As a Hindi name
लाटिका · noun · feminine
साहित्य में चार प्रकार की रचनाओं में से एक प्रकार की रचना या रीति जिसमें वैदर्भी और पांचाली दोनों ही रीतियों का कुछ कुछ अनुसरण किया जाता है । इसमें छोटे छोटे पद ओर छोटे छोटे समास हुआ करते हैं · एक प्राकृत बोली (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
lāṭī 1 A particular style of composition; see 2 N. of a Prākṛta dialect; see
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lāṭikā" is the feminine form of "lāṭaka" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
M3 · meaning shifts "lāṭaka" is derived from "lāṭa" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
lāṭa m. pl. (fr. rāṣṭra) N. of a people and of a district inhabited by them (= Gk. Λαρικη of Ptolemy), MBh.; Var. &c.
(sg.) a king of the Lāṭas, Kathās.
lāṭaka mf(ikā)n. of or belonging to the Lāṭas, customary among them
lāṭaka a. (ṭikā f.) Relating to the Lāṭas.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
lāṭikā f. (with or scil. rīti) = lāṭī, Sāh.
lāṭikā, lāṭī 1 A particular style of composition; see S. D. 629. 2 N. of a Prākṛta dialect; see Kāv. 1. 35.
lāṭaka mf(ikā)n. of or belonging to the Lāṭas, customary among them
lāṭaka a. (ṭikā f.) Relating to the Lāṭas.
lāṭa m. pl. (fr. rāṣṭra) N. of a people and of a district inhabited by them (= Gk. Λαρικη of Ptolemy), MBh.; Var. &c.
(sg.) a king of the Lāṭas, Kathās.
Alternative readings
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