Takri
/ˌʈɑːkəɾiː/
Takri adjective: of the Takri script or of a Takri alphabet.
Adjective
Takri (not comparable)
- Of the Takri script or of a Takri alphabet.
Proper noun
Takri (uncountable)
Takri meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Takri in Hindi
- abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
- टाकरी ṭākrī
Takri in Tamil
- abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
- தக்கிரி takkiri
Takri in Marathi
- abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
- टाकरी ṭākrī
Takri in Urdu
- abugida alphabet of India and Nepal
- ٹاکْرِی ṭākrī
More languagesFewer languages
- Takri in Bengali
- টাকরী ṭakri
- Takri in Telugu
- టాకరీ ṭākarī
- Takri in Malayalam
- ടാകരീ ṭākarī
- Takri in Kannada
- ಟಾಕರೀ ṭākarī
- Takri in Punjabi
- ਟਾਕਰੀ ṭākrī
- Takri in Gujarati
- ટાકરી ṭākrī
- Takri in Sanskrit
- टाकरी ṭākarī
- Takri in Assamese
- টাকৰী takori
- Takri in Nepali
- टाकरी ṭākarī
- Takri in Thai
- ฏากรี
- Takri in Myanmar
- ဋာကရီ taka.ri
Origin of Takri
First, “it may be connected with the word ṭankā, which suggests its origins as a commercial alphabet.” Second, it may be connected with ṭhakur, “in which case it may originally have been the script used by Rajput landlords.” George A. Grierson writes that the name means “the alphabet of the ṭakkas”, who “ruled the greater part of the northern Panjāb.
Words formed from Takri
- Takri numeral
Questions about Takri
- What does Takri mean?
- Takri means of the Takri script or of a Takri alphabet.
- What is Takri in Hindi?
- Takri in Hindi is टाकरी (ṭākrī). See Takri meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Takri?
- Takri can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Takri?
- Takri is pronounced /ˌʈɑːkəɾiː/.
Words near Takri in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Takri (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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