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: उपलब्धि । प्राप्ति · एक बुद्धा
Platts (p. 888) also records: A parrot ( = kīr, q.v.)
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 kind of tree
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "kīraka" is derived from "kīra" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kīra m. a parrot, Vet. &c.
kīra m. pl. N. of the people and of the country of Kaśmir, VarBṛS.; Mudr.
kīraka m. a kind of tree, L.
gaining, obtaining (prāpaṇa), L.
Dictionary citations
kīraka m. a kind of tree, L.
gaining, obtaining (prāpaṇa), L.
a Jain ascetic (kṣapaṇaka), L.
kīraka m. (-kaḥ) 1 A tree. 2 A Buddha. 3 Obtaining, gaining. E. kan added to the last.
kīra m. a parrot, Vet. &c.
kīra m. pl. N. of the people and of the country of Kaśmir, VarBṛS.; Mudr.
Alternative readings
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