As a Hindi name
ओदन · noun · masculine
पका हुआ चावल । भात · बादल । मेघ — Śabdasāgara
ओदन · odan · s.m.
Boiled rice; grain mashed and cooked with milk; food — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 103
ओदन · masculine
boiled rice
Cited formation "ओदन" is ओद + -न: ओद means "नमी । तरी । गीलापन । सील", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi ओदन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit ओदन (odaná).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
odana as, am, m. n. (√ ud, Uṇ. ii, 76), grain mashed and cooked with milk, porridge, boiled rice, any pap or pulpy substance, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.
odana as, m. cloud, Nigh.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
as, am, (√ ud, ), grain mashed and cooked with milk, porridge, boiled rice, any pap or pulpy substance, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
The spelling you confirmed, ओदन, is itself a dictionary headword — no grammatical transformation stands between what you typed and the meaning above.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the masculine and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
odana as, am, m. n. (√ ud, Uṇ. ii, 76), grain mashed and cooked with milk, porridge, boiled rice, any pap or pulpy substance, RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; MBh. &c.
odana as, m. cloud, Nigh.
odana mn. (-naḥ-naṃ) Boiled rice. f. (-nikā-nī) A plant, (Sida cordifolia, &c.) see valā. E. unda to be wet, lyuṭ Uṇādi affix, and na dropped.
Alternative readings
More than one analysis survives full verification. That ambiguity is real, so we show every reading rather than pick one silently.
Caveats
Sources contain errors and engines have limits; every claim above carries its citation so you can verify it. This is guidance about names and their sources — not religious or astrological consultation. How we work · Our sources