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-इका

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See also: इक, -इक, and इक-

Hindi

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Sanskrit -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-इका (-ikāf

  1. one who does; -er
    प्रेम (prem, love) + ‎-इका (-ikā) → ‎प्रेमिका (premikā, lover (female))

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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    Feminine of -इक (-ika, doer).

    Pronunciation

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    Suffix

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    -इका (-ikāf

    1. one who does; -er (feminine)
      क्रीड् (krīḍ, to play) + ‎-इका (-ikā) → ‎क्रीडिका (krīḍikā, player (female))
    2. forms verbal abstracts
      जीव् (jīv, to live) + ‎-इका (-ikā) → ‎जीविका (jīvikā, (manner of) living)

    Declension

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    Feminine ā-stem declension of -इका
    singular dual plural
    nominative -इका (-ikā) -इके (-ike) -इकाः (-ikāḥ)
    accusative -इकाम् (-ikām) -इके (-ike) -इकाः (-ikāḥ)
    instrumental -इकया (-ikayā)
    -इका¹ (-ikā¹)
    -इकाभ्याम् (-ikābhyām) -इकाभिः (-ikābhiḥ)
    dative -इकायै (-ikāyai) -इकाभ्याम् (-ikābhyām) -इकाभ्यः (-ikābhyaḥ)
    ablative -इकायाः (-ikāyāḥ)
    -इकायै² (-ikāyai²)
    -इकाभ्याम् (-ikābhyām) -इकाभ्यः (-ikābhyaḥ)
    genitive -इकायाः (-ikāyāḥ)
    -इकायै² (-ikāyai²)
    -इकयोः (-ikayoḥ) -इकानाम् (-ikānām)
    locative -इकायाम् (-ikāyām) -इकयोः (-ikayoḥ) -इकासु (-ikāsu)
    vocative -इके (-ike) -इके (-ike) -इकाः (-ikāḥ)
    • ¹Vedic
    • ²Brāhmaṇas

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    Further reading

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    • Wackernagel, Jakob; Albert Debrunner (1896-1964), Altindische Grammatik [Grammar of Ancient Indian] (Indogermanische Bibliothek. 2. Reihe: Wörterbücher)‎[1] (in German), Vol. II.2: Die Nominalsuffixe, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, published 1954, 199-201, pages 313-321