Hindi

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Etymology

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Particularly: “Borrowed from Classical Persian زک (zak)

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /zək/, [zɐk], /d͡ʒək/, [d͡ʒɐk]

Noun

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ज़क (zakf (Urdu spelling زک)

  1. defeat
  2. disgrace, humiliation
  3. injury, loss

Derived terms

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References

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  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “zaka”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “zak”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.