As a Hindi name
धाक · noun · masculine
वृष · आहार । भोजन । भात · अन्न । अनाज — Śabdasāgara
धाक · noun · feminine
रोब । दबदबा । आतंक · प्रसिद्धि । शोहरत । शोर — Śabdasāgara
धाक · dhāk · s.f.
Renown, fame; grandeur, glory, pomp — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 538
धाक · dhāk · s.f.
A post — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 538
धाक · feminine
renown, fame; prestige, notoriety; pomp; awe, dread
Cited formation "धाक" is ध + -आक: ध means "the nineteenth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आक forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "धाक" is धना + -आक: धना means "A wife, mistress, lady, ( = dhannī, q.v.)", and the suffix -आक forms doing habitually, efficiently (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(7) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an ox, Sch.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhāka" is the vocative of "dhākā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "dhāka" is derived from "dhā" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
dhā f. in 2. tiro-dhā
dur-dhā (qq.vv.)
dhāka m. an ox, Uṇ. iii, 40, Sch.
a receptacle (= ādhāra; v.l. āhāra, food), ib.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
dhāka m. an ox, Uṇ. iii, 40, Sch.
a receptacle (= ādhāra; v.l. āhāra, food), ib.
a post, L.
dhāka m. (-kaḥ) 1 An ox. 2 Food. 3 Boiled rice. 4 A post. E. dhā to have or hold, Uṇādi affix ka.
dhākā f., Pāṇ. vii, 4, 13, Vārtt. 1, Pat. [cf. θήκη].
dhā f. in 2. tiro-dhā
dur-dhā (qq.vv.)
Alternative readings
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