As a Hindi name
काण · adj
काना · छेद किया हुआ (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
काण · noun · masculine
कौआ — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(etym. doubtful; g. kaḍārādi) one-eyed, monoculous (akṣṇā kāṇaḥ, blind of one eye Comm. on and )
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Dictionary citations
kāṇa mf(ā)n. (etym. doubtful; g. kaḍārādi) one-eyed, monoculous (akṣṇā kāṇaḥ, blind of one eye Comm. on Pāṇ. ii, 1, 30 and 3, 20), RV. x, 155, 1; AV. xii, 4, 3; TS. ii, 5, 1, 7; Mn.; MBh.
pierced, perforated (as a cowrie perforated or broken by insects) Comm. on Pāṇ. ii, 3, 20; Hit.; Pañcat.; Bhartṛ. iii, 5
‘having only one loop or ring’ and ‘one-eyed’, Pañcat.
kāṇa m. a crow, L.
kāṇa Nom. P. ˚ṇayati, to make blind, destroy the sight, HPariś.
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