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: खूँटी । कील · गौणों और भैसों के बाँधने का खूँटा
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 pillar for cows &c. to rub themselves against, or one to which they are tied
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "kīlaka" is derived from "kīla" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
kīla m. (ifc. f(ā). ), a sharp piece of wood, stake, pin, peg, bolt, wedge, &c., MBh. &c.
a post, post in a cow-house to which cows are fastened, pillar, L.
kīlaka m. a pin, bolt, wedge, Pañcat.; Hit.
a splint (for confining a broken bone), Suśr.
Dictionary citations
kīlaka m. a pin, bolt, wedge, Pañcat.; Hit.
a splint (for confining a broken bone), Suśr.
a kind of tumour (having the form of a pin), L.
(= śivaka) a kind of pillar for cows &c. to rub themselves against, or one to which they are tied, L.
N. of the forty-second year of the sixty years' cycle of Jupiter, VarBṛS.
kīla m. (ifc. f(ā). ), a sharp piece of wood, stake, pin, peg, bolt, wedge, &c., MBh. &c.
a post, post in a cow-house to which cows are fastened, pillar, L.
Alternative readings
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