Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
टेक · noun · feminine
वह लकडी़ या खंभा जो किसी भारी वस्तु को अडा़ए या टिकाए रखने के लिये नीचे या बगल से भि़डा़कर लगाया जाता है । चाँड़ । थूनी । थम · टिकने या भार देने की वस्तु । ओठँगने की चीज । ढासना । सहारा · आश्रय । अवलंब — Śabdasāgara
टेक · ṭek · s.f.
Prop, pillar, support; reliance; promise, vow; determination, resolve — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 367
टेक · ṭek · s.m.
Mass, pile, heap, mound, hillock ( = ṭekar); obstacle, bar, hindrance — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 367
टेक · feminine
support, brace, post, prop; resolve, determination; something on which one is firm
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From टेकना (ṭeknā, “to support”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: a demon causing disease (v.l. ṭaka)
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Dictionary citations
ṭeka m. N. of a demon causing disease (v.l. ṭaka), Hir.
Alternative readings
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