As a Hindi name
घटिका · noun · feminine
घटी यंत्र । टाइमपीस । घड़ी · एक घड़ी का समय । २४ मिनट का समय · छोटा घड़ा । गगरी — Śabdasāgara
घटिका · ghaṭikā · s.f.
A water-jar; a bucket — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 931
घटना · feminine
event, occurrence; incident; accident
घटना
to happen, to take place, to occur
Cited formation "घटिका" is घटिक + -आ: घटिक means "घंटा पूरा होने पर घड़ियाल बजानेवाला व्यक्ति । घंटा बजानेवाला सिपाही । घड़ियाली", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "घटिका" is घटिक + -आ: घटिक means "घंटा पूरा होने पर घड़ियाल बजानेवाला व्यक्ति । घंटा बजानेवाला सिपाही । घड़ियाली", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi घटना — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit घटना (ghaṭanā). Compare to Bengali ঘটনা (ghôṭôna).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ghaṭanā f. exertion, motion, acting, manner of acting, VarBṛS. l, 1; Pañcat.; Kathās. cxxii, 33
striving after, being occupied or busy with (loc. or in comp.), Śāntiś. ii, 20 (= Nāg. iv, 2), Sāh. iv, 14/v (iṣu-, ‘shooting an arrow’)
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit घटयते — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set घटना (ghaṭnā) घटाना (ghaṭānā) घटवाना (ghaṭvānā) Inherited from Sanskrit घटयते (ghaṭayate) or Sanskrit घटते (ghaṭate). Cognate with Bengali ঘটা (ghoṭa).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a water-jar
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghaṭikā" is the feminine form of "ghaṭika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "ghaṭika" is derived from "ghaṭi" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. ghaṭi f. = ˚ṭī, q.v., Uṇ. iv, 117, Sch.
2. ghaṭi in comp. for ˚ṭin.
ghaṭika mfn. = ghaṭena tarat, Pāṇ. iv, 4, 7, Kāś.
ghaṭika m. a waterman, W.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
ghaṭikā f. a water-jar, Mṛcch. x, 55 (59); Sāh. iii, 146/147
(ghāṭ˚), Pañcat.
a period of time (= 24 [or 48 W.] minutes), Sūryas.; BhP. v, 21, 4 and 10; HYog. iii, 63, Sch. on Jyot. (YV) 25 and 40 f.; Tantr.
(= kalā, KātyŚr. ii, 1, 1 and 17, Sch.)
the Ghārī or Indian clock (see ˚ṭī), Gol. xi, 8
ghaṭika mfn. = ghaṭena tarat, Pāṇ. iv, 4, 7, Kāś.
ghaṭika m. a waterman, W.
1. ghaṭi f. = ˚ṭī, q.v., Uṇ. iv, 117, Sch.
2. ghaṭi in comp. for ˚ṭin.
Alternative readings
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