पौलिका

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• पोलिका (polikā)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• পৌলিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬧᭁᬮᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• পৌলিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰢𑰻𑰩𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀧𑁅𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• ပေါ်လိကာ (Burmese script)
• પૌલિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਪੌਲਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌪𑍌𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦥꦻꦴꦭꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂣𑂸𑂪𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಪೌಲಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• បៅលិកា (Khmer script)
• ເປົາລິກາ (Lao script)
• പൗലികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᢒᠣᠣᠯᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘢𑘼𑘩𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᢒᠣᠧᠸᠠᠯᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧂𑧝𑧉𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐥𑑁𑐮𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ପୌଲିକା (Odia script)
• ꢦꣃꢭꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆥𑆿𑆬𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖢𑖻𑖩𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• පෞලිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩰𑩘𑩽𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚞𑚵𑚥𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• பௌலிகா (Tamil script)
• పౌలికా (Telugu script)
• เปาลิกา (Thai script)
• པཽ་ལི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒣𑒾𑒪𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨞𑨈𑨬𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Diminutive of पौलि (pauli); also compare पूलिका (pūlikā), पोली (polī), पूपाली (pūpālī).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /pɑːw.li.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /pɑw.l̪i.kɑː/

Noun

पौलिका • (paulikā) stem, f

1. a kind of cake

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of पौलिका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	पौलिका (paulikā)	पौलिके (paulike)	पौलिकाः (paulikāḥ)
vocative	पौलिके (paulike)	पौलिके (paulike)	पौलिकाः (paulikāḥ)
accusative	पौलिकाम् (paulikām)	पौलिके (paulike)	पौलिकाः (paulikāḥ)
instrumental	पौलिकया (paulikayā) पौलिका¹ (paulikā¹)	पौलिकाभ्याम् (paulikābhyām)	पौलिकाभिः (paulikābhiḥ)
dative	पौलिकायै (paulikāyai)	पौलिकाभ्याम् (paulikābhyām)	पौलिकाभ्यः (paulikābhyaḥ)
ablative	पौलिकायाः (paulikāyāḥ) पौलिकायै² (paulikāyai²)	पौलिकाभ्याम् (paulikābhyām)	पौलिकाभ्यः (paulikābhyaḥ)
genitive	पौलिकायाः (paulikāyāḥ) पौलिकायै² (paulikāyai²)	पौलिकयोः (paulikayoḥ)	पौलिकानाम् (paulikānām)
locative	पौलिकायाम् (paulikāyām)	पौलिकयोः (paulikayoḥ)	पौलिकासु (paulikāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

Descendants

• Prakrit: 𑀧𑁄𑀮𑀺𑀆 (poliā)

  Magadhi Prakrit:

  • Bengali: পুলি (puli)

  Maharastri Prakrit:

  • Konkani: poḷī

    Devanagari script: पोळी

    Kannada script: ಪೋಳೀ

    Latin script: polli

  • Old Marathi: ((puraṇa)poḷī)

    Devanagari script: (पुरण)पोळी

    Modi script: (𑘢𑘳𑘨𑘜)𑘢𑘻𑘯𑘲

    • Marathi: पोळी (poḷī), पोळे (poḷe)

  Sauraseni Prakrit:

  • Gujarati: પોળી (poḷī)
  • Marwari: पोळी (poḷī)
• → Old Kannada: ಪೋಳಿಗೆ (pōḷige)
  • Kannada: ಹೋಳಿಗೆ (hōḷige)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “पौलिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 650.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pauli”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 479