As a Hindi name
कीट · noun · masculine
रेँगने या उड़ानेवाला क्षुद्र जंतु । कीड़ा । मकोड़ · हीनता या तुच्छाताव्यंजक शब्द । जैसे, छिपकीट = तुच्छ हाथी । पक्षिकीट — Śabdasāgara
कीट · adj
कड़ा । कठोर — Śabdasāgara
कीट · kīṭ · s.m.
(f. ?), Sediment, dregs, dirt; dregs of oil (in a lamp); dregs collected in a huqqā-snake — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 888
कीट · kīṭ · s.m.
A worm, maggot, insect, reptile (see kīṛā) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 888
कीट · masculine
insect
कीट · masculine
sediment, dregs
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a worm, insect, &c.
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Dictionary citations
kīṭa m. (ifc. f(ā). , Hcat.) a worm, insect, ŚBr. xiv; ĀśvŚr. &c.
the scorpion in the zodiac, VarBṛS.
(ifc.) an expression of contempt (cf. śūra-k˚), Mcar.
(= kiṭṭa) feces, L.
kīṭa a. Hard, harsh. — ṭaḥ 1 A worm, an insect; kīṭopi sumanaḥ saṃgādārohati satāṃ śiraḥ H. Pr. 45. 2 A term expressive of contempt (generally at the end of comp.); dvipakīṭaḥ a wretched elephant; so pakṣikīṭaḥ Pt. 1; &c. Comp. — ghnaḥ sulphur. — jaṃ silk. — jā lac. — maṇiḥ a fire-fly.
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