पथिक
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पथिक (pathika). By surface analysis, पथ (path) + -इक (-ik).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /pə.t̪ʰɪk/, [pɐ.t̪ʰɪk]
Noun
पथिक • (pathik) m (feminine पथिका, Urdu spelling پَتھِک)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | पथिक pathik |
पथिक pathik |
| oblique | पथिक pathik |
पथिकों pathikõ |
| vocative | पथिक pathik |
पथिको pathiko |
References
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पथिक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2800
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पथिक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 598
- “पथिक”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Old Gujarati
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit पथिक (pathika). Doublet of पहिय (pahiya).
Noun
पथिक • (pathika) ?[1]
References
- ^ मधुसूदन चिमनलाल मोदी [Madhusudan Chimannlal Modi] (1960) “पथिक”, in वसन्त विलास फागु [vasanta vilāsa phāgu], जोधपुर, राजस्थान [Jodhpur, Rajasthan]: राजस्थान प्राच्यविद्या प्रतिष्ठान [Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute], page 63, column 1.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- পথিক (Assamese script)
- ᬧᬣᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
- পথিক (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰞𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑀣𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ပထိက (Burmese script)
- પથિક (Gujarati script)
- ਪਥਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑌥𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦡꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂟𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಪಥಿಕ (Kannada script)
- បថិក (Khmer script)
- ປຖິກ (Lao script)
- പഥിക (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᠠᡨᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘞𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠠᠲᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑦾𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑐠𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
- ପଥିକ (Odia script)
- ꢦꢢꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑆡𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖞𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
- පථික (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰𑩬𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚚𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
- பதி²க (Tamil script)
- పథిక (Telugu script)
- ปถิก (Thai script)
- པ་ཐི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑒟𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑨚𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From पथ (patha) + -इक (-ika).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɐ.tʰi.kɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɐ.t̪ʰi.kɐ/
Noun
पथिक • (pathika) stem, m (feminine पथिका or पथिकी)
- traveller, wayfarer, wanderer
- c. 800 CE – 950 CE, Nārāyaṇa, Hitopadeśa 4.77:
- यथा हि पथिकः कश्चिच् छायाम् आश्रित्य तिष्ठति ।
विश्रम्य च पुनर् गच्छेत् तद्वद् भूतसमागमः ॥- yathā hi pathikaḥ kaścic chāyām āśritya tiṣṭhati.
viśramya ca punar gacchet tadvad bhūtasamāgamaḥ. - Just as some traveller takes refuge and sits in a shade.
After resting he goes again; thus is life.
- yathā hi pathikaḥ kaścic chāyām āśritya tiṣṭhati.
- यथा हि पथिकः कश्चिच् छायाम् आश्रित्य तिष्ठति ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | पथिकः (pathikaḥ) | पथिकौ (pathikau) पथिका¹ (pathikā¹) |
पथिकाः (pathikāḥ) पथिकासः¹ (pathikāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | पथिकम् (pathikam) | पथिकौ (pathikau) पथिका¹ (pathikā¹) |
पथिकान् (pathikān) |
| instrumental | पथिकेन (pathikena) | पथिकाभ्याम् (pathikābhyām) | पथिकैः (pathikaiḥ) पथिकेभिः¹ (pathikebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | पथिकाय (pathikāya) | पथिकाभ्याम् (pathikābhyām) | पथिकेभ्यः (pathikebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | पथिकात् (pathikāt) | पथिकाभ्याम् (pathikābhyām) | पथिकेभ्यः (pathikebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | पथिकस्य (pathikasya) | पथिकयोः (pathikayoḥ) | पथिकानाम् (pathikānām) |
| locative | पथिके (pathike) | पथिकयोः (pathikayoḥ) | पथिकेषु (pathikeṣu) |
| vocative | पथिक (pathika) | पथिकौ (pathikau) पथिका¹ (pathikā¹) |
पथिकाः (pathikāḥ) पथिकासः¹ (pathikāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Descendants
- Prakrit: 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀅 (pahia)
- Apabhramsa: 𑆥𑆲𑆴𑆪 (pahiya) (see there for further descendants)
- → Hindustani: pathik
- → Old Gujarati: पथिक (pathika)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “पथिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 582, column 3.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2025) “pathika”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पथिक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 958
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pathika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 437