As a Hindi name
करना
to do (to perform or execute, to commit); to work, do work; to make, create; to cause to become, to render
Śabdasāgara also records: हड्डी · एक कीड़ा । (को॰)
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set करना (karnā) कराना (karānā) करवाना (karvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti Sanskrit कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti) Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti) Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei) Hindi करना In…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the breast-bone and the cartilages of the ribs connected with it (cartilagines costarum)
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kīkasa" is the vocative of "kīkasā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kīkasa mfn. hard, firm, L.
kīkasa m. the breast-bone and the cartilages of the ribs connected with it (cartilagines costarum), ĀrṣBr.
a kind of worm (= kikkiśa?), L.
a bone, L. (cf. kaikasa.)
kīkasa a. Hard, firm. — saṃ A bone (m. also); Mv. 5. 19. Comp. — āsyaḥ, -mukhaḥ a bird in general.
kīkasā f. Ved. vertebra or a rib (of which six are enumerated), RV. x, 163, 2; AV.; TS. &c.
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