𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸

Prakrit

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit हिक्क् (hikk)

Sanskrit हिक्का (hikkā)

Prakrit 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā)

Inherited from Sanskrit हिक्का (hikkā). Cognate with Pali hikkā.

Noun

𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā) f (Devanagari हिक्का)

1. hiccup

Declension

Maharastri declension of 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (feminine)
	singular	plural
Nominative	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā)	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀑 (hikkāo) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀉 (hikkāu) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā)
Accusative	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀁 (hikkaṃ)	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀑 (hikkāo) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀉 (hikkāu) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā)
Instrumental	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀏 (hikkāe) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇 (hikkāi) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀅 (hikkāa)	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺 (hikkāhi) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁 (hikkāhiṃ)
Dative	—	—
Ablative	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀑 (hikkāo) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀉 (hikkāu)	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀳𑀺𑀁𑀢𑁄 (hikkāhiṃto)
Genitive	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀏 (hikkāe) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇 (hikkāi) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀅 (hikkāa)	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡 (hikkāṇa) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀡𑀁 (hikkāṇaṃ)
Locative	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀏 (hikkāe) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀇 (hikkāi) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀅 (hikkāa)	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀲𑀼 (hikkāsu) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀲𑀼𑀁 (hikkāsuṃ)
Vocative	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁂 (hikke) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā)	𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀑 (hikkāo) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸𑀉 (hikkāu) or 𑀳𑀺𑀓𑁆𑀓𑀸 (hikkā)

Descendants

• Central Indo-Aryan:
  • Hindi: हीक (hīk)
• Western Indo-Aryan:
  • Gujarati: હીક (hīk)

References

• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923–1928) “हिक्का”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [pāia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo, Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author], page 947.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “hikkā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 814