As a Hindi name
नीका · nīkā · adj.
(f. -ī), Good; beautiful, elegant, handsome — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1167
नीका
good, fine; elegant, attractive
नीका
well, right, easily
Śabdasāgara also records: सिंचाई के लिये बनी जलप्रणाली
Cited formation "नीका" is नीक + -आ: नीक means "corr. of P. nek, or contrac. of nīkā, qq.v", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "नीका" is नीक + -आ: नीक means "corr. of P. nek, or contrac. of nīkā, qq.v", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit निक्त — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *nigʷtós Sanskrit निक्त (nikta) Prakrit 𑀡𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓 (ṇikka) Hindi नीका Inherited from Prakrit णिक्क (ṇikka, “clean”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit निक्त (niktá, “washed”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nikta See under nij below.
nikta mfn. washed, cleansed, purified, sprinkled, RV.; ŚBr.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a channel for irrigation
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nīkā" is the feminine form of "nīka" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "nīka" is derived from "nī" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. nī for nis (q.v.) before r.
2. nī (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxii, 5) nayati, ˚te (pf. P. nināya, 2. sg. ninetha, RV., 1. pl. nīnima, TS.; Subj. ninīthas Pot. ninīyāt, RV.; Impv. ninetu, MaitrS.; Ā. ninye, Br. &c.; -nayām āsa, MBh.; -nayāṃ cakre, R.; aor. P. 3. du. anītām, Subj. neṣi, nethā or netha, RV.; anaiṣīt Subj. neṣati, ˚ṣat, 3. pl. Ā. aneṣata, ib.; anayīt, AV.; fut. neṣyati, AV.; ˚te, Br.; nayiṣyati, ˚te, MBh.; R.; netā, nayitā, ib.; ind.p. nītvā, Br. &c.; nayitvā, MBh.; -nīya, AV. &c.; inf. neṣaṇi, RV.; netavai, ˚tos and nayitum, Br.; netum, ib. &c. &c.), to lead, guide, conduct, direct, govern (also with agram and gen.; cf. agra-ṇī), RV. &c. &c.; to lead &c. towards or to (acc. with or without prati dat., loc. or artham ifc.), ib.; to lead or keep away, exclude from (abl.), AitBr.; (Ā.) to carry off for one's self (as a victor, owner &c.), AV.; TĀr.; MBh.; (Ā., rarely P.) to lead home i.e. marry, MBh.; R.; to bring into any state or condition (with acc., e.g. with vaśam, to bring into subjection, subdue [Ā. RV. x, 84, 3; AV. v, 19, 5; P. Ragh. viii, 19]; with śūdra-tām, to reduce to a Śūdra, Mn. iii, 15; with sākṣyam [Ā.], to admit as a witness, viii, 197; with vyāghra-tām, to change into a tiger, Hit.; with vikrayam, to sell, Yājñ.; with paritoṣam, to satisfy, Pañc.; with duḥkham, to pain, Amar.; rarely, with loc., e.g. duhitṛ-tve, to make a person one's daughter, R. i, 44, 38; or with an adv. in -sāt, e.g. bhasmasāt to reduce to ashes, Pañc. i, 198/199); to draw (a line &c.), ŚāṅkhŚr.; Sūryas.; to pass or spend (time), Yājñ.; Kāv. &c.; (with daṇḍam) to bear the rod i.e. inflict punishment, Mn.; Yājñ. (with vyavahāram) to conduct a process, Yājñ.; (with kriyām) to conduct a ceremony, preside over a religious act, MBh.; to trace, track, find out, ascertain, settle, decide (with anyathā, ‘wrongly’), Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.; (Ā.) to be foremost or chief, Pāṇ. i, 3, 36 : Caus. nāyayati, ˚te, to cause to lead &c.; to cause to be led by (instr.), Mn. v, 104 (cf. Pāṇ. i, 4, 52, Vārtt. 5, Pat.) : Desid. ninīṣati, te (AV. xix, 50, 5, w.r. nineṣati), to wish to lead or bring or carry to or into (acc. or dat.), AV.; Up.; MBh. &c.; to wish to carry away, R.; to wish to spend or pass (time), Naiṣ.; to wish to exclude from (abl.), AitBr.; to wish to find out or ascertain, investigate, MBh. : Intens. nenīyate to lead as a captive, have in one's power, rule, govern, TS.; VS.; MBh.
nīka m. N. of a tree, Uṇ. iii, 47, Sch.
nīka m. (-kaḥ) The name of a tree. E. ṇī to gain, Uṇādi aff. kan.
