As a Hindi name
पूरिका · noun
कचौड़ी — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "पूरिका" is पूरिक + -आ: पूरिक means "(f. -ā), A kind of cake = pūrī, q.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 "पूरिका" is पूरिक + -आ: पूरिक means "(f. -ā), A kind of cake = pūrī, q.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
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a sort of cake, (˚kāpūpa), &c.
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Dictionary citations
pūrikā f. a sort of cake, MBh.; Yājñ. (˚kāpūpa), Bhpr. &c.
pūrikā See under pūraka.
pūrikaḥ -kā A kind of cake.
pūrikā f. (-kā) A sort of unleavened cake, fried with Ghee or oil. E. pūrī as above, aff. kan.
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