Urdu · adjective · Love & Longing

Banki

बाँकी

also written: Banka

Meaning

Rakish, jauntily crooked; charmingly tilted, as a cap worn at an angle.

Literally: bent, tilted

Usage & notes

The banki, tilted cap and the swaggering gait belong to the dashing beloved whose very crookedness is alluring.

Related words

The proud, rakish tilt of the cap; the beloved's haughty, swaggering air.

Oblique, slanting; used of the sidelong, teasing glance.