Alternative spellings of this word include Fika.

India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Phika.—(LP), a bull which is not castrated. Note: phika is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phikā (फिका) [or फिक्का, phikkā].—a ( H) Faint or dim of color, pale, light. 2 Weak of taste, flat, vapid, dead. 3 Faded in look, wan, pallid. 4 Of no vigor or spirit, dull, jejune, barren, poor.

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

phikā (फिका) [or phikkā, or फिक्का].—a Faint, pale, light. Flat, vapid. Faded in look. Of no vigour or spirit.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Phīkā (फीका) [Also spelled fika]:—(a) tasteless, insipid, vapid; unsweetened, unsweet; faded; dull (coloured); dim, devoid of radiance; ~[pana] tastelessness, insipidity, vapidity; fadedness; dimness; dullness of colour; state of being without sweet; —[paḍanā] to lose brilliance/lustre; to grow dull; —[laganā] to appear insipid/dull/tasteless/unsweet; —[svara] dejected / lifeless / dull voice, a voice devoid of emotion; [phīkī bāta] uniteresting / unimpressive/lifeless remark/utterance, insipid talk; [phīkī muskāna] an uninspired/insipid smile, a lifeless smile; [phīkī haṃsī] an uninspired laugh.

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See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Phika-ciya, Phikadani, Phikadara, Phikar rali, Phikara, Phikata.

Ends with: Dimphika, Haphika, Mahadimphika, Maphika, Mauktikagumphika, Muaphika, Traphika, Utphika.

Full-text: Phikata, Phika-ciya, Feekaa-chia, Umca, Fika, Rang, Ramga.

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