Ambika

A1M3B3I1K5A1

proper noun

The goddess Parvati.

OriginSanskrit अम्बिका →
UncommonScrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

proper noun
  1. HinduismThe goddess Parvati.
  2. JainismOne of the female domestic deities.
  3. The second daughter of the king of Kasi and wife of Vichitravirya in the epic Mahabharata.
  4. A river in the Indian state of Gujarat.
  5. A female given name from Sanskrit.

Origin

  1. Sanskritअम्बिका“mother, good woman”
  2. EnglishAmbika

Borrowed from Sanskrit अम्बिका (ambikā, “mother, good woman”).

More words from Sanskrit

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bengali অম্বিকা
  • অম্বিকা (ombika)deity
Hindi अंबिका, अंबिका
  • अंबिका (ambikā)female given name
  • अंबिका (ambikā)deity
Russian Амбика
  • Амбика (Ambika)deity
Tamil அம்பிகா
  • அம்பிகா (ampikā)deity

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Kiamba
Cite this entry
APA

Ambika. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ambika

MLA

“Ambika.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ambika. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ambika,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ambika.

Source: Ambika on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.