रोटिका

Sanskrit edit

Alternative scripts edit

Etymology edit

Turner connects the word to रोट् (roṭ, to strike against) and *रोञ्च् (roñc, to crush, press in) (which is not attested in Sanskrit but has descendants in Prakrit and modern Indo-Aryan, like Marathi [script needed] (rõċṇẽ, to force in, penetrate)), and, along with Mayrhofer, leaves the origin of all three open.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

रोटिका (roṭikā) stemf

  1. bread; a kind of bread; wheaten cakes toasted on an earthen or iron dish

Declension edit

Feminine ā-stem declension of रोटिका (roṭikā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative रोटिका
roṭikā
रोटिके
roṭike
रोटिकाः
roṭikāḥ
Vocative रोटिके
roṭike
रोटिके
roṭike
रोटिकाः
roṭikāḥ
Accusative रोटिकाम्
roṭikām
रोटिके
roṭike
रोटिकाः
roṭikāḥ
Instrumental रोटिकया / रोटिका¹
roṭikayā / roṭikā¹
रोटिकाभ्याम्
roṭikābhyām
रोटिकाभिः
roṭikābhiḥ
Dative रोटिकायै
roṭikāyai
रोटिकाभ्याम्
roṭikābhyām
रोटिकाभ्यः
roṭikābhyaḥ
Ablative रोटिकायाः / रोटिकायै²
roṭikāyāḥ / roṭikāyai²
रोटिकाभ्याम्
roṭikābhyām
रोटिकाभ्यः
roṭikābhyaḥ
Genitive रोटिकायाः / रोटिकायै²
roṭikāyāḥ / roṭikāyai²
रोटिकयोः
roṭikayoḥ
रोटिकानाम्
roṭikānām
Locative रोटिकायाम्
roṭikāyām
रोटिकयोः
roṭikayoḥ
रोटिकासु
roṭikāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants edit

  • Sauraseni Prakrit: [script needed] (roṭṭa-)
    Hindi: रोटी (roṭī, roti)

References edit

  • Monier Williams (1899) “रोटिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 889/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 432-433
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 76