As a Hindi name
तालुका · noun · feminine
तालू की नाड़ी — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "तालुका" is तालुक + -आ: तालुक means "तालू", 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 "तालुका" is तालुक + -आ: तालुक means "तालू", 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
du. (e) the two arteries of the palate
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tālukā" is the feminine form of "tāluka" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "tāluka" is derived from "tālu" with the ṭhak/ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
tālu n. rarely m. [MBh. xiv, 568; Hariv. 14273; BhP. ii] the palate, VS. xxv, 1; Kauś.; RPrāt.; Suśr. &c.
tālu n. [taraṃtyanena varṇāḥ tṝ-aṇ rasya laḥ; cf. Uṇ. 1. 5] The palate; tṛṣā mahatyā pariśuṣkatālavaḥ Rs. 1. 11. Comp. — jihvaḥ 1 a crocodile. 2 the uvula. — pākaḥ an abscess in the palate. — puppuṭaḥ an indolent swelling of the palate. — mūlaṃ the root or back-part of the palate. — sthāna a. palatal. — (naṃ) the palate.
tāluka n. (g. yāvādi) = ˚lu, Hcat. i, 9, 414 (ifc. f(ā). )
a disease of the palate, Npr.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
tālukā f. = ˚lu, W.
f. du. (e) the two arteries of the palate, TUp. i, 6, 1.
tālukā f. (-kā) The palate. E. tālu, and kan added.
tāluka n. (g. yāvādi) = ˚lu, Hcat. i, 9, 414 (ifc. f(ā). )
a disease of the palate, Npr.
tālu n. rarely m. [MBh. xiv, 568; Hariv. 14273; BhP. ii] the palate, VS. xxv, 1; Kauś.; RPrāt.; Suśr. &c.
tālu n. [taraṃtyanena varṇāḥ tṝ-aṇ rasya laḥ; cf. Uṇ. 1. 5] The palate; tṛṣā mahatyā pariśuṣkatālavaḥ Rs. 1. 11. Comp. — jihvaḥ 1 a crocodile. 2 the uvula. — pākaḥ an abscess in the palate. — puppuṭaḥ an indolent swelling of the palate. — mūlaṃ the root or back-part of the palate. — sthāna a. palatal. — (naṃ) the palate.
Alternative readings
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