छच्छिका
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ছচ্ছিকা (Assamese script)
- ᬙᬘ᭄ᬙᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
- ছচ্ছিকা (Bengali script)
- 𑰔𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀙𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
- ဆစ္ဆိကာ (Burmese script)
- છચ્છિકા (Gujarati script)
- ਛਚ੍ਛਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌛𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
- ꦖꦕ꧀ꦖꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂓𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
- ಛಚ್ಛಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
- ឆច្ឆិកា (Khmer script)
- ຉຈ຺ຉິກາ (Lao script)
- ഛച്ഛികാ (Malayalam script)
- ᡮᠠᢜᡮᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘔𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
- ᠼᠠᢋᠼᠢᢉᠠᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦴𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐕𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
- ଛଚ୍ଛିକା (Odia script)
- ꢘꢗ꣄ꢘꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆗𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
- 𑖔𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
- ඡච්ඡිකා (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩢𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚐𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
- ச²ச்சி²கா (Tamil script)
- ఛచ్ఛికా (Telugu script)
- ฉจฺฉิกา (Thai script)
- ཚ་ཙྪི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒕𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨤𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Of unknown, possibly substrate, origin. Compare Pashto چکه (čaka, “curd, buttermilk”). Unrelated to Latin cāseus (“cheese”), despite phonetic and semantic similarity.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɐt.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː/, [t͡ɕʰɐt̚.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /t͡ɕʰɐt̪.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː/, [t͡ɕʰɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː]
Noun
छच्छिका • (chacchikā) stem, f [1]
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | छच्छिका (chacchikā) | छच्छिके (chacchike) | छच्छिकाः (chacchikāḥ) |
| accusative | छच्छिकाम् (chacchikām) | छच्छिके (chacchike) | छच्छिकाः (chacchikāḥ) |
| instrumental | छच्छिकया (chacchikayā) छच्छिका¹ (chacchikā¹) |
छच्छिकाभ्याम् (chacchikābhyām) | छच्छिकाभिः (chacchikābhiḥ) |
| dative | छच्छिकायै (chacchikāyai) | छच्छिकाभ्याम् (chacchikābhyām) | छच्छिकाभ्यः (chacchikābhyaḥ) |
| ablative | छच्छिकायाः (chacchikāyāḥ) छच्छिकायै² (chacchikāyai²) |
छच्छिकाभ्याम् (chacchikābhyām) | छच्छिकाभ्यः (chacchikābhyaḥ) |
| genitive | छच्छिकायाः (chacchikāyāḥ) छच्छिकायै² (chacchikāyai²) |
छच्छिकयोः (chacchikayoḥ) | छच्छिकानाम् (chacchikānām) |
| locative | छच्छिकायाम् (chacchikāyām) | छच्छिकयोः (chacchikayoḥ) | छच्छिकासु (chacchikāsu) |
| vocative | छच्छिके (chacchike) | छच्छिके (chacchike) | छच्छिकाः (chacchikāḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
- ²Brāhmaṇas
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “छच्छिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404/1.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 200