As a Hindi name
जालिक · jālik · s.m.
One who uses nets to gain a livelihood, a fisherman; a fowler, bird-catcher, &c; a spider; a cheat, rogue — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 371
जाना
to go, leave, depart; to go to, extend; to be lost; an auxiliary verb
जाना · masculine
Śabdasāgara also records: कैवर्त । जाल बुननेवाला व्यक्ति · जाल से मृगादि जंतुओं को फँसानेवाला व्यक्ति । कर्कटक
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit ग॒त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *yéh₂ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáHti Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáHti Sanskrit याति॑ (yā́ti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti) Prakrit जाइ (jāi) Hindi जाना Inherited from Prakrit जाइ (jāi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀬𑀸𑀢𑀺 (yāti), from Sanskri…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a cheat g. parpādi
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jālika" is the vocative of "jālikā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
jālika mf(ī)n. deceptive
jālika m. a cheat g. parpādi
(g. vetanādi) ‘living on his net’, a bird-catcher, Caṇḍ. ii, 2
a spider, L.
= grāma-jālin, L.
1. jālikā (ikā), f. a net (for catching birds &c.), Kathās. lxi (cf. mṛga-jālikā)
a veil, ŚāṅkhGṛ. i, 14, 12/13 a kind of cloth or raiment, W.
Alternative readings
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