दीपिका

See also: दीपक

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीपिका (dīpikā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d̪iː.pɪ.kɑː/, [d̪iː.pɪ.käː]
• Hyphenation: दी‧पि‧का

Noun

दीपिका • (dīpikā) f (Urdu spelling دیپکا)

1. light, lamp

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:दिया

Declension

Declension of दीपिका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	दीपिका dīpikā	दीपिकाएँ dīpikāẽ
oblique	दीपिका dīpikā	दीपिकाओं dīpikāõ
vocative	दीपिका dīpikā	दीपिकाओ dīpikāo

Proper noun

दीपिका • (dīpikā) f

1. a female given name, Deepika, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of दीपिका (sg-only fem ā-stem)

	singular
direct	दीपिका dīpikā
oblique	दीपिका dīpikā
vocative	दीपिका dīpikā

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “दीपिका”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2296
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “दीपिका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 499

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দীপিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬷᬧᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• দীপিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰱𑰢𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒီပိကာ (Burmese script)
• દીપિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਦੀਪਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑍀𑌪𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦷꦥꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂲𑂣𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದೀಪಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ទីបិកា (Khmer script)
• ທີປິກາ (Lao script)
• ദീപികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᡳᡳᢒᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘲𑘢𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠢᠢᢒᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧓𑧂𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐷𑐥𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦୀପିକା (Odia script)
• ꢣꢷꢦꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆵𑆥𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖱𑖢𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දීපිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩑𑩛𑩰𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚯𑚞𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• தீ³பிகா (Tamil script)
• దీపికా (Telugu script)
• ทีปิกา (Thai script)
• དཱི་པི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒲𑒣𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨁𑨊𑨞𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From दीप् (dīp) +‎ -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d̪iː.pi.kɑː/

Noun

दीपिका • (dīpikā) stem, f

1. light, lamp, lantern
2. moonlight
3. "illustrator" or "illustration" at the end of titles of books (compare कुलदीपिका (kula-dīpikā), गूढार्थदीपिका (gūḍhā-rtha-dīpikā), त्रैलोक्यदीपिका (trailokya-dīpikā)) and also alone, name of works
4. Ptychotis ajowan (possibly Trachyspermum ammi) or the root of Calmus
5. (music) name of a रागिणी (rāgiṇī)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दीपिका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	दीपिका (dīpikā)	दीपिके (dīpike)	दीपिकाः (dīpikāḥ)
accusative	दीपिकाम् (dīpikām)	दीपिके (dīpike)	दीपिकाः (dīpikāḥ)
instrumental	दीपिकया (dīpikayā)	दीपिकाभ्याम् (dīpikābhyām)	दीपिकाभिः (dīpikābhiḥ)
dative	दीपिकायै (dīpikāyai)	दीपिकाभ्याम् (dīpikābhyām)	दीपिकाभ्यः (dīpikābhyaḥ)
ablative	दीपिकायाः (dīpikāyāḥ)	दीपिकाभ्याम् (dīpikābhyām)	दीपिकाभ्यः (dīpikābhyaḥ)
genitive	दीपिकायाः (dīpikāyāḥ)	दीपिकयोः (dīpikayoḥ)	दीपिकानाम् (dīpikānām)
locative	दीपिकायाम् (dīpikāyām)	दीपिकयोः (dīpikayoḥ)	दीपिकासु (dīpikāsu)
vocative	दीपिके (dīpike)	दीपिके (dīpike)	दीपिकाः (dīpikāḥ)

Descendants

• → Hindi: दीपिका (dīpikā)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਦੀਪਿਕਾ (dīpikā)

  Shahmukhi script: دِیپِکا (dīpikā)

• → Urdu: دِیپِکا (dīpikā)

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “दीपिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 481, column 2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “dīpikā”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.