कलिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

কলিকা (Assamese script)
ᬓᬮᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
কলিকা (Bengali script)
𑰎𑰩𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀓𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
ကလိကာ (Burmese script)
કલિકા (Gujarati script)
ਕਲਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌕𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦏꦭꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂍𑂪𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಕಲಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
កលិកា (Khmer script)
ກລິກາ (Lao script)
കലികാ (Malayalam script)
ᡬᠠᠯᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘎𑘩𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
ᢉᠠᠯᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑦮𑧉𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐎𑐮𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
କଲିକା (Odia script)
ꢒꢭꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆑𑆬𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖎𑖩𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
කලිකා (Sinhalese script)
𑩜𑩽𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚊𑚥𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
கலிகா (Tamil script)
కలికా (Telugu script)
กลิกา (Thai script)
ཀ་ལི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒏𑒪𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨋𑨬𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Beekes compares Ancient Greek κάλυξ (kálux, “calyx, husk”), but acknowledges that this could only be a resemblance.^[1] The sense of "bud" has a Dravidian parallel in Tamil கால் (kāl, “stem of a flower, foot, leg”), perhaps evolved from a sense of "thrusting out."^[2]

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.li.kɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈkɐ.l̪i.kɑː/

Noun

कलिका • (kalikā) stem, f

the sixteenth part of the moon
a division of time
an unblown flower bud
the bottom or peg of the Indian lute (made of cane)
name of several metres
a kind of artificial verse
name of work on medicine

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of कलिका (kalikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	कलिका kalikā	कलिके kalike	कलिकाः kalikāḥ
Vocative	कलिके kalike	कलिके kalike	कलिकाः kalikāḥ
Accusative	कलिकाम् kalikām	कलिके kalike	कलिकाः kalikāḥ
Instrumental	कलिकया / कलिका¹ kalikayā / kalikā¹	कलिकाभ्याम् kalikābhyām	कलिकाभिः kalikābhiḥ
Dative	कलिकायै kalikāyai	कलिकाभ्याम् kalikābhyām	कलिकाभ्यः kalikābhyaḥ
Ablative	कलिकायाः / कलिकायै² kalikāyāḥ / kalikāyai²	कलिकाभ्याम् kalikābhyām	कलिकाभ्यः kalikābhyaḥ
Genitive	कलिकायाः / कलिकायै² kalikāyāḥ / kalikāyai²	कलिकयोः kalikayoḥ	कलिकानाम् kalikānām
Locative	कलिकायाम् kalikāyām	कलिकयोः kalikayoḥ	कलिकासु kalikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

Monier Williams (1899) “कलिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 261.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάλυξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 628
^ Dravidic Studies. (1926). India: (n.p.), p. 6

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κάλυξ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 628

[2] Dravidic Studies. (1926). India: (n.p.), p. 6

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