मल्लिका

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

• मल्लिक (mallika)

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• মল্লিকা (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬮ᭄ᬮᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
• মল্লিকা (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰩𑰿𑰩𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
• မလ္လိကာ (Burmese script)
• મલ્લિકા (Gujarati script)
• ਮਲ੍ਲਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑌲𑍍𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦭ꧀ꦭꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂪𑂹𑂪𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
• ಮಲ್ಲಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
• មល្លិកា (Khmer script)
• ມລ຺ລິກາ (Lao script)
• മല്ലികാ (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᠠᠯᠯᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘩𑘿𑘩𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠠᠯᠯᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧉𑧠𑧉𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐮𑑂𑐮𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
• ମଲ୍ଲିକା (Odia script)
• ꢪꢭ꣄ꢭꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆬𑇀𑆬𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖩𑖿𑖩𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
• මල‍්ලිකා (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩽 𑪙𑩽𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚥𑚶𑚥𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
• மல்லிகா (Tamil script)
• మల్లికా (Telugu script)
• มลฺลิกา (Thai script)
• མ་ལླི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒪𑓂𑒪𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨬𑩇𑨬𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Compound of मल्लि (malli) +‎ -का (-kā).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɐl.li.kɑː/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɐl̪.l̪i.kɑː/

Noun

मल्लिका • (mallikā) stem, f

1. A kind of jasmine
2. A kind of goose with brown legs and bill
3. The month Māgha
4. A shuttle
5. of a musical instrument

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of मल्लिका

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	मल्लिका (mallikā)	मल्लिके (mallike)	मल्लिकाः (mallikāḥ)
vocative	मल्लिके (mallike)	मल्लिके (mallike)	मल्लिकाः (mallikāḥ)
accusative	मल्लिकाम् (mallikām)	मल्लिके (mallike)	मल्लिकाः (mallikāḥ)
instrumental	मल्लिकया (mallikayā) मल्लिका¹ (mallikā¹)	मल्लिकाभ्याम् (mallikābhyām)	मल्लिकाभिः (mallikābhiḥ)
dative	मल्लिकायै (mallikāyai)	मल्लिकाभ्याम् (mallikābhyām)	मल्लिकाभ्यः (mallikābhyaḥ)
ablative	मल्लिकायाः (mallikāyāḥ) मल्लिकायै² (mallikāyai²)	मल्लिकाभ्याम् (mallikābhyām)	मल्लिकाभ्यः (mallikābhyaḥ)
genitive	मल्लिकायाः (mallikāyāḥ) मल्लिकायै² (mallikāyai²)	मल्लिकयोः (mallikayoḥ)	मल्लिकानाम् (mallikānām)
locative	मल्लिकायाम् (mallikāyām)	मल्लिकयोः (mallikayoḥ)	मल्लिकासु (mallikāsu)

• ¹Vedic
• ²Brāhmaṇas

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “मल्लिका”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, pages 793/1-2.
• Apte, Macdonell (2022) “मल्लिका”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Sanskrit Dictionaries]