कलिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
  • কলিকা (Assamese script)
  • ᬓᬮᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
  • কলিকা (Bengali script)
  • 𑰎𑰩𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
  • ကလိကာ (Burmese script)
  • કલિકા (Gujarati script)
  • ਕਲਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌕𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
  • ꦏꦭꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂍𑂪𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
  • ಕಲಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
  • កលិកា (Khmer script)
  • ກລິກາ (Lao script)
  • കലികാ (Malayalam script)
  • ᡬᠠᠯᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘎𑘩𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
  • ᢉᠠᠯᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦮𑧉𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐎𑐮𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
  • କଲିକା (Odia script)
  • ꢒꢭꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆑𑆬𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖎𑖩𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
  • කලිකා (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩜𑩽𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚊𑚥𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
  • கலிகா (Tamil script)
  • కలికా (Telugu script)
  • กลิกา (Thai script)
  • ཀ་ལི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒏𑒪𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨋𑨬𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Beekes compares Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “calyx, husk”), but acknowledges that this could only be a resemblance.[1] The sense of "bud" has a Dravidian parallel in Tamil கால் (kāl, “stem of a flower, foot, leg”), perhaps evolved from a sense of "thrusting out."[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

कलिका • (kalikā) stem, f

  1. the sixteenth part of the moon
  2. a division of time
  3. an unblown flower bud
  4. the bottom or peg of the Indian lute (made of cane)
  5. name of several metres
  6. a kind of artificial verse
  7. name of work on medicine

Declension
Feminine ā-stem declension of कलिका (kalikā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कलिका
kalikā		 कलिके
kalike		 कलिकाः
kalikāḥ
Vocative कलिके
kalike		 कलिके
kalike		 कलिकाः
kalikāḥ
Accusative कलिकाम्
kalikām		 कलिके
kalike		 कलिकाः
kalikāḥ
Instrumental कलिकया / कलिका¹
kalikayā / kalikā¹		 कलिकाभ्याम्
kalikābhyām		 कलिकाभिः
kalikābhiḥ
Dative कलिकायै
kalikāyai		 कलिकाभ्याम्
kalikābhyām		 कलिकाभ्यः
kalikābhyaḥ
Ablative कलिकायाः / कलिकायै²
kalikāyāḥ / kalikāyai²		 कलिकाभ्याम्
kalikābhyām		 कलिकाभ्यः
kalikābhyaḥ
Genitive कलिकायाः / कलिकायै²
kalikāyāḥ / kalikāyai²		 कलिकयोः
kalikayoḥ		 कलिकानाम्
kalikānām
Locative कलिकायाम्
kalikāyām		 कलिकयोः
kalikayoḥ		 कलिकासु
kalikāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάλυξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 628
  2. Dravidic Studies. (1926). India: (n.p.), p. 6
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