ठेका
See also: ठोका
Hindi
    
    Etymology
    
Deverbal from ठेकना (ṭheknā, “to take help”)
Cognate with Gujarati ઠેકો (ṭheko), Marathi ठेका (ṭhekā), Punjabi ਠੇਕਾ (ṭhekā) / ٹھیکہ (ṭhekh), Sindhi ٺيڪو / ठेको.
Pronunciation
    
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /ʈʰeː.kɑː/, [ʈʰeː.käː]
 
Noun
    
ठेका • (ṭhekā) m (Urdu spelling ٹھیکا)
Declension
    
Declension of ठेका (masc ā-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ठेका ṭhekā  | 
ठेके ṭheke  | 
| oblique | ठेके ṭheke  | 
ठेकों ṭhekõ  | 
| vocative | ठेके ṭheke  | 
ठेको ṭheko  | 
Derived terms
    
- ठेकेदार (ṭhekedār)
 
Further reading
    
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ठेका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
 - Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭhēkk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
 
Marathi
    
    Etymology
    
Cognate with Gujarati ઠેકો (ṭheko), Hindi ठेका (ṭhekā), Punjabi ਠੇਕਾ (ṭhekā) / ٹھیکہ (ṭhekh), Sindhi ٺيڪو / ठेको.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ʈʰe.ka/
 
Declension
    
| Declension of ठेका (masc ā-stem) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| direct singular  | 
ठेका ṭhekā  | ||
| direct plural  | 
ठेके ṭheke  | ||
| singular एकवचन  | 
plural अनेकवचन  | ||
| nominative प्रथमा  | 
ठेका ṭhekā  | 
ठेके ṭheke  | |
| oblique सामान्यरूप  | 
ठेक्या ṭhekyā  | 
ठेक्यां- ṭhekyān-  | |
| acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी  | 
ठेक्याला ṭhekyālā  | 
ठेक्यांना ṭhekyānnā  | |
| ergative | ठेक्याने, ठेक्यानं ṭhekyāne, ṭhekyāna  | 
ठेक्यांनी ṭhekyānnī  | |
| instrumental | ठेक्याशी ṭhekyāśī  | 
ठेक्यांशी ṭhekyānśī  | |
| locative सप्तमी  | 
ठेक्यात ṭhekyāt  | 
ठेक्यांत ṭhekyāt  | |
| vocative संबोधन  | 
ठेक्या ṭhekyā  | 
ठेक्यांनो ṭhekyānno  | |
| Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.  | |||
| Genitive declension of ठेका (masc ā-stem) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म  | 
feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म  | 
neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म  | 
oblique सामान्यरूप  | |||||
| singular एकवचन  | 
plural अनेकवचन  | 
singular एकवचन  | 
plural अनेकवचन  | 
singular* एकवचन  | 
plural अनेकवचन  | 
|||
| singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता  | 
ठेक्याचा ṭhekyāċā  | 
ठेक्याचे ṭhekyāċe  | 
ठेक्याची ṭhekyācī  | 
ठेक्याच्या ṭhekyācā  | 
ठेक्याचे, ठेक्याचं ṭhekyāċe, ṭhekyāċa  | 
ठेक्याची ṭhekyācī  | 
ठेक्याच्या ṭhekyācā  | |
| plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता  | 
ठेक्यांचा ṭhekyānċā  | 
ठेक्यांचे ṭhekyānċe  | 
ठेक्यांची ṭhekyāñcī  | 
ठेक्यांच्या ṭhekyāncā  | 
ठेक्यांचे, ठेक्यांचं ṭhekyānċe, ṭhekyānċa  | 
ठेक्यांची ṭhekyāñcī  | 
ठेक्यांच्या ṭhekyāñcā  | |
| * Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.  | ||||||||
Derived terms
    
- ठेकेदार (ṭhekedār, “contractor”)
 
Further reading
    
- Berntsen, Maxine, “ठेका”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
 - Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “ठेका”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
 - दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “ठेका”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).
 - Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ṭhēkk”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
 
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