रोटिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Turner connects the word to रोट् (roṭ, to strike against) and *रोञ्च् (*roñc, to crush, press in) (which is not attested in Sanskrit but has descendants in Prakrit and modern Indo-Aryan languages, like रोंचणे (rõċṇẽ, to force in, penetrate)), and, along with Mayrhofer, leaves the origin of all three open.[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

रोटिका • (roṭikā) stemf

  1. bread; a kind of bread; wheaten cakes toasted on an earthen or iron dish

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of रोटिका
singular dual plural
nominative रोटिका (roṭikā) रोटिके (roṭike) रोटिकाः (roṭikāḥ)
accusative रोटिकाम् (roṭikām) रोटिके (roṭike) रोटिकाः (roṭikāḥ)
instrumental रोटिकया (roṭikayā)
रोटिका¹ (roṭikā¹)
रोटिकाभ्याम् (roṭikābhyām) रोटिकाभिः (roṭikābhiḥ)
dative रोटिकायै (roṭikāyai) रोटिकाभ्याम् (roṭikābhyām) रोटिकाभ्यः (roṭikābhyaḥ)
ablative रोटिकायाः (roṭikāyāḥ)
रोटिकायै² (roṭikāyai²)
रोटिकाभ्याम् (roṭikābhyām) रोटिकाभ्यः (roṭikābhyaḥ)
genitive रोटिकायाः (roṭikāyāḥ)
रोटिकायै² (roṭikāyai²)
रोटिकयोः (roṭikayoḥ) रोटिकानाम् (roṭikānām)
locative रोटिकायाम् (roṭikāyām) रोटिकयोः (roṭikayoḥ) रोटिकासु (roṭikāsu)
vocative रोटिके (roṭike) रोटिके (roṭike) रोटिकाः (roṭikāḥ)
  • ¹Vedic
  • ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

  • Sauraseni Prakrit: [script needed] (roṭṭa-)
    Hindi: रोटी (roṭī, roti)

References

  1. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001), “roṭikā-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 432
  2. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1976), “roṭikā”, in Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎[2] (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 76

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