معركہ

maraka, vulg. mārka (for A. معركة marakat, n. of place fr. عرك 'to rub, press, scrape,' etc.), s.m. A place, or scene, of battle or fight; field of battle; battle-ground; an ampitheatre (for gladiators or prize-fighters);—strife, fight:—marake-kā, adj. (f. -kī), 'Martial, warlike';—of importance; important, momentous:—marake-kā ādmī, A man of importance, a great man:—maraka-gīr, s.m. A rope-dancer.