As a Hindi name
कुणाल · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार की चिड़िया · अशोक का एक पुत्र — Śabdasāgara
कुणाल · masculine
a male given name, Kunal, from Sanskrit
कुणाल · masculine
cuckoo; lotus
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From Sanskrit कुणाल (kuṇāla).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of bird
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Dictionary citations
kuṇāla m. a kind of bird, Lalit.
N. of a son of Aśoka (whose eyes were put out in consequence of a rivalry between Aśoka's wives)
N. of a place, Uṇ. iii, 75.
kuṇāla m. (-laḥ) The name of a country. E. kvaṇa to sound, kālan Uṇādi affix, va becomes u.
Alternative readings
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