कलिका

Sanskrit

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

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.li.kɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ.l̪i.kɑː/

Noun

कलिका • (kalikā) stem, f

the sixteenth part of the moon
a division of time
an unblown flower bud
the bottom or peg of the Indian lute (made of cane)
name of several metres
a kind of artificial verse
name of work on medicine

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कलिका
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	कलिका (kalikā)	कलिके (kalike)	कलिकाः (kalikāḥ)
accusative	कलिकाम् (kalikām)	कलिके (kalike)	कलिकाः (kalikāḥ)
instrumental	कलिकया (kalikayā) कलिका¹ (kalikā¹)	कलिकाभ्याम् (kalikābhyām)	कलिकाभिः (kalikābhiḥ)
dative	कलिकायै (kalikāyai)	कलिकाभ्याम् (kalikābhyām)	कलिकाभ्यः (kalikābhyaḥ)
ablative	कलिकायाः (kalikāyāḥ) कलिकायै² (kalikāyai²)	कलिकाभ्याम् (kalikābhyām)	कलिकाभ्यः (kalikābhyaḥ)
genitive	कलिकायाः (kalikāyāḥ) कलिकायै² (kalikāyai²)	कलिकयोः (kalikayoḥ)	कलिकानाम् (kalikānām)
locative	कलिकायाम् (kalikāyām)	कलिकयोः (kalikayoḥ)	कलिकासु (kalikāsu)
vocative	कलिके (kalike)	कलिके (kalike)	कलिकाः (kalikāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

References

Monier Williams (1899) “कलिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 261.

^ 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
^ Dravidic Studies. (1926). India: (n.p.), p. 6

[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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