As a Hindi name
कुब्जक · noun · masculine
मालती · नगर के आठ प्रकारों में से एक — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the aquatic plant Trapa bispinosa
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "kubjaka" is derived from "kubja" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
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.
kubjaka mfn. hump-backed, crooked, Pañcat.; Vet.
kubjaka m. the plant Rosa moschata, L.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kubjaka mfn. hump-backed, crooked, Pañcat.; Vet.
kubjaka m. the plant Rosa moschata, L.
the aquatic plant Trapa bispinosa, L.
kubjaka mfn. (-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Humpbacked. m. (-kaḥ) An aquatic plant, (Trapa bispinosa): see vārikaṇṭaka. E. ka water, and ubja to be straight, affix ac, and kan added, or kubja and kan aff.
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.
Alternative readings
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