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nayika

nayika noun: any of the eight types of romantic heroine described in the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts.

Noun

nayika (plural nayikas)

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

Forms of nayika

pluralnayikas

Origin of nayika

Borrowed from Sanskrit नायिका (nāyikā).

Questions about nayika

What does nayika mean?
Nayika means any of the eight types of romantic heroine described in the Natya Shastra, an ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts.
What part of speech is nayika?
Nayika is a noun.
What is the plural of nayika?
The plural of nayika is nayikas.

Words near nayika in the dictionary

  1. naybours
  2. naycation
  3. naycations
  4. nayed
  5. Nayee Talim
  6. nayika
  7. nayikas
  8. naying
  9. Nayland
  10. Nayland-with-Wissington
  11. NAYLE

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