गायिका

See also: गायक

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɑː.jɪ.kɑː/, [ɡäː.jɪ.käː]

Noun

गायिका • (gāyikā) f (masculine गायक, Urdu spelling گایکا)

1. singer
2. songstress

Declension

Declension of गायिका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गायिका gāyikā	गायिकाएँ gāyikāẽ
oblique	गायिका gāyikā	गायिकाओं gāyikāõ
vocative	गायिका gāyikā	गायिकाओ gāyikāo

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गायिका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गायिका (gāyikā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ji.ka/

Noun

गायिका • (gāyikā) f (masculine गायक)

1. singer

Declension

Declension of गायिका (fem ā-stem)
direct singular	गायिका gāyikā
direct plural	गायिका gāyikā
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	गायिका gāyikā		गायिका gāyikā
oblique सामान्यरूप	गायिके gāyike		गायिकां- gāyikān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	गायिकेला gāyikelā		गायिकांना gāyikānnā
ergative	गायिकेने, गायिकेनं gāyikene, gāyikena		गायिकांनी gāyikānnī
instrumental	गायिकेशी gāyikeśī		गायिकांशी gāyikānśī
locative सप्तमी	गायिकेत gāyiket		गायिकांत gāyikāt
vocative संबोधन	गायिके gāyike		गायिकांनो gāyikānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of गायिका (fem ā-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	गायिकेचा gāyikeċā	गायिकेचे gāyikeċe	गायिकेची gāyikecī	गायिकेच्या gāyikecā	गायिकेचे, गायिकेचं gāyikeċe, gāyikeċa	गायिकेची gāyikecī	गायिकेच्या gāyikecā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	गायिकांचा gāyikānċā	गायिकांचे gāyikānċe	गायिकांची gāyikāñcī	गायिकांच्या gāyikāncā	गायिकांचे, गायिकांचं gāyikānċe, gāyikānċa	गायिकांची gāyikāñcī	गायिकांच्या gāyikāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

See also

• गाणे (gāṇe, “to sing, song”)
• गायन (gāyan, “singing”)

References

• Berntsen, Maxine, “गायिका”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “गायिका”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “गायिका”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press