As a Hindi name
गोनास · noun · masculine
एक प्रकार का साँप · वैक्रांत मणि — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ गोनस
Cited formation "गोनास" is गोन + -आस: गोन means "saddlebag", and the suffix -आस forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of snake (cf. -nasa)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "gonāsa" is the vocative of "gonāsā" — 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—nāsa mfn. cow-nosed, Buddh.; L.
go—nāsa m. a kind of snake (cf. -nasa), L.
N. of a mountain, Viddh. i, 3
go—nāsa n. a kind of gem (vaikrāntamaṇi), L.
gonāsa m. (-saḥ) A snake: see gonāsa.
go—nāsā f. = -nasā, MBh. ix, 2589.
Alternative readings
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