# मौक्तिक
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Sanskrit मौक्तिक (mauktika). Doublet of मोती (motī).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /mɔːk.t̪ɪk/

### Noun

मौक्तिक • (mauktik) m
* (rare) a pearl
    Synonyms: मोती (motī), मुक्ता (muktā)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “मौक्तिक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* মৌক্তিক (Assamese script)
* ᬫᭁᬓ᭄ᬢᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
* মৌক্তিক (Bengali script)
* 𑰦𑰻𑰎𑰿𑰝𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀫𑁅𑀓𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* မော်က္တိက (Burmese script)
* મૌક્તિક (Gujarati script)
* ਮੌਕ੍ਤਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌮𑍌𑌕𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦩꦻꦴꦏ꧀ꦠꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂧𑂸𑂍𑂹𑂞𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಮೌಕ್ತಿಕ (Kannada script)
* មៅក្តិក (Khmer script)
* ເມົາກ຺ຕິກ (Lao script)
* മൗക്തിക (Malayalam script)
* ᠮᠣᠣᡬᢠᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘦𑘼𑘎𑘿𑘝𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᠮᠣᠧᠸᠠᢉᢐᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧆𑧝𑦮𑧠𑦽𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐩𑑁𑐎𑑂𑐟𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
* ମୌକ୍ତିକ (Odia script)
* ꢪꣃꢒ꣄ꢡꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆩𑆿𑆑𑇀𑆠𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖦𑖻𑖎𑖿𑖝𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
* මෞක‍්තික (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩴𑩘𑩜 𑪙𑩫𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚢𑚵𑚊𑚶𑚙𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
* மௌக்திக (Tamil script)
* మౌక్తిక (Telugu script)
* เมากฺติก (Thai script)
* མཽ་ཀྟི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒧𑒾𑒏𑓂𑒞𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨢𑨈𑨋𑩇𑨙𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From मुक्त (mukta, “pearl”) +‎ -इक (-ika, diminutive).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈmɑwk.t̪i.kɐ/, [ˈmɑwk̚.t̪i.kɐ]

### Noun

मौक्तिक • (mauktika) stem, m or n
* (Classical Sanskrit) a pearl

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀫𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (mŏttia), 𑀫𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀅 (muttia), 𑀫𑁴𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀬 (mŏttiya) — Jain Māhārāṣṭrī
** Ahirani: मोती (motī)
** Sauraseni Apabhramsa: मोत्तिउ (mottiu)
*** Braj: मोती (motī)
*** Hindustani: motī
    Hindi: मोती
    Urdu: موتِی (motī)
*** →? Tibetan: མུ་ཏིག (mu tig)
** Assamese: মোতি (müti)
** Middle Bengali: মুতি (muti)
*** Bengali: মোতি (mōti) (< Hindustani موتِی (motī) / मोती (motī))
** Dogri: motī
    Devanagari script: मोती
    Dogra script: 𑠢𑠵𑠙𑠮
** Old Gujarati: मोती (motī)
*** Gojri: موتی (motī)
*** Gujarati: મોતી (motī)
*** Malvi: मोती (motī)
*** Marwari:
    Devanagari script: मोती (motī)
    Mahajani script: 𑅬𑅔𑅣𑅑 (moti)
** Kachchi: મોતી (motī)
** Konkani: motī̃
    Devanagari script: मोतीं
    Kannada script: ಮೊತಿಂ
    Latin script: motim
** Maithili: mōti
    Devanagari script: मोति
    Tirhuta script: 𑒧𑒼𑒞𑒱
** Old Marathi: motī
    Devanagari script: मोती
    Modi script: 𑘦𑘻𑘝𑘲
*** Marathi: मोती (motī)
** Nepali: मोती (motī)
** Odia: ମୋତି (moti)
** Old Punjabi: ਮੋਤੀ (motī)
*** Punjabi: motī
    Gurmukhi script: ਮੋਤੀ
    Shahmukhi script: موتی
** Sindhi: motī
    Arabic script: موتِي
    Devanagari script: मोती
    Khudawadi script: 𑋗𑋧𑋍𑋢
* → Hindi: मौक्तिक (mauktik) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಮೌಕ್ತಿಕ (mauktika) (learned)

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “मौक्तिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 836.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “mauktika”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मौक्तिक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mauktika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press