कुलत्थिका

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुलत्थिका (kulatthikā). Doublet of कुलथी (kulthī) and कुलत्थ (kulatth).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʊ.lət̪.t̪ʰɪ.kɑː/, [kʊ.lɐt̪̚.t̪ʰɪ.käː]

Noun

कुलत्थिका • (kulatthikā) f (formal, rare)

1. Kulthi, the horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) (a type of bean eaten in South Asia)

Declension

Declension of कुलत्थिका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कुलत्थिका kulatthikā	कुलत्थिकाएँ kulatthikāẽ
oblique	कुलत्थिका kulatthikā	कुलत्थिकाओं kulatthikāõ
vocative	कुलत्थिका kulatthikā	कुलत्थिकाओ kulatthikāo

Further reading

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कुलत्थिका”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• कुलुत्थ (kuluttha)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কুলত্থিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬸᬮᬢ᭄ᬣᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• কুলত্থিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰲𑰩𑰝𑰿𑰞𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀼𑀮𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ကုလတ္ထိကာ (Burmese script)
• કુલત્થિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਕੁਲਤ੍ਥਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍁𑌲𑌤𑍍𑌥𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦸꦭꦠ꧀ꦡꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂳𑂪𑂞𑂹𑂟𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಕುಲತ್ಥಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• កុលត្ថិកា (Khmer script)
• ກຸລຕ຺ຖິກາ (Lao script)
• കുലത്ഥികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᡠᠯᠠᢠᡨᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘳𑘩𑘝𑘿𑘞𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠤᠯᠠᢐᠲᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧔𑧉𑦽𑧠𑦾𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐸𑐮𑐟𑑂𑐠𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• କୁଲତ୍ଥିକା (Odia script)
• ꢒꢸꢭꢡ꣄ꢢꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆶𑆬𑆠𑇀𑆡𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖲𑖩𑖝𑖿𑖞𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• කුලත්‍ථිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩒𑩽𑩫 𑪙𑩬𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚰𑚥𑚙𑚶𑚚𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• குலத்தி²கா (Tamil script)
• కులత్థికా (Telugu script)
• กุลตฺถิกา (Thai script)
• ཀུ་ལ་ཏྠི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒳𑒪𑒞𑓂𑒟𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨃𑨬𑨙𑩇𑨚𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From कुलत्थ (kulattha) +‎ -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ku.lɐt.tʰi.kɑː/, [ku.lɐt̚.tʰi.kɑː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kuˈl̪ɐt̪.t̪ʰi.kɑː/, [kuˈl̪ɐt̪̚.t̪ʰi.kɑː]

Noun

कुलत्थिका • (kulatthikā) stem, f (neuter कुलत्थक)

1. Kulthi, the horse gram (Macrotyloma uniflorum) (a type of bean eaten in South Asia)
2. a blue stone used as a collyrium

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कुलत्थिका (kulatthikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कुलत्थिका kulatthikā	कुलत्थिके kulatthike	कुलत्थिकाः kulatthikāḥ
Vocative	कुलत्थिके kulatthike	कुलत्थिके kulatthike	कुलत्थिकाः kulatthikāḥ
Accusative	कुलत्थिकाम् kulatthikām	कुलत्थिके kulatthike	कुलत्थिकाः kulatthikāḥ
Instrumental	कुलत्थिकया / कुलत्थिका¹ kulatthikayā / kulatthikā¹	कुलत्थिकाभ्याम् kulatthikābhyām	कुलत्थिकाभिः kulatthikābhiḥ
Dative	कुलत्थिकायै kulatthikāyai	कुलत्थिकाभ्याम् kulatthikābhyām	कुलत्थिकाभ्यः kulatthikābhyaḥ
Ablative	कुलत्थिकायाः / कुलत्थिकायै² kulatthikāyāḥ / kulatthikāyai²	कुलत्थिकाभ्याम् kulatthikābhyām	कुलत्थिकाभ्यः kulatthikābhyaḥ
Genitive	कुलत्थिकायाः / कुलत्थिकायै² kulatthikāyāḥ / kulatthikāyai²	कुलत्थिकयोः kulatthikayoḥ	कुलत्थिकानाम् kulatthikānām
Locative	कुलत्थिकायाम् kulatthikāyām	कुलत्थिकयोः kulatthikayoḥ	कुलत्थिकासु kulatthikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Prakrit:
  • Hindi: कुलथी (kulthī)
  • Punjabi: ਕੁਲਥੀ (kulthī)
• → Hindi: कुलत्थिका (kulatthikā) (learned)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “कुलत्थिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 295.