As a Hindi name
नाभिका · noun · feminine
कटभी वृक्ष — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "नाभिका" is नाभिक + -आ: नाभिक means "nucleus", 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
Cited formation "नाभिका" is नाभिक + -आ: नाभिक means "nucleus", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a navel-like cavity
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nābhikā" is the feminine form of "nābhika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "nābhika" is derived from "nābhi" with the ṭhak/ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
nābhi f. (prob. fr. √ 1. nabh, ‘to burst asunder or into a hole’; ifc. f. i or ī, Vām. v, 49) the navel (also n˚-string, cf. -kṛntana), a navel-like cavity, RV. &c. &c. (in later language also m. and f(˚bhī). )
the nave of a wheel, ib. (also m., L., and ˚bhī f.)
nābhika mfn. ifc. = nābhi, navel, Hcat.
nave of a wheel, MBh.
M3 · meaning shifts "nābhika" is derived from "nābh" with the ṭhak suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
nābh f. (√ 1. nabh) an opening, fissure, spring, RV. ix, 74, 6.
nābhika mfn. ifc. = nābhi, navel, Hcat.
nave of a wheel, MBh.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
nābhikā (ā), f. a navel-like cavity, ŚBr.
Achyranthes Atropurpurea, L.
nābhikā A cavity shaped like a navel.
nābhika mfn. ifc. = nābhi, navel, Hcat.
nave of a wheel, MBh.
nābhi f. (prob. fr. √ 1. nabh, ‘to burst asunder or into a hole’; ifc. f. i or ī, Vām. v, 49) the navel (also n˚-string, cf. -kṛntana), a navel-like cavity, RV. &c. &c. (in later language also m. and f(˚bhī). )
the nave of a wheel, ib. (also m., L., and ˚bhī f.)
nābh f. (√ 1. nabh) an opening, fissure, spring, RV. ix, 74, 6.
Alternative readings
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