लाडिक

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• লাডিক (Assamese script)
• ᬮᬵᬟᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
• লাডিক (Bengali script)
• 𑰩𑰯𑰚𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀮𑀸𑀟𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
• လာဍိက (Burmese script)
• લાડિક (Gujarati script)
• ਲਾਡਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌲𑌾𑌡𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
• ꦭꦴꦝꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
• 𑂪𑂰𑂙𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• ಲಾಡಿಕ (Kannada script)
• លាឌិក (Khmer script)
• ລາຑິກ (Lao script)
• ലാഡിക (Malayalam script)
• ᠯᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡷᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘩𑘰𑘚𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
• ᠯᠠᢗᢎᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧉𑧑𑦺𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐮𑐵𑐜𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
• ଲାଡିକ (Odia script)
• ꢭꢵꢞꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆬𑆳𑆝𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
• 𑖩𑖯𑖚𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
• ලාඩික (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩽𑩛𑩨𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚥𑚭𑚖𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
• லாடி³க (Tamil script)
• లాడిక (Telugu script)
• ลาฑิก (Thai script)
• ལཱ་ཌི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒪𑒰𑒛𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨬𑨊𑨖𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps connected to लल् (lal, “to frolic, play”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /lɑː.ɖi.kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ɑː.ɖi.kɐ/

Noun

लाडिक • (lāḍika) stem, m

1. boy
2. servant, slave

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of लाडिक (lāḍika)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	लाडिकः lāḍikaḥ	लाडिकौ / लाडिका¹ lāḍikau / lāḍikā¹	लाडिकाः / लाडिकासः¹ lāḍikāḥ / lāḍikāsaḥ¹
Vocative	लाडिक lāḍika	लाडिकौ / लाडिका¹ lāḍikau / lāḍikā¹	लाडिकाः / लाडिकासः¹ lāḍikāḥ / lāḍikāsaḥ¹
Accusative	लाडिकम् lāḍikam	लाडिकौ / लाडिका¹ lāḍikau / lāḍikā¹	लाडिकान् lāḍikān
Instrumental	लाडिकेन lāḍikena	लाडिकाभ्याम् lāḍikābhyām	लाडिकैः / लाडिकेभिः¹ lāḍikaiḥ / lāḍikebhiḥ¹
Dative	लाडिकाय lāḍikāya	लाडिकाभ्याम् lāḍikābhyām	लाडिकेभ्यः lāḍikebhyaḥ
Ablative	लाडिकात् lāḍikāt	लाडिकाभ्याम् lāḍikābhyām	लाडिकेभ्यः lāḍikebhyaḥ
Genitive	लाडिकस्य lāḍikasya	लाडिकयोः lāḍikayoḥ	लाडिकानाम् lāḍikānām
Locative	लाडिके lāḍike	लाडिकयोः lāḍikayoḥ	लाडिकेषु lāḍikeṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “लाडिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 900, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 442