Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kartika

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: kar-ti-ka
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The eighth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.

name

A male given name from Sanskrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit कार्तिक (kārtika).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: कार्तिक

Inflected Forms

Katik (alternative) Karthika (alternative)

Questions

What does kartika mean?: The eighth month in the Hindu lunar calendar.
Where does kartika come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

How to pronounce kartika

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