नौका

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नौका (naukā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nɔː.kɑː/, [nɔː.käː]
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

नौका • (naukā) f (Urdu spelling نوکا)

1. boat

   Synonyms: नाव (nāv), जहाज़ (jahāz)

2. (chess) castle or rook

Declension

Declension of नौका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नौका naukā	नौकाएँ naukāẽ
oblique	नौका naukā	नौकाओं naukāõ
vocative	नौका naukā	नौकाओ naukāo

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• নৌকা (Assamese script)
• ᬦᭁᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• নৌকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰡𑰻𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀦𑁅𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• နော်ကာ (Burmese script)
• નૌકા (Gujarati script)
• ਨੌਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌨𑍌𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦤꦻꦴꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂢𑂸𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ನೌಕಾ (Kannada script)
• នៅកា (Khmer script)
• ເນົາກາ (Lao script)
• നൗകാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠨᠣᠣᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘡𑘼𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠨᠣᠧᠸᠠᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧁𑧝𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐣𑑁𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ନୌକା (Odia script)
• ꢥꣃꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆤𑆿𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖡𑖻𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• නෞකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩯𑩘𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚝𑚵𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• நௌகா (Tamil script)
• నౌకా (Telugu script)
• เนากา (Thai script)
• ནཽ་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒢𑒾𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨝𑨈𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Diminutive of नौ (nau, “ship”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /nɑːw.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈn̪ɑw.kɑː/

Noun

नौका • (naukā) stem, f

1. a boat or a small ship
2. the rook or castle (in the game caturājī)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of नौका (naukā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	नौका naukā	नौके nauke	नौकाः naukāḥ
Vocative	नौके nauke	नौके nauke	नौकाः naukāḥ
Accusative	नौकाम् naukām	नौके nauke	नौकाः naukāḥ
Instrumental	नौकया / नौका¹ naukayā / naukā¹	नौकाभ्याम् naukābhyām	नौकाभिः naukābhiḥ
Dative	नौकायै naukāyai	नौकाभ्याम् naukābhyām	नौकाभ्यः naukābhyaḥ
Ablative	नौकायाः / नौकायै² naukāyāḥ / naukāyai²	नौकाभ्याम् naukābhyām	नौकाभ्यः naukābhyaḥ
Genitive	नौकायाः / नौकायै² naukāyāḥ / naukāyai²	नौकयोः naukayoḥ	नौकानाम् naukānām
Locative	नौकायाम् naukāyām	नौकयोः naukayoḥ	नौकासु naukāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

• नौकादण्ड (naukādaṇḍa)
• नौकासन (naukāsana)

 

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “नौका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 571.