As a Hindi name
पूपालिका · noun · feminine
प्राचीन काल का एक प्रकार का मीठा पकवान — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ पूपला
Cited formation "पूपालिका" is पूपालिक + -आ: पूपालिक means "(f. -ikā), A cake", 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 "पूपालिका" is पूपालिक + -आ: पूपालिक means "(f. -ikā), A cake", 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
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
and pūpā˚lī, id.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pūpālikā" is the feminine form of "pūpālika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
pūpālika, m. (Suśr.), pūpā˚likā (ib.) and pūpā˚lī (L.), f. id.
pūpalā(lī), pūpālikā, pūpālī, pūlikā, pūpikā A sort of sweet cake.
pūpālika, m. (Suśr.), pūpā˚likā (ib.) and pūpā˚lī (L.), f. id.
Alternative readings
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