प्रेमिका

Hindi

Etymology

Sanskritic formation from प्रेम (prem, “love”) +‎ -इका (-ikā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɾeː.mɪ.kɑː/, [pɾeː.mɪ.käː]

Noun

प्रेमिका • (premikā) f (masculine प्रेमिक) (formal)

1. a female lover

   Synonym: आशिक़ा (āśiqā)

Declension

Declension of प्रेमिका (fem ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	प्रेमिका premikā	प्रेमिकाएँ premikāẽ
oblique	प्रेमिका premikā	प्रेमिकाओं premikāõ
vocative	प्रेमिका premikā	प्रेमिकाओ premikāo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “प्रेमिका”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press