As a Hindi name
केत · noun · masculine
घर । भवन · स्थान । जगह । बस्ती · केतु । ध्वजा — Śabdasāgara
केत · ket · s.m.
= کيتو ketu, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 887
केत · ket · s.f.
A strap or thong (used in the courts) for flagellation — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 888
Cited formation "केत" is के + -त: के means "= H کي की kī, fem., and oblique (masc.) forms respectively, of the postp. kā, q.v", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "केत" is केना + -त: केना means "वह थोडा सा अन्न जिसे देकर देहात में लोग तरकारी इत्यादि मोल लेते हैं । कानूका । केजा", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
desire, wish, will, intention [‘wealth’, ‘atmosphere, sky’, ]
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keta m. (√ 4. cit) desire, wish, will, intention [‘wealth’, ‘atmosphere, sky’, Sāy.] RV.; VS.; TS.; ŚāṅkhŚr.
a house, abode, BhP.
mark, sign, BhP. i, 16, 34
apparition, shape, Naigh. iii, 9.
keta a. [kit-ādhāre ghañ] Knowing. learned. — taḥ 1 A house, abode. 2 Living, habitation. 3 A banner, 4 Will, intention. desire. 5 Summons, invitation. 6 Apparition, form, shape. 7 Wealth. 8 Atmosphere, sky. 9 Intellect, judgment.
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