As a Hindi name
चेलिका · noun · feminine
चिउली नाम का रेशमी कपडा · चोली । अँगिया (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "चेलिका" is चेलिक + -आ: चेलिक means "शिष्य । शागिर्द", 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 "चेलिका" is चेलिक + -आ: चेलिक means "शिष्य । शागिर्द", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a corset, bodice
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Dictionary citations
celikā f. a corset, bodice, PadmaP. iv.
celikā A bodice.
celikā f. (-kā) A corset, a boddice. E. cela clothes, kan aff.
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