एलीका

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

एल्ल्का (ellkā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

এলীকা (Assamese script)
ᬏᬮᬷᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
এলীকা (Bengali script)
𑰊𑰩𑰱𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀏𑀮𑀻𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ဧလီကာ (Burmese script)
એલીકા (Gujarati script)
ਏਲੀਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌏𑌲𑍀𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦌꦭꦷꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂉𑂪𑂲𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಏಲೀಕಾ (Kannada script)
ឯលីកា (Khmer script)
ເອລີກາ (Lao script)
ഏലീകാ (Malayalam script)
ᡝᠯᡳᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘊𑘩𑘲𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠧᠯᠢᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦪𑧉𑧓𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐊𑐮𑐷𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
ଏଲୀକା (Odia script)
ꢍꢭꢷꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆍𑆬𑆵𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖊𑖩𑖱𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
එලීකා (Sinhalese script)
𑩐𑩔𑩽𑩑𑩛𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚆𑚥𑚯𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
ஏலீகா (Tamil script)
ఏలీకా (Telugu script)
เอลีกา (Thai script)
ཨེ་ལཱི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒋𑒪𑒲𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨀𑨄𑨬𑨁𑨊𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian; ultimately from Proto-South Dravidian *ēlVkkāy (“cardamom seed”). Compare also Tamil ஏலக்காய் (ēlakkāy), Malayalam ഏലക്ക (ēlakka) and Telugu ఏలకి (ēlaki).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɐj.liː.kɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /eː.l̪iː.kɑː/

Noun

एलीका • (elīkā) stem, f

small cardamom

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of एलीका
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	एलीका (elīkā)	एलीके (elīke)	एलीकाः (elīkāḥ)
accusative	एलीकाम् (elīkām)	एलीके (elīke)	एलीकाः (elīkāḥ)
instrumental	एलीकया (elīkayā)	एलीकाभ्याम् (elīkābhyām)	एलीकाभिः (elīkābhiḥ)
dative	एलीकायै (elīkāyai)	एलीकाभ्याम् (elīkābhyām)	एलीकाभ्यः (elīkābhyaḥ)
ablative	एलीकायाः (elīkāyāḥ)	एलीकाभ्याम् (elīkābhyām)	एलीकाभ्यः (elīkābhyaḥ)
genitive	एलीकायाः (elīkāyāḥ)	एलीकयोः (elīkayoḥ)	एलीकानाम् (elīkānām)
locative	एलीकायाम् (elīkāyām)	एलीकयोः (elīkayoḥ)	एलीकासु (elīkāsu)
vocative	एलीके (elīke)	एलीके (elīke)	एलीकाः (elīkāḥ)

Descendants

Magadhi Prakrit:
- Assamese: ইলাচি (ilasi), এলাচি (elasi)
  - → Bodo (India): इलासि (ilāsi)
  - → Garo: এলাইচী (elaicī)
- Bengali: এলাচ (elac), এলাচি (elaci)
- Sylheti: ꠄꠟꠣꠁꠌ (elais)
  - → Manipuri: ꯑꯦꯂꯥꯏꯆꯤ (aelāci)
- Odia: ଅଳେଇଚ (aḷeica)
Maharastri Prakrit:
- Konkani: वेलची (velcī), येलची (yelcī)
- Marathi: वेलची (velcī), इलायची (ilāycī)
Sauraseni Prakrit:
- Hindi: इलायची (ilāycī), ईलायची (īlāycī), इलाइची (ilāicī), इलाईची (ilāīcī)
  - → English: elaichi
- Gujarati: એલચી (elacī), ઇલાયચી (ilāyacī), ઈલાયચી (īlāyacī), એલાયચી (elāyacī)
- Punjabi: ਇਲਾਇਚੀ (ilāicī), ਇਲੈਚੀ (ilaicī)
- Nepali: अलैंची (alaiñcī), अलैँचि (ala͠ici)
- Urdu: الائچی (elaichi), الاچی (alachi), الاچی (ilachi)
  - → Pashto: لچي (lachi)
→ Swahili: iliki, eliki, elki, hiliki

See also

एला (elā)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “एलीका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 232/2..