Dhaka
Syllables: Dha·ka/ˈdæ.kə//ˈdɑː.kə/
Dhaka proper noun: the capital city of Bangladesh.
Proper noun
Dhaka
- The capital city of Bangladesh.
- The Bangladeshi government.
- A district of Bangladesh, where the capital is located in.
- A division of Bangladesh, where the district and the capital are located in.
Dhaka meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Dhaka in Hindi
- capital of Bangladesh
- ढाका ḍhākā
Dhaka in Tamil
- capital of Bangladesh
- டாக்கா ṭākkā
Dhaka in Marathi
- capital of Bangladesh
- ढाका ḍhākā
Dhaka in Urdu
- capital of Bangladesh
- ڈھاکہ ḍhākā
More languagesFewer languages
- Dhaka in Bengali
- ঢাকা ḍhaka
- Dhaka in Telugu
- ఢాకా ḍhākā
- Dhaka in Malayalam
- ധാക്ക dhākka, ഢാകാ ḍhākā, ഢാക ḍhāka
- Dhaka in Kannada
- ಢಾಕಾ ḍhākā
- Dhaka in Punjabi
- ਢਾਕਾ ḍhākā
- Dhaka in Gujarati
- ઢાકા ḍhākā
- Dhaka in Odia
- ଢାକା ḍhākā
- Dhaka in Sanskrit
- ढक्क ḍhakka
- Dhaka in Sinhala
- ඪාකා ḍhākā
- Dhaka in Assamese
- ঢাকা dhaka
- Dhaka in Pashto
- ډاکه ḍāká
- Dhaka in Tagalog
- Dhaka
- Dhaka in Arabic
- دَكَا dakā, دَاكَا dākā
- Dhaka in Malay
- Dhaka
- Dhaka in Persian
- داکا dâkâ
- Dhaka in Thai
- ธากา taa-gaa
- Dhaka in Vietnamese
- Đắc-ca
- Dhaka in Myanmar
- ဒါကာမြို့ dakamrui.
- Dhivehi
- ޑާކާ ḍākā
Forms of Dhaka
| alternative form (dated) | Dakka |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | Dacca |
| alternative form (archaic) | Decca |
Origin of Dhaka
Borrowed from Bengali ঢাকা (ḍhaka).
Words formed from Dhaka
Phrases with Dhaka
Words that rhyme with Dhaka
Questions about Dhaka
- What does Dhaka mean?
- Dhaka means the capital city of Bangladesh.
- What is Dhaka in Hindi?
- Dhaka in Hindi is ढाका (ḍhākā). See Dhaka meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Dhaka?
- Dhaka is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Dhaka?
- Dhaka is pronounced /ˈdæ.kə/ (UK).
Words near Dhaka in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Dhaka (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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