As a Hindi name
वीक · noun · masculine
वायु · पक्षी । चिड़िया · मन — Śabdasāgara
वीक · noun · masculine
सप्ताह । हफ्ता — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a ‘bird’ or ‘wind’, Sch.
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M3 · meaning shifts "vīka" is derived from "vī" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. vī cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 39) veti (accord. to some in the conjug. tenses substituted for √ aj; 2. sg. veṣi also as Impv. RV.; 3. pl. vyanti, RV.; AV.; Br.; Subj. 2. 3. sg. ves, RV.; Impv. vīhi or vihi, vītāt, ib.; 3. pl. viyantu, TS.; p. Ā. vyāna, RV.; pf. vivāya, vivye, ib.; aor. avaiṣīt Gr.; 3. pl. aveṣan, Subj. veṣat, RV.; fut. vetā, veṣyati inf. vetum Gr.), to go, approach, (either as a friend i.e. ‘seek or take eagerly, grasp, seize, accept, enjoy’, or as an enemy i.e. ‘fall upon, attack, assail, visit, punish, avenge’), RV.; AV.; TS.; Br.; to set in motion, arouse, excite, impel, RV.; to further, promote, lead or bring or help any one to (two acc.), ib.; to get, procure, ib. : Pass. -vīyate &c., AV.; Br. : Caus. vāyayati or vāpayati (aor. avīvayat), to cause to go or approach &c.; to impregnate, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 55 : Desid. vivīṣati Gr.: Intens., See ā-√ vī and √ vevī.
vī [cf. accord. to some, Lat. ve-nari; Germ. weida, Weide, weiden.]
vīka m. a ‘bird’ or ‘wind’, Uṇ. iii, 47, Sch.
= manas, L.
Dictionary citations
vīka m. a ‘bird’ or ‘wind’, Uṇ. iii, 47, Sch.
= manas, L.
vīka m. (-kaḥ) 1 Air, wind. 2 A bird. E. aja to go, vi substituted for the root, kan Uṇādi aff., and the vowel made long.
1. vī cl. 2. P. (Dhātup. xxiv, 39) veti (accord. to some in the conjug. tenses substituted for √ aj; 2. sg. veṣi also as Impv. RV.; 3. pl. vyanti, RV.; AV.; Br.; Subj. 2. 3. sg. ves, RV.; Impv. vīhi or vihi, vītāt, ib.; 3. pl. viyantu, TS.; p. Ā. vyāna, RV.; pf. vivāya, vivye, ib.; aor. avaiṣīt Gr.; 3. pl. aveṣan, Subj. veṣat, RV.; fut. vetā, veṣyati inf. vetum Gr.), to go, approach, (either as a friend i.e. ‘seek or take eagerly, grasp, seize, accept, enjoy’, or as an enemy i.e. ‘fall upon, attack, assail, visit, punish, avenge’), RV.; AV.; TS.; Br.; to set in motion, arouse, excite, impel, RV.; to further, promote, lead or bring or help any one to (two acc.), ib.; to get, procure, ib. : Pass. -vīyate &c., AV.; Br. : Caus. vāyayati or vāpayati (aor. avīvayat), to cause to go or approach &c.; to impregnate, Pāṇ. vi, 1, 55 : Desid. vivīṣati Gr.: Intens., See ā-√ vī and √ vevī.
vī [cf. accord. to some, Lat. ve-nari; Germ. weida, Weide, weiden.]
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