मेन्धिका

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /meːn.d̪ʱɪ.kɑː/, [mẽːn̪.d̪ʱɪ.käː]

Noun

मेन्धिका • (mendhikā) f

1. Alternative spelling of मेंधिका (mendhikā)

Declension

Declension of मेन्धिका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	मेन्धिका mendhikā	मेन्धिकाएँ mendhikāẽ
oblique	मेन्धिका mendhikā	मेन्धिकाओं mendhikāõ
vocative	मेन्धिका mendhikā	मेन्धिकाओ mendhikāo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মেন্ধিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬾᬦ᭄ᬥᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• মেন্ধিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰸𑰡𑰿𑰠𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑁂𑀦𑁆𑀥𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မေန္ဓိကာ (Burmese script)
• મેન્ધિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਮੇਨ੍ਧਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍇𑌨𑍍𑌧𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦺꦤ꧀ꦣꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂵𑂢𑂹𑂡𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮೇನ್ಧಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• មេន្ធិកា (Khmer script)
• ເມນ຺ຘິກາ (Lao script)
• മേന്ധികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡝᠨᢡᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘹𑘡𑘿𑘠𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠧᠨᢑᠾᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧚𑧁𑧠𑧀𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐾𑐣𑑂𑐢𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମେନ୍ଧିକା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢾꢥ꣄ꢤꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆼𑆤𑇀𑆣𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖸𑖡𑖿𑖠𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මෙන්‍ධිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩔𑩯 𑪙𑩮𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚲𑚝𑚶𑚜𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• மேந்தி⁴கா (Tamil script)
• మేన్ధికా (Telugu script)
• เมนฺธิกา (Thai script)
• མེ་ནྡྷི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒹𑒢𑓂𑒡𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨄𑨝𑩇𑨜𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐjn.dʱi.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈmeːn̪.d̪ʱi.kɑː/

Noun

मेन्धिका • (mendhikā) stem, f

1. henna (“Lawsonia inermis”)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मेन्धिका (mendhikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मेन्धिका mendhikā	मेन्धिके mendhike	मेन्धिकाः mendhikāḥ
Vocative	मेन्धिके mendhike	मेन्धिके mendhike	मेन्धिकाः mendhikāḥ
Accusative	मेन्धिकाम् mendhikām	मेन्धिके mendhike	मेन्धिकाः mendhikāḥ
Instrumental	मेन्धिकया / मेन्धिका¹ mendhikayā / mendhikā¹	मेन्धिकाभ्याम् mendhikābhyām	मेन्धिकाभिः mendhikābhiḥ
Dative	मेन्धिकायै mendhikāyai	मेन्धिकाभ्याम् mendhikābhyām	मेन्धिकाभ्यः mendhikābhyaḥ
Ablative	मेन्धिकायाः / मेन्धिकायै² mendhikāyāḥ / mendhikāyai²	मेन्धिकाभ्याम् mendhikābhyām	मेन्धिकाभ्यः mendhikābhyaḥ
Genitive	मेन्धिकायाः / मेन्धिकायै² mendhikāyāḥ / mendhikāyai²	मेन्धिकयोः mendhikayoḥ	मेन्धिकानाम् mendhikānām
Locative	मेन्धिकायाम् mendhikāyām	मेन्धिकयोः mendhikayoḥ	मेन्धिकासु mendhikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मेन्धिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 833, column 2.