सूतिका

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सूतिका (sū́tikā), from सूत (sūta) +‎ -इका (-ikā), ultimately from the root सू (sū).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /suː.t̪ɪ.kɑː/, [suː.t̪ɪ.käː]

Noun

सूतिका • (sūtikā) f

1. a woman who has recently given birth to a child

Declension

Declension of सूतिका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	सूतिका sūtikā	सूतिकाएँ sūtikāẽ
oblique	सूतिका sūtikā	सूतिकाओं sūtikāõ
vocative	सूतिका sūtikā	सूतिकाओ sūtikāo

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “सूतिका”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “सूतिका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “सूतिका”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• সূতিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬹᬢᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• সূতিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰳𑰝𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀽𑀢𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• သူတိကာ (Burmese script)
• સૂતિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਸੂਤਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑍂𑌤𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦹꦠꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂴𑂞𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಸೂತಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• សូតិកា (Khmer script)
• ສູຕິກາ (Lao script)
• സൂതികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠰᡠᡠᢠᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘴𑘝𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠰᠤᠤᢐᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧕𑦽𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐹𑐟𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ସୂତିକା (Odia script)
• ꢱꢹꢡꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆷𑆠𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖳𑖝𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• සූතිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩒𑩛𑩫𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚱𑚙𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• ஸூதிகா (Tamil script)
• సూతికా (Telugu script)
• สูติกา (Thai script)
• སཱུ་ཏི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒴𑒞𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨃𑨊𑨙𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सूत (sūta) +‎ -इका (-ikā), ultimately from the root सू (sū).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /súː.ti.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪uː.t̪i.kɑː/

Noun

सूतिका • (sū́tikā) stem, f

1. a woman who has recently given birth to a child, lying-in woman
2. a cow that has recently calved

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of सूतिका (sū́tikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सूतिका sū́tikā	सूतिके sū́tike	सूतिकाः sū́tikāḥ
Vocative	सूतिके sū́tike	सूतिके sū́tike	सूतिकाः sū́tikāḥ
Accusative	सूतिकाम् sū́tikām	सूतिके sū́tike	सूतिकाः sū́tikāḥ
Instrumental	सूतिकया / सूतिका¹ sū́tikayā / sū́tikā¹	सूतिकाभ्याम् sū́tikābhyām	सूतिकाभिः sū́tikābhiḥ
Dative	सूतिकायै sū́tikāyai	सूतिकाभ्याम् sū́tikābhyām	सूतिकाभ्यः sū́tikābhyaḥ
Ablative	सूतिकायाः / सूतिकायै² sū́tikāyāḥ / sū́tikāyai²	सूतिकाभ्याम् sū́tikābhyām	सूतिकाभ्यः sū́tikābhyaḥ
Genitive	सूतिकायाः / सूतिकायै² sū́tikāyāḥ / sū́tikāyai²	सूतिकयोः sū́tikayoḥ	सूतिकानाम् sū́tikānām
Locative	सूतिकायाम् sū́tikāyām	सूतिकयोः sū́tikayoḥ	सूतिकासु sū́tikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सूतिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1240, column 1.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “सूतिका”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan