छच्छिका

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ছচ্ছিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬙᬘ᭄ᬙᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• ছচ্ছিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰔𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀙𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ဆစ္ဆိကာ (Burmese script)
• છચ્છિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਛਚ੍ਛਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌛𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦖꦕ꧀ꦖꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂓𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಛಚ್ಛಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• ឆច្ឆិកា (Khmer script)
• ຉຈ຺ຉິກາ (Lao script)
• ഛച്ഛികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᡮᠠᢜᡮᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘔𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠼᠠᢋᠼᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦴𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐕𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ଛଚ୍ଛିକା (Odia script)
• ꢘꢗ꣄ꢘꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆗𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖔𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• ඡච‍්ඡිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩢𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚐𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• ச²ச்சி²கா (Tamil script)
• ఛచ్ఛికా (Telugu script)
• ฉจฺฉิกา (Thai script)
• ཚ་ཙྪི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒕𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨤𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Of unknown, possibly substrate, origin. Compare Pashto چکه (čaka, “curd, buttermilk”). Unrelated to Latin cāseus (“cheese”), despite phonetic and semantic similarity.

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐt.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː/, [t͡ɕʰɐt̚.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː]
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɐt̪.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː/, [t͡ɕʰɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰi.kɑː]

Noun

छच्छिका • (chacchikā) stem, f

1. buttermilk

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of छच्छिका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	छच्छिका (chacchikā)	छच्छिके (chacchike)	छच्छिकाः (chacchikāḥ)
vocative	छच्छिके (chacchike)	छच्छिके (chacchike)	छच्छिकाः (chacchikāḥ)
accusative	छच्छिकाम् (chacchikām)	छच्छिके (chacchike)	छच्छिकाः (chacchikāḥ)
instrumental	छच्छिकया (chacchikayā) छच्छिका¹ (chacchikā¹)	छच्छिकाभ्याम् (chacchikābhyām)	छच्छिकाभिः (chacchikābhiḥ)
dative	छच्छिकायै (chacchikāyai)	छच्छिकाभ्याम् (chacchikābhyām)	छच्छिकाभ्यः (chacchikābhyaḥ)
ablative	छच्छिकायाः (chacchikāyāḥ) छच्छिकायै² (chacchikāyai²)	छच्छिकाभ्याम् (chacchikābhyām)	छच्छिकाभ्यः (chacchikābhyaḥ)
genitive	छच्छिकायाः (chacchikāyāḥ) छच्छिकायै² (chacchikāyai²)	छच्छिकयोः (chacchikayoḥ)	छच्छिकानाम् (chacchikānām)
locative	छच्छिकायाम् (chacchikāyām)	छच्छिकयोः (chacchikayoḥ)	छच्छिकासु (chacchikāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “छच्छिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 404/1.