Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nayika

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nayi-ka
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the eight types of romantic heroine described in the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नायिका (nāyikā).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: नायिका

Inflected Forms

nayikas (plural)

Questions

What does nayika mean?: Any of the eight types of romantic heroine described in the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts.
Where does nayika come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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