As a Hindi name
केदार · kedār · s.m.
A field (esp. one under water, or under cultivation); a meadow; a bed (in a field or garden) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 888
केदार · masculine
an evening raga of the Kalyan thaat; a male given name, Kedar, from Sanskrit
केदार · masculine
field, flowerbed; basin
Cited formation "केदार" is के + -दार: के means "= H کي की kī, fem., and oblique (masc.) forms respectively, of the postp. kā, q.v", and the suffix -दार forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §10(7) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi केदार — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit केदार (kedāra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kedāra m. (n., L.) a field or meadow, especially one under water, Mn. ix, 38 & 44; MBh.; R. &c.
kapilasya k˚, ‘Kapila's field’, N. of a Tīrtha, MBh. iii, 6042 ff.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a field or meadow, especially one under water, &; &c.
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kedāra m. (n., L.) a field or meadow, especially one under water, Mn. ix, 38 & 44; MBh.; R. &c.
kapilasya k˚, ‘Kapila's field’, N. of a Tīrtha, MBh. iii, 6042 ff.
mataṅgasya k˚, ‘Mataṅga's field’, another Tīrtha, 8159
a basin for water round the root of a tree, L.
a bed in a garden or field, W.
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