ধোঁকা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• ধোকা (dhōka), ধোঁখা (dhō̃kha), ধোখা (dhōkha)
• ধুঁকা (dhũka), ধুকা (dhuka), ধুঁখা (dhũkha), ধুখা (dhukha)

Etymology

From a derivative of Sanskrit ধ্রোক্ষ্যতি (dhrokṣyati, “will deceive”), from the root দ্রুহ্ (druh), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ-. Cognate with Hindi धोखा (dhokhā), Punjabi ਧੋਖਾ (dhokhā), Gujarati ધોકા (dhokā) / ધોંકા (dhõkā).

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱõka/, [ˈd̪ʱõkaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱõka/, [ˈd̪ʱõkaˑ], /d̪ʱoka/, [ˈd̪ʱokaˑ]
• (Vanga) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱõka/, [ˈd̪ʱõkaˑ], [ˈd̪ó̃xaˑ]

Noun

ধোঁকা • (dhō̃ka)

1. fraud, cheating, deception

   এসব তো ধোঁকা। ― eśob tō dhō̃ka. ― This is all a fraud.

   তুই আমাকে ধোঁকা দিতে পারবিনা।

   tui amake dhō̃ka dite parobina.

   You cannot deceive me.

Derived terms

• ধোঁকা দেয়া (dhō̃ka deẏa, “to deceive”)
• ধোঁকা খাওয়া (dhō̃ka khaōẇa, “to be deceived”)
• ধোঁকাবাজ (dhō̃kabaj, “deceiver”)