Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“evil”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
लेना
to take; to buy, get; to take on; an element of compound verbs
Platts (p. 975) also records: (dialec.) 1˚ = līk, q.v
Cited formation "लीका" is लीक + -आ: लीक means "line, track, path, rut", 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
Cited formation "लीका" is लीकना + -आ: लीकना means "सं॰ [सं॰ गिलन या लीन] गले के नीचे पेट में उतारना । मुँह में लकर पेट में डालना । निगलना । खा जाना", 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 "लीका" is लीक + -आ: लीक means "line, track, path, rut", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit लभते — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Sanskrit रभ॑ते (rábhate) Sanskrit लभते (labhate) Prakrit 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï) ▲ Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ. ▲ Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei)influ. Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀇 (lei) Hindi लेना Inherited from Prakrit लेइ (lei), adapted from लहइ (lahaï) by analogy with देइ (dei, “give”) (whence Hindi देना (de…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. N. of partic. evil spirits
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Dictionary citations
līkā f. pl. N. of partic. evil spirits, MārkP.
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