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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ūrmikā (ऊर्मिका).—

1) A wave.

2) A finger-ring (shining like a wave); Hch.1; cf. also.......ऊर्मिकाश्चापि चित्ररत्नचयाङ्किताः (ūrmikāścāpi citraratnacayāṅkitāḥ) Śiva. B.17.44.

3) Regret, sorrow for anything lost.

4) The humming of a bee.

5) A plait or fold in a garment.

6) Anxiety.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ūrmikā (ऊर्मिका).—[feminine] a finger-ring.

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

1) Ūrmikā (ऊर्मिका):—[from ūrmi] f. a wave, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] a finger ring, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

3) [v.s. ...] a plait or fold in a garment, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) [v.s. ...] humming (of bees), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ūrmikā (ऊर्मिका):—(kā) 1. f. A finger-ring; a plait; a wave.

[Sanskrit to German]

Urmika in German

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ūrmika (ಊರ್ಮಿಕ):—

1) [noun] a small metal, circular band, for wearing on a finger as an ornament; a ring.

2) [noun] a troubled or remorseful feeling over some that one has done or left undone; regret.

3) [noun] the humming of a bee.

4) [noun] the fold or plait in a garment.

5) [noun] (mus.) a mode in Karnāṭaka system, derived from the main mode Siṃhendramadhyama, having six notes both in ascending and descending orders.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Urmikaularnava, Urmikaularnavatantra.

Ends with: Kurmika.

Full-text: Urmike.

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