वाक़ई
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian واقعی (vâqe'i, “real; actual; true”), from Arabic واقِعِيّ (wāqiʕiyy, “actual; real”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
वाक़ई • (vāqaī) (Urdu spelling واقعی)
- truly, actually; really
- (deprecated template usage) उसने वाक़ई ऐसा किया? ― usne vāqaī aisā kiyā? ― Did he really do this?
- Synonyms: सच में (sac mẽ), वास्तव में (vāstav mẽ)
Adjective
वाक़ई • (vāqaī) (Urdu spelling واقعی)
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “वाक़ई”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press