Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“distress”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“distress”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
कोंचना
to pierce; to stab, wound; to cause distress to
कोचना
Śabdasāgara also records: एक प्राकार की चौपहिया बढ़िया घोड़ा गाड़ी · गद्दुँदार बढ़िय़ा पलंग बेच या आरामकुरसी
Platts (p. 860) also records: corr. of kavać, q.v
a Hindi word of pra-pro origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *कोंचइ (koṃcaï).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a man of mixed caste (offspring of a fisherman by a female of the butcher tribe), (v.l. koñca.)
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Dictionary citations
koca m. (g. jvalādi) drying up, desiccation, Suśr.
a man of mixed caste (offspring of a fisherman by a female of the butcher tribe), BrahmaP. (v.l. koñca.)
koca a. [kuc kartari ṇa] Drying, becoming dry. — caḥ 1 Drying up, withering, aridity. 2 A man of mixed caste, (the offspring of a fisherman by a female butcher.)
koca m. (-caḥ) A man of degraded caste, the offspring of a fisherman by a female of the butcher tribe.
Alternative readings
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