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) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑw.l̪i.kɑː/

Noun

पौलिका • (paulikā) stem, f

1. a kind of cake

Declension

Feminine ā-stem declension of पौलिका (paulikā)
	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 / पौलिका¹ paulikayā / paulikā¹	पौलिकाभ्याम् paulikābhyām	पौलिकाभिः paulikābhiḥ
Dative	पौलिकायै paulikāyai	पौलिकाभ्याम् paulikābhyām	पौलिकाभ्यः paulikābhyaḥ
Ablative	पौलिकायाः / पौलिकायै² paulikāyāḥ / paulikāyai²	पौलिकाभ्याम् paulikābhyām	पौलिकाभ्यः paulikābhyaḥ
Genitive	पौलिकायाः / पौलिकायै² paulikāyāḥ / paulikāyai²	पौलिकयोः paulikayoḥ	पौलिकानाम् paulikānām
Locative	पौलिकायाम् paulikāyām	पौलिकयोः paulikayoḥ	पौलिकासु paulikāsu
Notes	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