As a Hindi name
गोमायु · noun · masculine
सियार । गीदड । श्रृगाल · एक गंधर्व का नाम · एक प्रकार का मेंढक (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of frog, and
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
go—māyu (go-), mfn. making sounds like cattle (a frog), RV. vii, 103, 6 and 10
go—māyu m. a kind of frog, Kauś. 93 and 96
a jackal, ṢaḍvBr. v, 8; Mn.; MBh. &c.
N. of a jackal, Pañcat. i
the bile of a cow, W.
Alternative readings
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