# पथिक
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पथिक (pathika). By surface analysis, पथ (path) +‎ -इक (-ik).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /pə.t̪ʰɪk/, [pɐ.t̪ʰɪk]

### Noun

पथिक • (pathik) m (feminine पथिका, Urdu spelling پَتھِک)
* traveller, wayfarer
    Synonyms: यात्री (yātrī), राहगीर (rāhgīr), मार्गी (mārgī), मुसाफ़िर (musāfir)

#### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “पथिक”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 2800
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पथिक”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 598
* “पथिक”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

## Old Gujarati
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पथिक (pathika). Doublet of पहिय (pahiya).

### Noun

पथिक • (pathika) ?
* traveller

### References

* ↑ मधुसूदन चिमनलाल मोदी [Madhusudan Chimannlal Modi] (1960) “पथिक”, in वसन्त विलास, जोधपुर, राजस्थान [Jodhpur, Rajasthan]: राजस्थान प्राच्यविद्या प्रतिष्ठान [Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute], page 63, column 1.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* পথিক (Assamese script)
* ᬧᬣᬶᬓ (Balinese script)
* পথিক (Bengali script)
* 𑰢𑰞𑰰𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀧𑀣𑀺𑀓 (Brahmi script)
* ပထိက (Burmese script)
* પથિક (Gujarati script)
* ਪਥਿਕ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌪𑌥𑌿𑌕 (Grantha script)
* ꦥꦡꦶꦏ (Javanese script)
* 𑂣𑂟𑂱𑂍 (Kaithi script)
* ಪಥಿಕ (Kannada script)
* បថិក (Khmer script)
* ປຖິກ (Lao script)
* പഥിക (Malayalam script)
* ᢒᠠᡨᡳᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘢𑘞𑘱𑘎 (Modi script)
* ᢒᠠᠲᠢᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧂𑦾𑧒𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐥𑐠𑐶𑐎 (Newa script)
* ପଥିକ (Odia script)
* ꢦꢢꢶꢒ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆥𑆡𑆴𑆑 (Sharada script)
* 𑖢𑖞𑖰𑖎 (Siddham script)
* පථික (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩰𑩬𑩑𑩜 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚞𑚚𑚮𑚊 (Takri script)
* பதி²க (Tamil script)
* పథిక (Telugu script)
* ปถิก (Thai script)
* པ་ཐི་ཀ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒣𑒟𑒱𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨞𑨚𑨁𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From पथ (patha) +‎ -इक (-ika).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /pɐ.tʰi.kɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈpɐ.t̪ʰi.kɐ/

### Noun

पथिक • (pathika) stem, m (feminine पथिका or पथिकी)
* traveller, wayfarer, wanderer
    Synonyms: यात्रिन् (yātrin), प्रयाणिक (prayāṇika)
** c. 800 CE – 950 CE, Nārāyaṇa, Hitopadeśa 4.77:यथा हि पथिकः कश्चिच् छायाम् आश्रित्य तिष्ठति । विश्रम्य च पुनर् गच्छेत् तद्वद् भूतसमागमः ॥yathā hi pathikaḥ kaścic chāyām āśritya tiṣṭhati. viśramya ca punar gacchet tadvad bhūtasamāgamaḥ.Just as some traveller takes refuge and sits in a shade. After resting he goes again; thus is life.

#### Descendants

* Prakrit: 𑀧𑀳𑀺𑀅 (pahia)
** Apabhramsa: 𑆥𑆲𑆴𑆪 (pahiya) (see there for further descendants)
* → Hindustani: pathik
    Hindi: पथिक
    Urdu: پَتھِک
* → Old Gujarati: पथिक (pathika)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “पथिक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 582, column 3.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “pathika”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “पथिक”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 958
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pathika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 437