Haka: 3 definitions

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Haka means something in Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

haka (हक).—This word and its compounds and derivatives (as hakaṭaka, hakadāra, hakadārī, hakanahaka, haka- māla, hakahalāla &c.) are both more correctly and more commonly written hakka &c.

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hāka (हाक) [or हांक, hāṅka].—f ē ( H) A call or loud cry after or to. v māra. 2 A general and loud calling or bawling to. 3 Notoriety, noisedness abroad, public talk about. 4 The distance or reach of a call. Ex. vāṭēvara hāka hākēvara caukyā ṭhēvalyā hōtyā. 5 The call or cry out, by a vender, of the price of his goods; i. e. (by implication,) his exorbitant demand or high terms. Ex. jinnasa puṣkaḷa yētāñca vāṇyāñcī hāka kamatī jhālī; pēṭhēnta tāndaḷācī hāka dāhā rupayē pharā asī āhē. hākā māraṇēṃ To make loud plaints and ululations. 2 (To cry out, wail &c.) To lie unfinished or uncommenced;--as a work or business necessary to be despatched: also to be dished or marred; to lie crying for help;--as a business, project, counsel. hāka dēṇēṃ To halloo or call to. 3 To return a halloo-answer. hāka nā bōmba Neither bawl nor bellow; neither halloo nor outcry; i. e. no cry has been, is, or will be, made (about it); or cry made has not reached or will not reach the ears of anybody.

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hāka (हाक) [or हाक्क, hākka].—m Better written hakka, as also the compounds formed with this word.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

hāka (हाक).—f A call or loud cry, after or to. Notoriety. The reach of a call. hāka dēṇēṃ Call to; return a balloo-answer. hākā māraṇēṃ Make loud plaints. (vyāpāṛyāñcī) hāka kamī hōṇēṃ The going down of their exorbitant terms.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Haka (हक) [Also spelled hak]:—(a) stunned, still; (nm) palpitation; —[honā] to be stunned; to become still; to die.

2) Haka (हक) [Also spelled hak]:—(nm) right; entitlement; due; return (as [namaka kā haka adā karanā]); truth, reality; ~[talaphī] usurpation, depriving somebody of his right; ~[dāra] rightful, entitled; one who has a right; ~[dārī] right, entitlement; -[nāhaka] right and wrong, rightful and wrongful; wrongfully; ~[parasta] righteous; ~[parastī] righteousness; -, [maurūsī] ancestral right; ~[śaphā (śuphā)] ([ ]) preemption; —[adā karanā] to perform one’s duty; —[ke lie/-para laḍanā] to fight for one’s right; —[māranā] to deprive of one’s due; to usurp one’s right; —[meṃ] in respect of; for; •[kāṃṭe bonā] to do an evil turn to; to create obstacles (for).

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