As a Hindi name
पाणिका · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार का गीत या छंद · चम्मच के आकार का एक पात्र — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "पाणिका" is पाणिक + -आ: पाणिक means "जो खरीदा जा सके । सौदा", 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 "पाणिका" is पाणिक + -आ: पाणिक means "जो खरीदा जा सके । सौदा", 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 kind of song or singing
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pāṇikā" is the feminine form of "pāṇika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "pāṇika" is derived from "pāṇi" with the ṭhak/ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. pāṇi m. a place of sale, shop, market, W.
2. pāṇi m. (said to be fr. √ paṇ) the hand, RV. &c. &c. (often ifc. = holding in the h˚, e.g. asi-p˚, holding a sword in the h˚, s˚ in h˚; pāṇiṃ-√ grah or ˚ṇau-√ kṛ, to take the h˚ of a bride, marry; ˚niṃ√ dā, to give the h˚ in marriage)
pāṇika mfn. ifc. (f(ā). ) = 2. pāṇi, the hand, Hcat.
pāṇika m. N. of one of Skanda's attendants, MBh. (v.l. kālika)
Related forms
Dictionary citations
pāṇikā f. a kind of song or singing, Yājñ.
a kind of spoon, L.
pāṇikā f. (-kā) A sort of spoon or ladle. E. pāṇi the hand, kan aff.
pāṇika mfn. ifc. (f(ā). ) = 2. pāṇi, the hand, Hcat.
pāṇika m. N. of one of Skanda's attendants, MBh. (v.l. kālika)
1. pāṇi m. a place of sale, shop, market, W.
2. pāṇi m. (said to be fr. √ paṇ) the hand, RV. &c. &c. (often ifc. = holding in the h˚, e.g. asi-p˚, holding a sword in the h˚, s˚ in h˚; pāṇiṃ-√ grah or ˚ṇau-√ kṛ, to take the h˚ of a bride, marry; ˚niṃ√ dā, to give the h˚ in marriage)
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