खटक्किका

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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Of uncertain origin. Turner derives the word from खट (khaṭa, thatching grass), taking the original meaning as "something made of matting". Related formations in Dravidian languages like Telugu కిటికీ (kiṭikī, window) are thought to be borrowed from Indo-Aryan, rather than the other way around.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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खटक्किका (khaṭakkikā) stemf

  1. a side door

Declension

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Feminine ā-stem declension of खटक्किका (khaṭakkikā)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative खटक्किका
khaṭakkikā
खटक्किके
khaṭakkike
खटक्किकाः
khaṭakkikāḥ
Vocative खटक्किके
khaṭakkike
खटक्किके
khaṭakkike
खटक्किकाः
khaṭakkikāḥ
Accusative खटक्किकाम्
khaṭakkikām
खटक्किके
khaṭakkike
खटक्किकाः
khaṭakkikāḥ
Instrumental खटक्किकया / खटक्किका¹
khaṭakkikayā / khaṭakkikā¹
खटक्किकाभ्याम्
khaṭakkikābhyām
खटक्किकाभिः
khaṭakkikābhiḥ
Dative खटक्किकायै
khaṭakkikāyai
खटक्किकाभ्याम्
khaṭakkikābhyām
खटक्किकाभ्यः
khaṭakkikābhyaḥ
Ablative खटक्किकायाः / खटक्किकायै²
khaṭakkikāyāḥ / khaṭakkikāyai²
खटक्किकाभ्याम्
khaṭakkikābhyām
खटक्किकाभ्यः
khaṭakkikābhyaḥ
Genitive खटक्किकायाः / खटक्किकायै²
khaṭakkikāyāḥ / khaṭakkikāyai²
खटक्किकयोः
khaṭakkikayoḥ
खटक्किकानाम्
khaṭakkikānām
Locative खटक्किकायाम्
khaṭakkikāyām
खटक्किकयोः
khaṭakkikayoḥ
खटक्किकासु
khaṭakkikāsu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

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Most forms are actually descended from *khiṭikkikā.

References

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  • Monier Williams (1899) “खटक्किका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 335, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) “KHAṬ - khaṭuṅka-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 135
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 297
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaṭakkikā-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press