Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“sickness”) while the Sanskrit 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 Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“sickness”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
ओक · noun · masculine
घर । स्थान । निवासस्थान · आश्रय । ठिकाना · नक्षत्रों या ग्रहों का समूह । ढेर — Śabdasāgara
ओक · noun · masculine
अँजुरी । अँजलि — Śabdasāgara
ओक · ok · s.m.
Draught of water, &c. from the hollow of the hand; the palm hollowed to drink from (syn. ćullū) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 106
ओक · ok · s.f.
Sickness of the stomach, vomiting; vomit (see ubkāʼī) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 106
ओक · feminine
vomit; vomiting
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit ओक्किअ (ŏkkia), *ओक्कइ (ŏkkaï), of ultimately onomatopoeic origin. Cognate to Gujarati ઓકવું (okavũ), Marathi ओकणे (okṇe). Perhaps related to Kannada ಒಕ್ಕರಿಸು (okkarisu).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a house, refuge, asylum (cf. an-oka-śāyin)
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Dictionary citations
oka m. (√ uc Comm. on Uṇ. iv, 215), a house, refuge, asylum (cf. an-oka-śāyin)
a bird, L.
= vṛṣala, T.
conjunction of heavenly bodies, L.
oka m. (-kaḥ) 1 A house. 2 An asylum, a refuge: see okam. 3 A bird. E. uca to assemble, ka aff.
Alternative readings
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