As a Hindi name
लावणिक · adj
जिसका लवण द्रारा संस्कार हुआ हो · लवण संबंधी । नमक का · लावण्ययुक्त । मनोहर । सुंदर (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
लावणिक · noun · masculine
वह जो नमक बेचता हो · नमक का सौदागर · वह पात्र जिसमें नमक रखा जाता है । नमकदान — Śabdasāgara
लावणिक · lāvaṇik · adj.
(f. -ī), Relating to salt; impregnated with salt; prepared or dressed with salt, salted; savoury — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 948
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
dealing in salt
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
lāvaṇika mf(ī)n. = lāvaṇa (cf. uda- and daka-l˚)
dealing in salt, Śiś.
charming, lovely, ib.
lāvaṇika n. a vessel holding salt, salt-cellar, L.
lāvaṇika a. (kī f.) [lavaṇe saṃskṛtaṃ ṭhaṇ] 1 Salted, dressed with salt. 2 Dealing in salt. 3 Lovely, beautiful, charming; līlayaiva sutanostulayitvā gauravāḍhyamapi lāvaṇikena Śi. 10. 38 (where it means ‘a saltmerchant’ also). — kaḥ A salt-merchant. — kaṃ A salt-vessel, salt-cellar.
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