ایک

See also: ايک, أيك, آیگ, and ايک-

Burushaski

Alternative forms

• [script needed] (-yék) (Yasin)

Etymology

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Noun

ایک (iík)

1. (his) name
2. (his) reputation

References

• Hunzai, Allamah Nasiruddin Nasir, editor (2006), “ایک”, in Burushaski-Urdu Dictionary‎^[1], volume 1, Karachi: Burushaski Research Academy; Bureau of Composition, Compilation & Translation, University of Karachi, page 117
• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2026), “uiik”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.
• Berger, Hermann (1998), “-ík”, in Die Burushaski-Sprache von Hunza und Nager [The Burushaski Language of Hunza and Nager] (in German), volume 3: Worterbuch [Dictionary], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 211

Urdu

Urdu numbers ^(edit)

		10
	←  0	۱ 1	2  →	10  →
Cardinal: ایک (ek)     Ordinal: پَہْلا (pahlā), اَوَّل (avval)     Multiplier: اِکْلَوتا (iklautā), واحِد (vāhid)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi एक (eka), from Apabhramsa एक्क (ekka), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀏𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ekka), from Sanskrit एक (éka). Doublet of یَک (yak).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /eːk/

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• Rhymes: -eːk

Numeral

ایک • (ek) (Hindi spelling एक) (cardinal)

1. one

Adjective

ایک • (ek) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling एक)

1. one, sole, only

Further reading

• Fallon, S. W. (1879), “ایک”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 188
• Platts, John T. (1884), “ایک”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 114
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ایک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 87
• “ایک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• John Shakespear (1834), “ايک”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 185
• “ایک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.