دکھاوا

Urdu

Etymology

From دِکھانا (dikhānā, “to show; to show off”) +‎ ـاوا (-oā, nominal suffix).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ɪ.kʰɑː.ʋɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: دِ‧کھا‧وا

Noun

دِکھاوا • (dikhāvā) m (Hindi spelling दिखावा)

  1. ostentation, showiness, flamboyance
  2. outward appearance; disguise

Declension
Declension of دکھاوا
singular plural
direct دِکھاوا (dikhāvā) دِکھاوے (dikhāve)
oblique دِکھاوے (dikhāve) دِکھاووں (dikhāvõ)
vocative دِکھاوے (dikhāve) دِکھاوو (dikhāvo)

Further reading
  • “دکھاوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “دکھاوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دکهانا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 310
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “دکھاوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 521
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