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Hindi
Etymology Borrowed from Sanskrit पथिक ( pathika ) . By surface analysis , पथ ( path ) + -इक ( -ik ) .
Pronunciation
Noun पथिक • (pathik ) m feminine पथिका Urdu spelling پَتھِک
traveller , wayfarer
Synonyms: यात्री ( yātrī ) , राहगीर ( rāhgīr ) , मार्गी ( mārgī ) , मुसाफ़िर ( musāfir )
Declension
Declension of पथिक (masc cons-stem )
singular
plural
direct
पथिक pathik
पथिक pathik
oblique
पथिक pathik
पथिकों pathikõ
vocative
पथिक pathik
पथिको pathiko
References Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975 ) “पथिक Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words]page 2800 McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993 ) “पथिक The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary , London: Oxford University Press, page 598 “पथिक ریخْتَہ لُغَت ( rexta luġat ) - Rekhta Dictionary 2024
Old Gujarati
Etymology Borrowed from Sanskrit पथिक ( pathika ) . Doublet of पहिय ( pahiya ) .
Noun पथिक • (pathika ) ? [ 1]
traveller
References
^ मधुसूदन चिमनलाल मोदी 1960 ) “पथिक ”, in वसन्त विलास Vasantavilas, lit. The Joys of Spring 63 , column 1
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts Alternative scripts
পথিক ( Assamese script ) ᬧᬣᬶᬓ ( Balinese script ) পথিক ( Bengali script ) 𑰢𑰞𑰰𑰎 ( Bhaiksuki script ) 𑀧𑀣𑀺𑀓 ( Brahmi script ) ပထိက ( Burmese script ) પથિક ( Gujarati script ) ਪਥਿਕ ( Gurmukhi script ) 𑌪𑌥𑌿𑌕 ( Grantha script ) ꦥꦡꦶꦏ ( Javanese script ) 𑂣𑂟𑂱𑂍 ( Kaithi script ) ಪಥಿಕ ( Kannada script ) បថិក ( Khmer script ) ປຖິກ ( Lao script ) പഥിക ( Malayalam script ) ᢒᠠᡨᡳᡬᠠ ( Manchu script ) 𑘢𑘞𑘱𑘎 ( Modi script ) ᢒᠠᠲᠢᢉᠠ ( Mongolian script ) 𑧂𑦾𑧒𑦮 ( Nandinagari script ) 𑐥𑐠𑐶𑐎 ( Newa script ) ପଥିକ ( Odia script ) ꢦꢢꢶꢒ ( Saurashtra script ) 𑆥𑆡𑆴𑆑 ( Sharada script ) 𑖢𑖞𑖰𑖎 ( Siddham script ) පථික ( Sinhalese script ) 𑩰𑩬𑩑𑩜 ( Soyombo script ) 𑚞𑚚𑚮𑚊 ( Takri script ) பதி²க ( Tamil script ) పథిక ( Telugu script ) ปถิก ( Thai script ) པ་ཐི་ཀ ( Tibetan script ) 𑒣𑒟𑒱𑒏 ( Tirhuta script ) 𑨞𑨚𑨁𑨋 ( Zanabazar Square script )
Etymology From पथ ( patha ) + -इक ( -ika ) .
Pronunciation
Noun पथिक • (pathika ) stem , m feminine पथिका or पथिकी
traveller , wayfarer , wanderer
Synonyms: यात्रिन् ( yātrin ) , प्रयाणिक ( prayāṇik ) c. CE CE ,
Nārāyaṇa ,
Hitopadeśa 4.77:
यथा हि पथिकः कश्चिच् छायाम् आश्रित्य तिष्ठति । yathā hi pathikaḥ kaścic chāyām āśritya tiṣṭhati. Just as some traveller takes refuge and sits in a shade.
Declension
Descendants Prakrit: 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀅 ( pahia ) Apabhramsa: 𑆥𑆲𑆴𑆪 ( pahiya ) (see there for further descendants )
→ Hindustani: pathik Hindi: पथिक
Urdu: پَتھِک → Old Gujarati: पथिक ( pathika )
References Monier Williams (1899 ) “पथिक ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press , →OCLC 582 Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024 ) “pathika ”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit , Berlin, Germany Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890 ) “पथिक The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary , Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 958 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985 ) “pathika ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages , London: Oxford University Press, page 437