As a Hindi name
कोटर · noun · masculine
पेड़ का खोखला भाग · दुर्ग के आसपास का वह कृत्रिम वन जो रक्षा के लिये लगाया जाता हैं — Śabdasāgara
कोटर · koṭar · s.m.
Hollow (of a tree); hole made by a bird in a tree; a cavity — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 859
कोटर · koṭar · s.m.
A kind of greens or vegetable — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 859
कोटर · masculine
an antrum, a cavity
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कोटर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कोटर (koṭara).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
koṭara m. n. [as m., L.] (n., Pāṇ. vi, 3, 117; viii, 4, 4; g. aśmādi) the hollow of a tree, MBh.; Śak.; Mālav. &c.
cave, cavity, BhP. x; MārkP.; Rājat. v, 439; ŚārṅgP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
[as, ] (, g. aśmādi) the hollow of a tree, &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "koṭara" is the vocative of "koṭarā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the masculine and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
koṭara m. n. [as m., L.] (n., Pāṇ. vi, 3, 117; viii, 4, 4; g. aśmādi) the hollow of a tree, MBh.; Śak.; Mālav. &c.
cave, cavity, BhP. x; MārkP.; Rājat. v, 439; ŚārṅgP.
Alangium decapetalum, L.
N. of a man
koṭara mn. (-raḥ-raṃ) The hollow of a tree. f. (-rī) 1 A name of DURGĀ. 2 A naked woman: see koṭavī. E. koṭa and ra, from rā to get, to possess, with the affix ḍa.
koṭarā f. Ipomoea Turpethum, Car. vii, 7
N. of one of the mothers in Skanda's retinue, MBh. ix, 2632 and 2635
Alternative readings
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