaː]

Noun

तालुका • (tālukā) (Latin script taluka, Kannada script ತಾಲುಕಾ)

1. taluk, taluka (unit of government administration, subdivision of a district)

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian تعلقه (taʻalluqa), from Arabic تَعَلُّقَة (taʕalluqa). Compare Gujarati તાલુકો (tāluko), Kannada ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕು (tāllūku), Hindustani تَعَلُّقَہ (ta'alluqa) / ताल्लुक़ा (tālluqā), Sindhi تَعَلقو, Malayalam താലൂക്ക് (tālūkkŭ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪a.lu.ka/

Noun

तालुका • (tālukā) m

1. taluk (unit of government administration, subdivision of a district)

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “तालुका”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983, page 61.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “तालुका, तालुखा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, page 377
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “तालुका-खा”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ), page 1525.