As a Hindi name
कोमल · adj
मृदु । मुलायम । नरम · सुकुमार । नाजुक · अपरिपक्व । कच्चा । जैसे— कोमलमति बालक — Śabdasāgara
कोमल · noun · masculine
संगीत में स्वर का एक भेद · मृत्तिका । मिट्टी (को॰) · जातीफल (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
कोमल · komal · adj.
(f. -ā), Soft, tender, delicate; young, immature, unripe; fragile, brittle; sleek — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 864
कोमल · feminine
a female given name, Komal, from Sanskrit
कोमल
soft, delicate, tender, downy; flat
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कोमल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कोमल (komala).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
komala mf(ā)n. (fr. ko = ku, mala fr. √ mlai, ‘easily fading away’ ?), tender, soft (opposed to karkaśa), bland, sweet, pleasing, charming, agreeable, R.; Mṛcch.; Suśr.; Śak. &c. (said of the style, rīti, Kpr.)
of like colour, Kir.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. ko = ku, mala fr. √ mlai, ‘easily fading away’ ?), tender, soft (opposed to karkaśa), bland, sweet, pleasing, charming, agreeable, &c. (said of the style, rīti, )
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "komala" is the vocative of "komalā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
komala mf(ā)n. (fr. ko = ku, mala fr. √ mlai, ‘easily fading away’ ?), tender, soft (opposed to karkaśa), bland, sweet, pleasing, charming, agreeable, R.; Mṛcch.; Suśr.; Śak. &c. (said of the style, rīti, Kpr.)
of like colour, Kir.
komala n. water, L.
silk, Gal.
nutmeg, ib.
komalā f. a kind of date, L.
Alternative readings
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