As a Hindi name
गोधूलि · noun · feminine
वह संमय जब जंगल से चरकर लौटती हुई गायों के खुरों से धूलि उड़ने का कारण धुँधली छा जाय । संध्या का समय — Śabdasāgara
गोधूलि · feminine
dusk; twilight, evening twilight
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi गोधूलि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit गोधूलि (godhūli).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
go—dhūli f. ‘earth-dust’ i.e. ‘a time at which mist seems to rise from the earth’, a period of the day (in the hot season) when the sun is half risen, (in the cold and dewy seasons) when the sun is full but mild, (and in the 3 other seasons) sunset, Dīp.
godhūli f. (-liḥ) A period of the day, in the hot season when the sun is half risen; in the cold and dewy seasons, when the sun is full but mild; and in the three other seasons, sunset. E. go, and dhūli dust.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘earth-dust’ i.e. ‘a time at which mist seems to rise from the earth’, a period of the day (in the hot season) when the sun is half risen, (in the cold and dewy seasons) when the s…
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go—dhūli f. ‘earth-dust’ i.e. ‘a time at which mist seems to rise from the earth’, a period of the day (in the hot season) when the sun is half risen, (in the cold and dewy seasons) when the sun is full but mild, (and in the 3 other seasons) sunset, Dīp.
godhūli f. (-liḥ) A period of the day, in the hot season when the sun is half risen; in the cold and dewy seasons, when the sun is full but mild; and in the three other seasons, sunset. E. go, and dhūli dust.
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