छच्छिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছচ্ছিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬘ᭄ᬙᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• ছচ্ছিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဆစ္ဆိကာ (Burmese script)
• છચ્છિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਛਚ੍ਛਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦕ꧀ꦖꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಛಚ್ಛಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ឆច្ឆិកា (Khmer script)
• ຉຈ຺ຉິກາ (Lao script)
• ഛച്ഛികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᠠᢜᡮᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠠᢋᠼᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଛଚ୍ଛିକା (Odia script)
• ꢘꢗ꣄ꢘꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඡච‍්ඡිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• ச²ச்சி²கா (Tamil script)
• ఛచ్ఛికా (Telugu script)
• ฉจฺฉิกา (Thai script)
• ཚ་ཙྪི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unknown, possibly substrate, origin. Compare Pashto چکه (čaka, “curd, buttermilk”). Unrelated to Latin cāseus (“cheese”), despite phonetic and semantic similarity.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐt.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː/, [t͡ɕʰɐt̚.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕʰɐt̪.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː/, [ˈt͡ɕʰɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː]

Noun

छच्छिका • (chacchikā) stem, f

1. buttermilk

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of छच्छिका (chacchikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	छच्छिका chacchikā	छच्छिके chacchike	छच्छिकाः chacchikāḥ
Vocative	छच्छिके chacchike	छच्छिके chacchike	छच्छिकाः chacchikāḥ
Accusative	छच्छिकाम् chacchikām	छच्छिके chacchike	छच्छिकाः chacchikāḥ
Instrumental	छच्छिकया / छच्छिका¹ chacchikayā / chacchikā¹	छच्छिकाभ्याम् chacchikābhyām	छच्छिकाभिः chacchikābhiḥ
Dative	छच्छिकायै chacchikāyai	छच्छिकाभ्याम् chacchikābhyām	छच्छिकाभ्यः chacchikābhyaḥ
Ablative	छच्छिकायाः / छच्छिकायै² chacchikāyāḥ / chacchikāyai²	छच्छिकाभ्याम् chacchikābhyām	छच्छिकाभ्यः chacchikābhyaḥ
Genitive	छच्छिकायाः / छच्छिकायै² chacchikāyāḥ / chacchikāyai²	छच्छिकयोः chacchikayoḥ	छच्छिकानाम् chacchikānām
Locative	छच्छिकायाम् chacchikāyām	छच्छिकयोः chacchikayoḥ	छच्छिकासु chacchikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “छच्छिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404/1.