-इका

See also: इक, -इक, and इक-

Hindi

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɪ.kɑː/, [ɪ.käː]

Suffix

-इका • (-ikā) f

one who does; -er
‎प्रेम (prem, “love”) + ‎-इका (-ikā) → ‎प्रेमिका (premikā, “lover (female)”)

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -इका

अध्यापिका

उद्देशिका

गीतिका

निहारिका

प्राप्तिका

प्रेमिका

प्लाविका

यवनिका

रिक्तिका

विधायिका

शिक्षिका

सहायिका

स्फोटिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

-ᬇᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
-ဣကာ (Burmese script)
-इका (Devanagari script)
-ਇਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
-𑌇𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
-ꦆꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
-𑂅𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
-ឥកា (Khmer script)
-ອິກາ (Lao script)
-ഇകാ (Malayalam script)
-ᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
-𑘂𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
-ᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
-𑦢𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
-𑐂𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
-ଇକା (Odia script)
-ꢄꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
-𑆅𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
-𑖂𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
-ඉකා (Sinhalese script)
-𑩐𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
-𑚂𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
-இகா (Tamil script)
-อิกา (Thai script)
-ཨི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
-𑨀𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-Iranian *i-

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas

Sanskrit -इक (-ika)

Sanskrit -इका

Feminine of -इक (-ika, “doer”).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /i.kɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /i.kɑː/

Suffix

-इका • (-ikā) f

one who does; -er (feminine)
‎क्रीड् (krīḍ, “to play”) + ‎-इका (-ikā) → ‎क्रीडिका (krīḍikā, “player (female)”)

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of -इका
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-इका (-ikā)	-इके (-ike)	-इकाः (-ikāḥ)
accusative	-इकाम् (-ikām)	-इके (-ike)	-इकाः (-ikāḥ)
instrumental	-इकया (-ikayā) -इका¹ (-ikā¹)	-इकाभ्याम् (-ikābhyām)	-इकाभिः (-ikābhiḥ)
dative	-इकायै (-ikāyai)	-इकाभ्याम् (-ikābhyām)	-इकाभ्यः (-ikābhyaḥ)
ablative	-इकायाः (-ikāyāḥ) -इकायै² (-ikāyai²)	-इकाभ्याम् (-ikābhyām)	-इकाभ्यः (-ikābhyaḥ)
genitive	-इकायाः (-ikāyāḥ) -इकायै² (-ikāyai²)	-इकयोः (-ikayoḥ)	-इकानाम् (-ikānām)
locative	-इकायाम् (-ikāyām)	-इकयोः (-ikayoḥ)	-इकासु (-ikāsu)
vocative	-इके (-ike)	-इके (-ike)	-इकाः (-ikāḥ)

¹Vedic
²Brāhmaṇas

Derived terms