adhika

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts
  • 𑀅𑀥𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • अधिक (Devanagari script)
  • অধিক (Bengali script)
  • අධික (Sinhalese script)
  • အဓိက or ဢꩪိၵ (Burmese script)
  • อธิก or อะธิกะ (Thai script)
  • ᩋᨵᩥᨠ (Tai Tham script)
  • ອຘິກ or ອະຘິກະ (Lao script)
  • អធិក (Khmer script)
  • 𑄃𑄙𑄨𑄇 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From Sanskrit अधिक (adhika).

Adjective

adhika

  1. exceeding; superior

Descendants

  • → Burmese: အဓိက (a.dhi.ka.)
  • → Khmer: អធិក (ʼaʼthɨk)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Sanskrit अधिक (adhika, “subsequent, additional”) with semantic shift. See also Sanskrit आधीत (ādhīta, “anything intended or hoped for”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadhiˈkaʔ/ [ʔɐd̪.hɪˈxaʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: ad‧hi‧ka

Noun

adhikâ (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜃ)

  1. goal; ambition; wish; desire
    Synonyms: ambisyon, hangarin, layon, layunin
    Ano ang inyong adhika sa buhay?
    What is your ambition in life?

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “adhika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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