As a Hindi name
गोफणा · noun · feminine
सुश्रुत के अनुसार फोड़े और जख्म आदि बाँधने का एक प्रकार का बंधन जिसका व्यवहार ठोड़ी, नाक, ओंठ और कंधे आदि को बाँधने के लिये होता है — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "गोफणा" is गोफण + -आ: गोफण means "खेत के आसपास पक्षियों को उड़ाने या मारने के लिये रस्सी के एक सिरे पर बुना हुआ छींके के आकार का एक जाल । ढेलवाँस । फन्नी", 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 "गोफणा" is गोफण + -आ: गोफण means "खेत के आसपास पक्षियों को उड़ाने या मारने के लिये रस्सी के एक सिरे पर बुना हुआ छींके के आकार का एक जाल । ढेलवाँस । फन्नी", 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
a bandage hollowed out to fit the chin or nose &c.
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Dictionary citations
go—phaṇā f. a bandage hollowed out to fit the chin or nose &c., Suśr.
gophaṇā f. (-ṇā) A sling.
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