As a Hindi name
कुब्ज · adj
[स्त्री॰ कुब्जा ] जिसकी पीठ टेढी़ हो ।कुबडा़ — Śabdasāgara
कुब्ज · noun · masculine
एक राग जिसमें वायु के विकार स छाती या पीठ टढी़ होकर ऊँचा हो जाती है । यह दो प्रकार का होता है । एक में पीठ अगे की ओर और दूसरे में पीछे की और झुकती है · अपामार्ग । लहचिचिडा़ । लठजीरा — Śabdasāgara
कुब्ज · kubja · adj.
(f. -ā), Hump-backed, crooked, deformed — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 809
कुब्ज
hump-backed, crooked, deformed
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कुब्ज — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कुब्ज (kubjá).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kubja mf(ā)n. hump-backed, crooked, VS. xxx, 10; ṢaḍvBr.; MBh. &c.
kubja (as), m. N. of a person born under certain constellations and being an attendant of the model man Haṃsa, VarBṛS.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a curved sword
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kubja" is the vocative of "kubjā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kubja mf(ā)n. hump-backed, crooked, VS. xxx, 10; ṢaḍvBr.; MBh. &c.
kubja (as), m. N. of a person born under certain constellations and being an attendant of the model man Haṃsa, VarBṛS.
a curved sword, L.
a sort of fish (Bola Cuja), W.
the plant Achyranthes aspera (= apāmārga), L.
kubjā (ā), f. a kind of musical instrument
Alternative readings
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