As a Hindi name
चेटक · noun · masculine
सेरक दास । नौकर · चटक मटक · दूत — Śabdasāgara
चेटक · noun · masculine
जादू या इंद्रजाल विद्या । नजरबंद का तमाशा · भाड़ों का तमाशा । कौतुक — Śabdasāgara
चेटक · ćeṭak · s.m.
(f. -ī, and -ikā), A servant, slave — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 470
चेटक · ćeṭak · s.f.
A wonderful deed, a miracle; magic; delusion, deception — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 470
चेटक · feminine
servant, slave
चेटक · feminine
thought, care, anxiety
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चेटक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit चेटक (ceṭaka).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ceṭaka m. a servant, slave, Bhartṛ. i, 91; Kathās. vi and lxxi (ifc.), Hit.
a paramour, L.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a servant, slave, and (ifc.)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "ceṭaka" is derived from "ceṭa" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
ceṭa m. a servant, slave, Mṛcch.; Kathās. vi, 127 (ifc.), Sāh.
a kind of fish, Āp. i, 17, 38
ceṭaka m. a servant, slave, Bhartṛ. i, 91; Kathās. vi and lxxi (ifc.), Hit.
a paramour, L.
Dictionary citations
ceṭaka m. a servant, slave, Bhartṛ. i, 91; Kathās. vi and lxxi (ifc.), Hit.
a paramour, L.
ceṭaka m. (-kaḥ) 1 A slave. 2 A gallant: see the last. 3 A servant, a minister, one who fulfils an appointed duty. E. ciṭa to serve, ṇvula affix, or ceṭa with kan added.
ceṭa m. a servant, slave, Mṛcch.; Kathās. vi, 127 (ifc.), Sāh.
a kind of fish, Āp. i, 17, 38
Alternative readings
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