As a Hindi name
गोघ्न · noun · masculine
गौ को मारनेवाला । गौ का वध करने— वाला · अतिथि । मेहमान । पाहुना — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
one for whom a cow is killed, guest
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
go—ghna mfn. noxious to kine, RV. i, 114, 10
go—ghna m. = -ghāta, Mn. xi, 109 and 116; Yājñ.; R.; BhP. vi; Hit.
one for whom a cow is killed, guest, Pāṇ. iii, 4, 73.
goghna mfn. (-ghnaḥ-ghnī-ghnaṃ) Who or what kills kine. m. (-ghnaḥ) A guest. E. go a cow, and ghna what kills, from han with ṭak affix; a cow being killed on the arrival of the latter, or being presented to him.
Alternative readings
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