As a Hindi name
वाचिक · adj
[वि॰ स्त्री॰ वाचिका, वाचिकी] · वाणी संबंधो · वाणी से किया हुआ — Śabdasāgara
वाचिक · vāćik · adj.
Communicated, or carried on, by speech or by word of mouth; verbal, oral — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1172
वाचिक
verbal, oral, spoken
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi वाचिक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit वाचिक (vācika).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
vācika mfn. verbal, effected or caused by words, consisting in words, communicated by speech (with abhinaya m. a declamatory speech; with vināśa m. threatened destruction; pāruṣye daṇḍa-vācike, the two violences i.e. blows and words, or assault and slander), Mn.; MBh. &c.
vācika m. a short expression for vāg-āśīr-datta, Pāṇ. v, 3, 84, Vārtt. 3, Pat.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a verbal commission or message
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M3 · meaning shifts "vācika" is derived from "vāc" with the ṭhak suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vāc f. (fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), RV. &c. &c. (vācam-√ ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call)
a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration, Mn.; MBh. &c. (vācaṃ-√ vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-√ hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-√ dā with dat., to address words to; vācā satyaṃ-√ kṛ, to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth)
vācika mfn. verbal, effected or caused by words, consisting in words, communicated by speech (with abhinaya m. a declamatory speech; with vināśa m. threatened destruction; pāruṣye daṇḍa-vācike, the two violences i.e. blows and words, or assault and slander), Mn.; MBh. &c.
vācika m. a short expression for vāg-āśīr-datta, Pāṇ. v, 3, 84, Vārtt. 3, Pat.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
vācika mfn. verbal, effected or caused by words, consisting in words, communicated by speech (with abhinaya m. a declamatory speech; with vināśa m. threatened destruction; pāruṣye daṇḍa-vācike, the two violences i.e. blows and words, or assault and slander), Mn.; MBh. &c.
vācika m. a short expression for vāg-āśīr-datta, Pāṇ. v, 3, 84, Vārtt. 3, Pat.
vācika n. a verbal commission or message, Naiṣ.; Śiś.; Rājat.
news, tidings, intelligence, W.
vācika a. (kā, kī f.) [vācā kṛtaṃ vāc ṭhak casya na kaḥ] 1 Consisting of or expressed by words; vācikaṃ pāruṣyam. 2 Oral, verbal, expressed by word of mouth. — kaṃ 1 A message, an oral or verbal communication; vācikamapyāryeṇa siddhārthakācchrotavyamiti likhitaṃ Mu. 5; nirdhārite'rthe lekhena khalūktvā khalu vācikaṃ Śi. 2. 70. 2 News, tidings, intelligence in general. Comp. — patraṃ 1 a letter. 2 a newspaper. — hārakaḥ 1 a letter. 2 a messenger, newsbearer.
vāc f. (fr. √ vac) speech, voice, talk, language (also of animals), sound (also of inanimate objects as of the stones used for pressing, of a drum &c.), RV. &c. &c. (vācam-√ ṛ, īr, or iṣ, to raise the voice, utter a sound, cry, call)
a word, saying, phrase, sentence, statement, asseveration, Mn.; MBh. &c. (vācaṃ-√ vad, to speak words; vācaṃ vyā-√ hṛ, to utter words; vācaṃ-√ dā with dat., to address words to; vācā satyaṃ-√ kṛ, to promise verbally in marriage, plight troth)
Alternative readings
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