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
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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
a hollow bamboo (whistling or rattling in the wind, Arundo Karka), &c.
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Dictionary citations
kīcaka m. (√ cīk, Uṇ. v, 36) a hollow bamboo (whistling or rattling in the wind, Arundo Karka), MBh.; R. &c.
N. of a chief of the army of king Virāṭa (conquered by Bhīma-sena), MBh. i, 328; iv, 376 ff.; Pañcat.
N. of a Daitya, L.
of a Rākṣasa, L.
kīcaka m. pl. N. of a people (a tribe of the Kekayas), MBh.
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