मालिका

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

মালিকা (Assamese script)
ᬫᬵᬮᬶᬓᬵ (Balinese script)
মালিকা (Bengali script)
𑰦𑰯𑰩𑰰𑰎𑰯 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
မာလိကာ (Burmese script)
માલિકા (Gujarati script)
ਮਾਲਿਕਾ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌮𑌾𑌲𑌿𑌕𑌾 (Grantha script)
ꦩꦴꦭꦶꦏꦴ (Javanese script)
𑂧𑂰𑂪𑂱𑂍𑂰 (Kaithi script)
ಮಾಲಿಕಾ (Kannada script)
មាលិកា (Khmer script)
ມາລິກາ (Lao script)
മാലികാ (Malayalam script)
ᠮᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠯᡳᡬᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
𑘦𑘰𑘩𑘱𑘎𑘰 (Modi script)
ᠮᠠᢗᠯᠢᢉᠠ᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧆𑧑𑧉𑧒𑦮𑧑 (Nandinagari script)
𑐩𑐵𑐮𑐶𑐎𑐵 (Newa script)
ମାଲିକା (Odia script)
ꢪꢵꢭꢶꢒꢵ (Saurashtra script)
𑆩𑆳𑆬𑆴𑆑𑆳 (Sharada script)
𑖦𑖯𑖩𑖰𑖎𑖯 (Siddham script)
මාලිකා (Sinhalese script)
𑩴𑩛𑩽𑩑𑩜𑩛 (Soyombo script)
𑚢𑚭𑚥𑚮𑚊𑚭 (Takri script)
மாலிகா (Tamil script)
మాలికా (Telugu script)
มาลิกา (Thai script)
མཱ་ལི་ཀཱ (Tibetan script)
𑒧𑒰𑒪𑒱𑒏𑒰 (Tirhuta script)
𑨢𑨊𑨬𑨁𑨋𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian. Compare Tamil மகள் (makaḷ).

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /mɑː.li.kɑː/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /mɑː.l̪i.kɑː/

Noun

मालिका • (mālikā) stem, ?

garland
string, necklace
A row, line, series
A variety of jasmine
Linseed
daughter
A kind of bird
An intoxicating drink.
a white-washed upper-storied house, a palace

Descendants

→ Malayalam: മാളിക (māḷika)