As a Hindi name
घूर्णन · noun · masculine
[स्त्री॰ घुर्णना] · घूमना । चक्कर खाना · भ्रमण । घुमाना — Śabdasāgara
घूर्णन · masculine
rotation (act)
Cited formation "घूर्णन" is घूर्ण + -न: घूर्ण means "घूमना । फिरना । चक्कर खाना । हिलना डुलना", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi घूर्णन — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit घूर्णन (ghūrṇana).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ghūrṇana n. moving to and fro, shaking, Naiṣ. v, 126; Gīt. ix, 11
ghūrṇana n. (-rnaṃ) Revolving, whirling, turning round. E. ghūrṇa to whirl, lyuṭ aff.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
moving to and fro, shaking
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ghūrṇana" is the vocative of "ghūrṇanā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
ghūrṇana n. moving to and fro, shaking, Naiṣ. v, 126; Gīt. ix, 11
ghūrṇana n. (-rnaṃ) Revolving, whirling, turning round. E. ghūrṇa to whirl, lyuṭ aff.
ghūrṇanaṃ, -nā [ghuṇ-bhāve-lyuṭ] Shaking, reeling, whirling or turning round, revolving; maulighūrṇanacalat Gīt. 9; ghūrṇanāmātrapatanabhramaṇādarśanādikṛt S. D.
Alternative readings
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