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Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kɑːɾ.t̪ɪk/,
Proper noun
कार्त्तिक • (kārttik) m
- rare spelling of कार्तिक (kārtik)
Usage notes
- The spelling is based on that of its Sanskrit etymon. The alternative spelling कार्तिक (kārtik), which is more common, is the pronunciation spelling of the word.
Declension
Declension of कार्त्तिक (sg-only masc cons-stem)
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singular
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direct
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कार्त्तिक kārttik
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oblique
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कार्त्तिक kārttik
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vocative
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कार्त्तिक kārttik
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Nepali
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit कार्त्तिक (kārttika).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
कार्त्तिक • (kārttik)
- Kartika
- the seventh month in the Vikram Samvat calendar
- the eighth month in the lunar Hindu calendar
- Synonym: कात्तिक (kāttik)
- (lunar months) वैशाख (vaiśākh), ज्येष्ठ (jyeṣṭha) / जेठ (jeṭh), आषाढ (āṣāḍh), साउन (sāuna), भदौ (bhadau) / भाद्र (bhādra), असोज (asoj) / आश्विन (āśvina), कात्तिक (kāttik) / कार्त्तिक (kārttik), मङ्सिर (maṅsira) / मार्ग (mārga), पुस (pus) / पौष (pauṣ), माघ (māgh), फागुन (phāguna) / फाल्गुन (phālguna), चैत (cait) / चैत्र (caitra) (Category: ne:Hindu lunar calendar months)
Further reading
- “कार्त्तिक”, in नेपाली बृहत् शब्दकोश (nepālī br̥hat śabdakoś) [Comprehensive Nepali Dictionary], Kathmandu: Nepal Academy, 2018
- Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993) “kaattik”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of कृत्तिका (kṛttikā, “cutter”), a variant of कृतिका (kṛtikā), from the root कृत् (kṛt, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
कार्त्तिक • (kārttika) stem, m
- Kartika (eighth month of the Hindu lunar calendar)
- Karttikeya
- name of a varṣa
- name of a medical author
- name of the first year in Jupiter's period of revolution
Declension
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “कार्त्तिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 248, 249.
- Monier Williams (1899) “कार्त्तिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 275.