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Hindi
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Sanskrit -इका (-ikā).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-इका • (-ikā) f
- one who does; -er
- प्रेम (prem, “love”) + -इका (-ikā) → प्रेमिका (premikā, “lover (female)”)
Derived terms
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)
- -ᠢᢉᠠᠠ (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
From -इक (-ika, “doer”) + -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-इका • (-ikā) f
- one who does; -er (feminine)
- क्रीड् (krīḍ, “to play”) + -इका (-ikā) → क्रीडिका (krīḍikā, “player (female)”)
Declension
Derived terms