As a Hindi name
कुशिक · noun · masculine
एक प्राचिन आर्यवंश । विश्वमित्र जी इसी वंश के थे · एक राजा को विश्वामित्र के पितामह और गाधि के पिता थे · कुशिक वंश का पुरुष — Śabdasāgara
कुशिक · adj
जिसकी आँखे टेढी़ हों । एंचाताना — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कुशिक" is कु- + शिक: शिक means "पक्ष । ओर । तरफ", and the prefix कु- forms bad, evil. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(20) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the sediment of oil
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kuśika" is the vocative of "kuśikā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "kuśika" is derived from "kuśi" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kuśi (in comp. for kuśin).
kuśi m. an owl, L.
kuśika mfn. squint-eyed, L.
kuśika (as), m. N. of the father [or grandfather, MBh.; Hariv.] of Viśvā-mitra, RV. iii, 33, 5; MBh. &c.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kuśika mfn. squint-eyed, L.
kuśika (as), m. N. of the father [or grandfather, MBh.; Hariv.] of Viśvā-mitra, RV. iii, 33, 5; MBh. &c.
of the father of Gāthin or Gādhin or Gādhi (the latter being sometimes identified with Indra, who is called Kauśika or Kuśikottama, MBh. xiii, 800; Gādhi is also regarded as the father of Viśvā-mitra, MBh.; R.)
kuśika (ās), m. pl. the descendants of Kuśika, RV.; AitBr. &c.
N. of a people, VarBṛS.
kuśikā f. a piece of wood used as a splint for a broken leg, Car. viii, 23.
kuśikā (ā), f. See the top of the col.
kuśi (in comp. for kuśin).
kuśi m. an owl, L.
Alternative readings
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