As a Hindi name
अभिधा · noun · feminine
शब्द की तीन शक्तियों में से एक । शब्द के वाच्यार्थ को व्यक्त करने की शक्ति । शब्दों के उस अभिप्राय को प्रकट करने की शक्ति जिससे् यौगिक या व्युत्पत्तिलभ्य अर्थ सीधे निकलता हो । मुख्यार्थ · शब्द या ध्वनि · नाम (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
अभिधा · feminine
The literal definition or sense of a word.
Cited formation "अभिधा" is अभि- + धा: धा means "ब्रह्मा", and the prefix अभि- forms towards, against, superior, special. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit अभिधा (abhidhā)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
name, appellation
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "abhidhā" is the nominative of "abhidhṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. abhi-√ dhā -dadhāti, to surrender any one to (dat.; aor. Subj. 2. du. -dhātam), RV. i, 120, 8; to bring upon (dat.), RV. ii, 23, 6 : Ā. (rarely P.) to put on or round, put on the furniture of a horse (cf. abhi-hīta below), RV. &c.; to cover (a country) with an army, MBh. ii, 1090; to cover, protect, RV. viii, 67, 5 (aor. Pot. 2. pl. -dhetana), &c.; (in classical Sanskṛt generally) to set forth, explain, tell, speak to, address, say, name (cf. abhi-hita below) : Pass. -dhīyate, to be named or called: Caus. -dhāpayate, to cause to name, ĀśvGṛ. : Desid. Ā. -dhitsate, to intend to cover one's self, RV. x, 85, 30.
2. abhi-dhā f. name, appellation
the literal power or sense of a word, Sāh.
a word, sound, L.
abhi-dhā m. f. (ās) surrounding, VS. xxii, 3.
abhi-√ dhṛ Caus. -dhārayati, to uphold, maintain, MBh.
Alternative readings
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