Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“injury”) 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 (“injury”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
गोधा · noun · feminine
गोह नामक जंतु — Śabdasāgara
गोधा · noun · masculine
गोधन । बैल — Śabdasāgara
गोधा · godhā · s.f.
A leathern fence worn by archers on the left arm to protect it from the bow-string — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 923
Cited formation "गोधा" is गोध + -आ: गोध means "गोह नामक जंगली जानवर", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "गोधा" is गोध + -आ: गोध means "गोह नामक जंगली जानवर", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an Iguana (either the Gosamp or the alligator, commonly gosāpa), &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "godhā" is the feminine form of "godha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
go—dhā See s.v.
godhā f. (g. bhidādi) a sinew (cf. go), RV. x, 28, 10 and 11; AV. iv, 3, 6
a chord, RV. viii, 69, 9
a leathern fence wound round the left arm to prevent injury from a bow-string, MBh. iii, iv, vii; R. i, ii
an Iguana (either the Gosamp or the alligator, commonly gosāpa), VS. xxiv, 35; Bṛh.; Mn. &c.
godha m. pl. N. of a people, MBh. vi, 9, 42 (sodha, C).
Alternative readings
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