As a Hindi name
गोकर्ण · noun · masculine
हिंदुओं का एक शैव क्षेत्र जो मालावार में है । रावण, कुंभकर्ण आदि ने यहीं पर तप किया था · इस स्थान में स्थापित शिवमूर्ति का नाम · नीलगाय — Śabdasāgara
गोकर्ण · adj
जिसके गऊ के से लंबे कान हों — Śabdasāgara
गोकर्ण · go-karṇ · s.m.
See s.v. go — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 925
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘cow-eared’, Śiva
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gokarṇa" is the vocative of "gokarṇā" — 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
go—karṇa mfn. cow-eared (as men or demons), L.
go—karṇa m. ‘cow-eared’, Śiva, MBh. xii, 10351
a cow's ear, Kathās. vi, 57
the deer Antilope picta, R. ii, 103, 41; Car. i, 27; Suśr.
a mule, L.
go—karṇā f. a female serpent, MBh. viii, 90, 42
N. of one of the mothers attending on Skanda, ix, 2643
Alternative readings
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