लाडिक

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps connected to लल् (lal, “to frolic, play”).

Pronunciation

Noun

लाडिक • (lāḍika) stem, m

  1. boy
  2. servant, slave

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of लाडिक (lāḍika)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative लाडिकः
lāḍikaḥ 		लाडिकौ / लाडिका¹
lāḍikau / lāḍikā¹ 		लाडिकाः / लाडिकासः¹
lāḍikāḥ / lāḍikāsaḥ¹
Vocative लाडिक
lāḍika 		लाडिकौ / लाडिका¹
lāḍikau / lāḍikā¹ 		लाडिकाः / लाडिकासः¹
lāḍikāḥ / lāḍikāsaḥ¹
Accusative लाडिकम्
lāḍikam 		लाडिकौ / लाडिका¹
lāḍikau / lāḍikā¹ 		लाडिकान्
lāḍikān
Instrumental लाडिकेन
lāḍikena 		लाडिकाभ्याम्
lāḍikābhyām 		लाडिकैः / लाडिकेभिः¹
lāḍikaiḥ / lāḍikebhiḥ¹
Dative लाडिकाय
lāḍikāya 		लाडिकाभ्याम्
lāḍikābhyām 		लाडिकेभ्यः
lāḍikebhyaḥ
Ablative लाडिकात्
lāḍikāt 		लाडिकाभ्याम्
lāḍikābhyām 		लाडिकेभ्यः
lāḍikebhyaḥ
Genitive लाडिकस्य
lāḍikasya 		लाडिकयोः
lāḍikayoḥ 		लाडिकानाम्
lāḍikānām
Locative लाडिके
lāḍike 		लाडिकयोः
lāḍikayoḥ 		लाडिकेषु
lāḍikeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “लाडिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 900, column 2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 442
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