katthūrikā

Pali

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Alternative scripts

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀽𑀭𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• कत्थूरिका (Devanagari script)
• কত্থূরিকা (Bengali script)
• කත්‍ථූරිකා (Sinhalese script)
• ကတ္ထူရိကာ or ၵတ္ထူရိၵႃ or ၵတ်ထူရိၵႃ (Burmese script)
• กตฺถูริกา or กัตถูริกา (Thai script)
• ᨠᨲ᩠ᨳᩪᩁᩥᨠᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ກຕ຺ຖູຣິກາ or ກັຕຖູຣິກາ (Lao script)
• កត្ថូរិកា (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄖𑄴𑄗𑄫𑄢𑄨𑄇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कस्तूरिका (kastūrikā). Cognate with Prakrit 𑀓𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀽𑀭𑀺𑀬𑀸 (katthūriyā).

Noun

katthūrikā f

1. musk
   • [1951, A. P. Buddhadatta Mahāthera, Aids to Pali Conversation and Translation (in English), Colombo, Ceylon, page 143:

     Katthūrikā, f. musk.]

Declension

Declension table of "katthūrikā" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	katthūrikā	katthūrikāyo or katthūrikā
Accusative (second)	katthūrikaṃ	katthūrikāyo or katthūrikā
Instrumental (third)	katthūrikāya	katthūrikāhi or katthūrikābhi
Dative (fourth)	katthūrikāya	katthūrikānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	katthūrikāya	katthūrikāhi or katthūrikābhi
Genitive (sixth)	katthūrikāya	katthūrikānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	katthūrikāya or katthūrikāyaṃ	katthūrikāsu
Vocative (calling)	katthūrike	katthūrikāyo or katthūrikā

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “katthūrikā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 152