Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“afflicted, pain, disease”) while the Hindi 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 Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“afflicted, pain, disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
कोथ · noun · masculine
आँख की पलक के भीतक का एक रोग । कथुआ · भगंदर · मंथन । मथना (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
कोथ · adj
पीडा़ से युक्त · मथित — Śabdasāgara
कोथ · koth · s.m.
Putrefaction, corruption; a sore; gangrene; inflammation and ulceration of the angles of the eyelids — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 859
कोथ · koth · s.m.
(dialec.) Corn in the ear; an ear of corn (cf. ḵẖosha) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 859
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
putrefaction, corruption
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Dictionary citations
kotha mfn. (√ kuth) ‘afflicted with pain’ or ‘churned’ (śaṭita, or mathita), L.
kotha m. putrefaction, corruption, Suśr.
a sore, gangrene, Suśr.
a disease of the eyes (inflammation and ulceration of the angles of the eyelids), L.
churning, L.
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