# स्वस्तिक
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika, “a lucky or auspicious object”). By surface analysis, सु- (su-) +‎ अस्ति (asti) +‎ -क (-ka). Doublet of सथिया (sathiyā).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /sʋəs.t̪ɪk/, [sʋɐs.t̪ɪk]

### Noun

स्वस्तिक • (svastik) m (Urdu spelling سوستک)
* swastika
* a lucky or auspicious object

#### Declension
## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit स्वस्तिक (svastika, “a lucky or auspicious object”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sʋəs.t̪ik/, [sʋəs.t̪iːk]

### Noun

स्वस्तिक • (svastik) m
* (Hinduism) swastika

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* স্বস্তিক (Assamese script)
* ᬲ᭄ᬯᬲ᭄ᬢᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
* স্বস্তিক (Bengali script)
* 𑰭𑰿𑰪𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀲𑁆𑀯𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* သွသ္တိက (Burmese script)
* સ્વસ્તિક (Gujarati script)
* ਸ੍ਵਸ੍ਤਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌸𑍍𑌵𑌸𑍍𑌤𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦱ꧀ꦮꦱ꧀ꦠꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂮𑂹𑂫𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಸ್ವಸ್ತಿಕ (Kannada script)
* ស្វស្តិក (Khmer script)
* ສ຺ວສ຺ຕິກ (Lao script)
* സ്വസ്തിക (Malayalam script)
* ᠰᠣᠸᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘭𑘿𑘪𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᠰᢦᠰᢐᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧍𑧠𑧊𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐳𑑂𑐰𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
* ସ୍ଵସ୍ତିକ (Odia script)
* ꢱ꣄ꢮꢱ꣄ꢡꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆱𑇀𑆮𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖭𑖿𑖪𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
* ස‍්වස‍්තික (Sinhalese script)
* 𑪁 𑪙𑩾𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚨𑚶𑚦𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
* ஸ்வஸ்திக (Tamil script)
* స్వస్తిక (Telugu script)
* สฺวสฺติก (Thai script)
* སྭ་སྟི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒮𑓂𑒫𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨰𑩇𑨭𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Compound of स्वस्ति (svastí, “fortunate”) +‎ -क (-ka, diminutive masculine nominal suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈs̪ʋɐs̪.t̪i.kɐ/

### Noun

स्वस्तिक • (svastika) stem, m
* a kind of bard (who utters words of welcome or eulogy)
* any lucky or auspicious object, especially a kind of mystical cross or mark made on persons and things to denote good luck; a swastika
* the crossing of the arms or hands on the breast
* a bandage in the form of a cross
* a dish of a particular form
* a kind of cake
* a triangular crest-jewel
* the meeting of four roads, a crossroad
* a particular symbol made of ground rice and formed like a triangle (it is used in fumigating the image of durgā, and is said to symbolize the liṅga)
* a kind of garlic
* cock
* libertine

#### Declension
### Noun

स्वस्तिक • (svastika) stem, m or n
* a mansion or temple of a particular form
* European water-clover (Marsilea quadrifolia)
* a particular mode of sitting practised by yogins (in which the toes are placed in the inner hollow of the knees)

#### Declension
### Proper noun

स्वस्तिक • (svastika) m
* name of a serpent-demon
* name of one of Skanda's attendants
* name of a Danava
* name of a poet
* name of another man

#### Descendants

* → English: swastika
* → German: Swastika, Svastika (less common)
** → Turkish: svastika
* → Hindi: स्वस्तिक (svastik)
* → Kannada: ಸ್ವಸ್ತಿಕ (svastika)
* → Lithuanian: svãstika
* → Malayalam: സ്വസ്തിക (svastika)
* → Marathi: स्वस्तिक (svastik)
* → Tamil: சுவத்திகம் (cuvattikam)
* → Telugu: స్వస్తిక (svastika)
* Pali: sotthika
* Prakrit: 𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀅 (satthia), 𑀲𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀅 (sŏtthia)
** Gujarati: સાથિયો (sāthiyo)
** Hindustani:
*** Hindi: सथिया (sathiyā)
*** Urdu: سَتھِیا (sathiyā)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “स्वस्तिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1283.
* Otto Böhtlingk, Richard Schmidt (1879-1928) “स्वस्तिक”, in Walter Slaje, Jürgen Hanneder, Paul Molitor, Jörg Ritter, editors, Nachtragswörterbuch des Sanskrit [Dictionary of Sanskrit with supplements] (in German), Halle-Wittenberg: Martin-Luther-Universität, published 2016