दक़ीक़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian دقیقه (daqīqa), from Arabic دَقِيقَة (daqīqa). By surface analysis, दक़ीक़ (daqīq) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.qiː.qɑː/, [d̪ɐ.qiː.qäː], /d̪ə.kiː.kɑː/, [d̪ɐ.kiː.käː]

Noun

दक़ीक़ा • (daqīqā) f (Urdu spelling دقیقہ)

1. anything small, minute or trifling; a trifle
2. subtile or intricate point
3. subtilty, nicety
   • 1962, Premacanda, Maṅgalācaraṇa:

     वो उनकी खातिर करने में कोई दक़ीक़ा नहीं फ़रोगुज़ाश्त करती।

     vo unkī khātir karne mẽ koī daqīqā nahī̃ faroguzāśt kartī.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

4. (by extension) a minute (one-sixtieth of an hour)
   • Mughal Kaleen Bharat : Humayu : Vol.-1, Rajkamal Prakashan, →ISBN, page 482:

     २२ दक़ीक़ा रात्रि में शेष रह गए थे

     22 daqīqā rātri mẽ śeṣ rah gae the

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• कोई दक़ीक़ा उठा न रखना (koī daqīqā uṭhā na rakhnā)
• कोई दक़ीक़ा बाकी न छोड़ना (koī daqīqā bākī na choṛnā)
• कोई दक़ीक़ा बाकी न रखना (koī daqīqā bākī na rakhnā)

 

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “daqiqa”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “dakika”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• Platts, John T. (1884) “daqiqa”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.