𑀡𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓

Prakrit

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *nigʷtós

Sanskrit निक्त (nikta)

Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇikka)

From Sanskrit निक्त (niktá, “washed, cleaned”) with irregular -kk- from -kt-.

𑀡𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇikka) (Devanagari णिक्क)

Central Indo-Aryan:
- Awadhi: नीक (nīk)
- Hindustani:
  - Hindi: नीका (nīkā)
  - Urdu: نیکا (nīkā)
Eastern Indo-Aryan:
- Assamese: নিকা (nika)
- Bengali: নিকা (nika)
- Maithili: निक (nik), नीक (nīk)
- Odia: ନିକ (nika), ନିକା (nikā), ନିକାଇବା (nikāibā)
Northern Indo-Aryan:
- Kumaoni: निको (niko)
- Nepali: निको (niko)
Northwestern Indo-Aryan:
- Punjabi:
  Gurmukhi script: ਨਿੱਕਾ (nikkā)
  
  Shahmukhi script: نکا (nikkā)
Southern Indo-Aryan:
- Marathi: निके (nike)
Western Indo-Aryan:
- Gujarati: નીકું (nīkũ)

Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “णिक्क”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “niktá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 409