Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

nikati : (f.) fraud; cheating.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Nikati, (f.) (Sk. nikṛti, see prec. ) fraud, deceit, cheating D. I, 5 (=DA. I, 80 paṭirūpakena vañcanaṃ); III, 176; Sn. 242 (=nirāsaṃ-karaṇaṃ SnA 286); J. I, 223; Pv III, 9⁵ (+vañcana); Pug. 19, 23, 58; VvA. 114; PvA. 211 (paṭirūpadassanena paresaṃ vikāro).—Instr. nikatiyā (metri causa) J. I, 223, nikatyā J. II, 183, nikacca S. I, 24. Cp. nekatika. (Page 351)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

nikatī (निकती).—f ( H) A small balance (as of shroffs and goldsmiths).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

nikatī (निकती).—f A small balance (as of shroffs and goldsmiths).

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Nikaṭī (निकटी):—[from ni-kaṭa] in [compound] for nikaṭa.

[Sanskrit to German]

Nikati in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Nikati (நிகதி) noun < niyati. See நியதி. [niyathi.] Local usage

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Starts with: Nikatibhuta, Nikatibhuya, Nikatika, Nikatim.

Ends with: Sahanikati.

Full-text: Nikatim, Nikatibhuya, Nikatibhuta, Nigadi, Nikta, Nikacca, Shrutanigaditva, Nikarana, Nekatika, Utkotana, Vikara, Vinaya, Bhu.

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