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Dictionary citations
nīkā f. a channel for irrigation, L.
nīkā A channel for irrigation.
nīka m. N. of a tree, Uṇ. iii, 47, Sch.
nīka m. (-kaḥ) The name of a tree. E. ṇī to gain, Uṇādi aff. kan.
1. nī for nis (q.v.) before r.
2. nī (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) cl. 1. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxii, 5) nayati, ˚te (pf. P. nināya, 2. sg. ninetha, RV., 1. pl. nīnima, TS.; Subj. ninīthas Pot. ninīyāt, RV.; Impv. ninetu, MaitrS.; Ā. ninye, Br. &c.; -nayām āsa, MBh.; -nayāṃ cakre, R.; aor. P. 3. du. anītām, Subj. neṣi, nethā or netha, RV.; anaiṣīt Subj. neṣati, ˚ṣat, 3. pl. Ā. aneṣata, ib.; anayīt, AV.; fut. neṣyati, AV.; ˚te, Br.; nayiṣyati, ˚te, MBh.; R.; netā, nayitā, ib.; ind.p. nītvā, Br. &c.; nayitvā, MBh.; -nīya, AV. &c.; inf. neṣaṇi, RV.; netavai, ˚tos and nayitum, Br.; netum, ib. &c. &c.), to lead, guide, conduct, direct, govern (also with agram and gen.; cf. agra-ṇī), RV. &c. &c.; to lead &c. towards or to (acc. with or without prati dat., loc. or artham ifc.), ib.; to lead or keep away, exclude from (abl.), AitBr.; (Ā.) to carry off for one's self (as a victor, owner &c.), AV.; TĀr.; MBh.; (Ā., rarely P.) to lead home i.e. marry, MBh.; R.; to bring into any state or condition (with acc., e.g. with vaśam, to bring into subjection, subdue [Ā. RV. x, 84, 3; AV. v, 19, 5; P. Ragh. viii, 19]; with śūdra-tām, to reduce to a Śūdra, Mn. iii, 15; with sākṣyam [Ā.], to admit as a witness, viii, 197; with vyāghra-tām, to change into a tiger, Hit.; with vikrayam, to sell, Yājñ.; with paritoṣam, to satisfy, Pañc.; with duḥkham, to pain, Amar.; rarely, with loc., e.g. duhitṛ-tve, to make a person one's daughter, R. i, 44, 38; or with an adv. in -sāt, e.g. bhasmasāt to reduce to ashes, Pañc. i, 198/199); to draw (a line &c.), ŚāṅkhŚr.; Sūryas.; to pass or spend (time), Yājñ.; Kāv. &c.; (with daṇḍam) to bear the rod i.e. inflict punishment, Mn.; Yājñ. (with vyavahāram) to conduct a process, Yājñ.; (with kriyām) to conduct a ceremony, preside over a religious act, MBh.; to trace, track, find out, ascertain, settle, decide (with anyathā, ‘wrongly’), Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.; (Ā.) to be foremost or chief, Pāṇ. i, 3, 36 : Caus. nāyayati, ˚te, to cause to lead &c.; to cause to be led by (instr.), Mn. v, 104 (cf. Pāṇ. i, 4, 52, Vārtt. 5, Pat.) : Desid. ninīṣati, te (AV. xix, 50, 5, w.r. nineṣati), to wish to lead or bring or carry to or into (acc. or dat.), AV.; Up.; MBh. &c.; to wish to carry away, R.; to wish to spend or pass (time), Naiṣ.; to wish to exclude from (abl.), AitBr.; to wish to find out or ascertain, investigate, MBh. : Intens. nenīyate to lead as a captive, have in one's power, rule, govern, TS.; VS.; MBh.
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