कलिका
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Sanskrit[edit]
Alternative scripts[edit]
Alternative scripts
- কলিকা (Assamese script)
- ᬓᬮᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- কলিকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰎𑰩𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ကလိကာ (Burmese script)
- કલિકા (Gujarati script)
- ਕਲਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦏꦭꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍𑂪𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಕಲಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
- កលិកា (Khmer script)
- ກລິກາ (Lao script)
- കലികാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠᠯᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎𑘩𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠᠯᠢᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮𑧉𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎𑐮𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- କଲିକା (Odia script)
- ꢒꢭꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑𑆬𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎𑖩𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- කලිකා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜𑩽𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊𑚥𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- கலிகா (Tamil script)
- కలికా (Telugu script)
- กลิกา (Thai script)
- ཀ་ལི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏𑒪𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋𑨬𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology[edit]
Beekes compares Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “calyx, husk”), but acknowledges that this could only be a resemblance.[1] The sense of "bud" has a Dravidian parallel in Tamil கால் (kāl, “stem of a flower, foot, leg”), perhaps evolved from a sense of "thrusting out."[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
कलिका • (kalikā) stem, f
- the sixteenth part of the moon
- a division of time
- an unblown flower bud
- the bottom or peg of the Indian lute (made of cane)
- name of several metres
- a kind of artificial verse
- name of work on medicine
Declension[edit]
| Feminine ā-stem declension of कलिका (kalikā) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | कलिका kalikā |
कलिके kalike |
कलिकाः kalikāḥ |
| Vocative | कलिके kalike |
कलिके kalike |
कलिकाः kalikāḥ |
| Accusative | कलिकाम् kalikām |
कलिके kalike |
कलिकाः kalikāḥ |
| Instrumental | कलिकया / कलिका¹ kalikayā / kalikā¹ |
कलिकाभ्याम् kalikābhyām |
कलिकाभिः kalikābhiḥ |
| Dative | कलिकायै kalikāyai |
कलिकाभ्याम् kalikābhyām |
कलिकाभ्यः kalikābhyaḥ |
| Ablative | कलिकायाः / कलिकायै² kalikāyāḥ / kalikāyai² |
कलिकाभ्याम् kalikābhyām |
कलिकाभ्यः kalikābhyaḥ |
| Genitive | कलिकायाः / कलिकायै² kalikāyāḥ / kalikāyai² |
कलिकयोः kalikayoḥ |
कलिकानाम् kalikānām |
| Locative | कलिकायाम् kalikāyām |
कलिकयोः kalikayoḥ |
कलिकासु kalikāsu |
| Notes |
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References[edit]
- Monier Williams (1899) “कलिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 261.
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάλυξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 628
- ^ Dravidic Studies. (1926). India: (n.p.), p. 6