As a Hindi name
कोक · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ कोकी] चकवा पक्षी । चक्रवाक । सुरखाब · एक पंडित का नाम जो रतिशात्र का आचार्य माना जाता है । इसका पूरा नाम कोकदेव कहा जाता है · संगीत का छठा भेद जिसमें नायिका, नायक , रस, रसाभास, अलंकार, उद्दीपन, आलंबन, समय और समाजादि का ज्ञान आवश्यक होता है — Śabdasāgara
कोक · noun · feminine
कच्ची सिलाई — Śabdasāgara
कोक · kok · s.m.
A cuckoo ( = kokil); the ruddy goose, Anas casarea; a wolf; a frog — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 863
कोक · kok · s.f.
Long stitches in sewing, basting — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 863
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a wolf
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "koka" is the vocative of "kokā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "koka" is derived from "ko" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
ko ind. Oh no! (?), Divyāv. iv
a prefix in ko-jāgara, ko-mala, ko-vida, &c., related to 1. ku (cf. the prefixes ka, kava, kā, kim, ku.)
koka m. (onomat.) a wolf, R. iii, 52, 45; v, 26, 9
‘a cuckoo’, see -yātu below
Related forms
Dictionary citations
koka m. (onomat.) a wolf, R. iii, 52, 45; v, 26, 9
‘a cuckoo’, see -yātu below
the ruddy goose, MBh. xiii, 1816; VarBṛS. xii, lxxxvi; Gīt.; Sāh.
a frog, L.
a small house-lizard, L.
kokā f. N. of a river (v.l. for kośā), VP.
of a locality (= kokāmukha), VārP.
ko ind. Oh no! (?), Divyāv. iv
a prefix in ko-jāgara, ko-mala, ko-vida, &c., related to 1. ku (cf. the prefixes ka, kava, kā, kim, ku.)
Alternative readings
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