As a Hindi name
कुठेर · noun · masculine
तुलसी का पौधा · अग्नि — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कुठेर" is कु- + ठेर: ठेर means "ठहराव । रुकाव का स्थान । टेक", and the prefix कु- forms bad, evil. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(20) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the plant Ocimum pilosum
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Dictionary citations
kuṭhera m. the plant Ocimum pilosum, Car.; Bhpr.
fire, L.
kuṭhera m. (-raḥ) 1 A name of fire. 2 Tulasi or basil: see the next. E. kuṭha to surround, erak Uṇādi aff.
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