मातृका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

মাতৃকা (Assamese script)
ᬫᬵᬢᬺᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
মাতৃকা (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰯𑰝𑰴𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀸𑀢𑀾𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
မာတၖကာ (Burmese script)
માતૃકા (Gujarati script)
ਮਾਤ੍ਰਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌾𑌤𑍃𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦴꦠꦽꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂰𑂞𑃂𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಮಾತೃಕಾ (Kannada script)
មាត្ឫកា (Khmer script)
ມາຕ຺ຣິກາ (Lao script)
മാതൃകാ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢠᡵᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘰𑘝𑘵𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢗᢐᠷᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧑𑦽𑧖𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐵𑐟𑐺𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
ମାତୃକା (Odia script)
ꢪꢵꢡꢺꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆳𑆠𑆸𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖯𑖝𑖴𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
මාතෘකා (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩛𑩫𑩙𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚭𑚙𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
மாத்ரிகா (Tamil script)
మాతృకా (Telugu script)
มาตฺฤกา (Thai script)
མཱ་ཏྲྀ་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒰𑒞𑒵𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨊𑨙𑨼𑨉𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Most likely from मातृ (mātṛ, “mother”) +‎ -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.tr̩.kɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑː.t̪r̩.kɑː/

Noun

मातृका • (mātṛkā) stem, ?

References

Monier Williams (1899) “मातृका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page {{{1}}}.