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Glossary entry

Hindi term or phrase:

deekra

English translation:

son

Added to glossary by C.M. Rawal
May 4, 2007 08:07
17 yrs ago
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Hindi term

deekra

Hindi to English Art/Literary Poetry & Literature
I've got numerous hindi words in book I translate and this is one of them.
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 son
5 -1 "Visible"
4 Can be seen, visible or is looking at - according to the context.
Change log

May 4, 2007 08:07: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"

May 17, 2008 05:33: C.M. Rawal Created KOG entry

May 17, 2008 05:35: C.M. Rawal changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/70962">C.M. Rawal's</a> old entry - "deekra"" to ""son ""

Discussion

Nikeeta Kulkarni May 4, 2007:
Some more context??

Proposed translations

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son

It is not a Hindi word. In Parsi community, a son is addressed as dikra or deekra.
Peer comment(s):
agree Nikeeta Kulkarni
2 hrs
agree Mrudula Tambe : Agree
3 hrs
agree Shruti Nagar : but not only in Parsies. In fact 'dikro' is a gujarati word.
4 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "thanx. Your were right, this word was used by a Parsi woman. Hand no idea they speak their own language..."
-1
5 mins

"Visible"

I think the word may be as 'dikhraa'.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Shruti Nagar : in that case it would be 'dikh raha'
5 hrs
It can be Visible also.
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53 mins

Can be seen, visible or is looking at - according to the context.

This is not a pure Hindi word but a word from a Hindi dialect.
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