दाढिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• দাঢিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬤᬵᬠᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• দাঢিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰟𑰯𑰛𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀤𑀸𑀠𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဒါဎိကာ (Burmese script)
• દાઢિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਦਾਢਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌦𑌾𑌢𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦢꦴꦞꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂠𑂰𑂛𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ದಾಢಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ទាឍិកា (Khmer script)
• ທາຒິກາ (Lao script)
• ദാഢികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡩᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᢟᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘟𑘰𑘛𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢑᠠᢗᢎᠾᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦿𑧑𑦻𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐡𑐵𑐝𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଦାଢିକା (Odia script)
• ꢣꢵꢟꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆢𑆳𑆞𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖟𑖯𑖛𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• දාඪිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩭𑩛𑩩𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚛𑚭𑚗𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• த³ாடி⁴கா (Tamil script)
• దాఢికా (Telugu script)
• ทาฒิกา (Thai script)
• དཱ་ཌྷི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒠𑒰𑒜𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨛𑨊𑨗𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A corruption of दंष्ट्रिका (daṃṣṭrikā), a compound of दंष्ट्र (daṃṣṭra, “large tooth, tusk”) +‎ -इक (-ika, possessive suffix) +‎ -आ (-ā, feminine suffix), with a semantic shift from "tooth" to "beard", both of which are within the same general facial area; the first element is from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dánštram, from Proto-Indo-European *denḱ-trom, from *denḱ- (“to bite”) + *-trom (suffix denoting a tool or instrument). Cognate with Avestan 𐬙𐬌𐬲𐬌-𐬛𐬄𐬯𐬙𐬭𐬀 (tiži-dąstra, “having sharp teeth”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /dɑː.ɖʱi.kɑː/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈd̪ɑː.ɖʱi.kɑː/

Noun

दाढिका • (dāḍhikā) stem, f

1. beard

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of दाढिका (dāḍhikā)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	दाढिका dāḍhikā	दाढिके dāḍhike	दाढिकाः dāḍhikāḥ
Vocative	दाढिके dāḍhike	दाढिके dāḍhike	दाढिकाः dāḍhikāḥ
Accusative	दाढिकाम् dāḍhikām	दाढिके dāḍhike	दाढिकाः dāḍhikāḥ
Instrumental	दाढिकया / दाढिका¹ dāḍhikayā / dāḍhikā¹	दाढिकाभ्याम् dāḍhikābhyām	दाढिकाभिः dāḍhikābhiḥ
Dative	दाढिकायै dāḍhikāyai	दाढिकाभ्याम् dāḍhikābhyām	दाढिकाभ्यः dāḍhikābhyaḥ
Ablative	दाढिकायाः / दाढिकायै² dāḍhikāyāḥ / dāḍhikāyai²	दाढिकाभ्याम् dāḍhikābhyām	दाढिकाभ्यः dāḍhikābhyaḥ
Genitive	दाढिकायाः / दाढिकायै² dāḍhikāyāḥ / dāḍhikāyai²	दाढिकयोः dāḍhikayoḥ	दाढिकानाम् dāḍhikānām
Locative	दाढिकायाम् dāḍhikāyām	दाढिकयोः dāḍhikayoḥ	दाढिकासु dāḍhikāsu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Dardic:
  • Kashmiri: دٲر (dạ̄r) / दऻर (dạ̄r)
  • Phalura: déeṛi / دیڑیۡ
  • Torwali: دأ
• Pali: dāṭhikā
  • → Thai: ทาฐิกะ (taa-tì-gà)
• Prakrit: 𑀤𑀸𑀠𑀺𑀆 (dāḍhiā) (see there for further descendants)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “दाढिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 475, column 2.