-इका

See also: इक, -इक, and इक-

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɪ.kɑː/, [ɪ.käː]

Suffix

-इका • (-ikā) f

1. one who does; -er

   ‎प्रेम (prem, “love”) + ‎-इका (-ikā) → ‎प्रेमिका (premikā, “lover (female)”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -इका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• -ᬇᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• -ဣကာ (Burmese script)
• -इका (Devanagari script)
• -ਇਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• -𑌇𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• -ꦆꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• -𑂅𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• -ឥកា (Khmer script)
• -ອິກາ (Lao script)
• -ഇകാ (Malayalam script)
• -ᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• -𑘂𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• -ᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• -𑦢𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• -𑐂𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• -ଇକା (Odia script)
• -ꢄꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• -𑆅𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• -𑖂𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• -ඉකා (Sinhalese script)
• -𑩐𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• -𑚂𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• -இகா (Tamil script)
• -อิกา (Thai script)
• -ཨི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• -𑨀𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From -इक (-ika, “doer”) +‎ -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /i.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈi.kɑː/

Suffix

-इका • (-ikā) f

1. one who does; -er (feminine)

   ‎क्रीड् (krīḍ, “to play”) + ‎-इका (-ikā) → ‎क्रीडिका (krīḍikā, “player (female)”)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of -इका (-ikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-इका -ikā	-इके -ike	-इकाः -ikāḥ
Vocative	-इके -ike	-इके -ike	-इकाः -ikāḥ
Accusative	-इकाम् -ikām	-इके -ike	-इकाः -ikāḥ
Instrumental	-इकया / -इका¹ -ikayā / -ikā¹	-इकाभ्याम् -ikābhyām	-इकाभिः -ikābhiḥ
Dative	-इकायै -ikāyai	-इकाभ्याम् -ikābhyām	-इकाभ्यः -ikābhyaḥ
Ablative	-इकायाः / -इकायै² -ikāyāḥ / -ikāyai²	-इकाभ्याम् -ikābhyām	-इकाभ्यः -ikābhyaḥ
Genitive	-इकायाः / -इकायै² -ikāyāḥ / -ikāyai²	-इकयोः -ikayoḥ	-इकानाम् -ikānām
Locative	-इकायाम् -ikāyām	-इकयोः -ikayoḥ	-इकासु -ikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms suffixed with -इका