ٹھكانا

िठकाना ṭhikānā[S. िःथर+कृत+ःथान+कः; or ṭika, rt. of ṭiknā+S. ःथान+कः], s.m. Fixed or permanent place or abode; proper place; precise or exact spot, whereabouts; place, spot, site; dwelling.place, abode, residence, home, quarters; special field or scene of a labour, etc.), beat (as of a barber, or sweeper, etc.); fixing, fixity, certainty; certain knowledge; consistency, harmony, appositeness (of speech, conduct, etc.); origin, source; ground, basis, foundation (of a thing); goal, destination, end, limit, boundary:—ṭhikāne ćukānā, To distribute money among servants (on the decease of a member of a family):—ṭhikānā ḍhūṅḍhnā(-ke wāst̤e, etc.), To seek a residence or employment (for):—ṭhikāne rahnā, v.n. To remain stationary, fixed, or stable; to abide in one course, etc.:—ṭhikānekā, adj. (f. -ī), Congruous, consistent, harmonious, apposite, to the point; sensible:—ṭhikānākarnā(-kā), To put in (its) proper place; to find a place (for),to make room (for); to arrange; to take note (of), to learn (about), to account (for), to search or trace (an affair) to its source or commencement; to find a husband or wife (for):—ṭhikānālagānā(-kā), To find out, discover, trace (one's residence, etc.); to trace to the source, to establish, settle, prove:—ṭhikāne lagānā(-ko), To dispose of; to establish, settle, arrange; to make away with, to spend, consume, run through; to send to (his or her) long home, to despatch, put to death, kill, assassinate:—ṭhikāne lagnā, v.n. To be still, be at rest, have a home, etc.; to be disposed of, be despatched, be put to death; to be put an end to, be terminated:—be-ṭhikāne, adj. & adv. Out of place, misplaced; irregular; incoherent, disconnected; inconsistent; indeterminate, unsettled, indefinite; immoderate, disproportioned; uncertain; groundless, unreasonable;—irregularly, incoherently, etc.; indiscriminately, at random.