वेणिका veṇikā
girl 3 syllables SLP1 veRikA

As a Hindi name

वह

that; he, she, it; that one (distal third person singular personal pronoun)

Śabdasāgara also records: स्त्रियों के बालों की गूँथी हुई चोटी । वेणी · बाँस, नरसल आदि का बना बेड़ा (को॰)

Cited formation "वेणिका" is वेणिक + -आ: वेणिक means "महाभारत के अनुसार एक जनपद का नाम", 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 "वेणिका" is वेणिक + -आ: वेणिक means "महाभारत के अनुसार एक जनपद का नाम", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit अदस् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

“Uncertain, but most likely from Old Hindi उहु (uhu), उहुं (uhuṃ), from Apabhramsa ओहु (ohu), from Prakrit अहो (aho), from Sanskrit अ॒सौ m (asáu, “that”). The inflected forms are formed by analogy with its proximal counterpart यह (yah) or with सो (so) ~ तिस (tis), the archaic thir…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record

The Sanskrit parent — अदस् (tadbhava)

adas nom. m. f. asau (voc. asau, MaitrS.) (n. adas), (opposed to idam, q.v.), that, a certain

adas (adas) ind. thus, so, there.

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

a continuous line, uninterrupted stream

Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "veṇikā" is the feminine form of "veṇika" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).

M3 · meaning shifts "veṇika" is derived from "veṇi" with the ṭhan/ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.

the base — वेणि

veṇi f. (fr. √ 1. ve) weaving, braiding, L.

braided hair or a braid of hair, hair twisted into a single unornamented braid and allowed to fall on the back (so worn by widows and women who mourn for absent husbands, cf. eka-veṇi; the water of a river is often compared to such a braid, but in these meanings the form veṇī is more common See below), MBh.; Kāv. &c.

your form — वेणिका

veṇika m. pl. N. of a people, MBh. (B. vetrika)

Related forms

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · वेणिका

veṇikā f. = veṇi, a braid of hair &c., L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · वेणिका

(met.) a continuous line, uninterrupted stream, Hcar.; Kād.

Monier-Williams (1899) · वेणिका

a twisted stripe or band, Hcat.; Suśr.

Apte (1890) · वेणिका

veṇikā Braided hair.

Wilson (1832) · वेणिका

veṇikā f. (-kā) Braided hair. E. veṇī as above, kan fem. form, added.

Monier-Williams (1899) · वेणिक (linked stem)

veṇika m. pl. N. of a people, MBh. (B. vetrika)

Monier-Williams (1899) · वेणि (linked stem)

veṇi f. (fr. √ 1. ve) weaving, braiding, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · वेणि (linked stem)

braided hair or a braid of hair, hair twisted into a single unornamented braid and allowed to fall on the back (so worn by widows and women who mourn for absent husbands, cf. eka-veṇi; the water of a river is often compared to such a braid, but in these meanings the form veṇī is more common See below), MBh.; Kāv. &c.

Alternative readings

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