Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“spirituous, liquor”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
अमृता · noun · feminine
गुर्च · इंद्रायण · मालकँगनी — Śabdasāgara
अमृता
a female given name from Sanskrit, equivalent to English Amrita
Cited formation "अमृता" is अमृत + -आ: अमृत means "an elixir; a substance that gives immortality to the user", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "अमृता" is अमृत + -आ: अमृत means "an elixir; a substance that gives immortality to the user", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi अमृता — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृता (amṛtā). By surface analysis, अमृत (amŕt) + -आ (-ā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a-mṛtā f. a goddess, RV. &c.
spirituous liquor, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a goddess, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "amṛtā" is the feminine form of "amṛta" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
a-mṛtā f. a goddess, RV. &c.
spirituous liquor, L.
Emblica Officinalis, Terminalia Citrina Roxb., Cocculus Cordifolius, Piper Longum, Ocimum Sanctum
N. of the mother of Parikṣit, MBh. i, 3794
of Dākṣāyaṇī, MatsyaP.
a-mṛta mfn. (cf. Pāṇ. vi, 2, 116) not dead, MBh.
immortal, RV. &c.
Alternative readings
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