As a Hindi name
चान्द्र · ćāndra · adj.
Lunar; relating to the moon, regulated by the moon — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 419
चांद्र · masculine
the penance cāndrāyaṇa; a lunar month; the moonstone
चांद्र
lunar, relating to the moon
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi चान्द्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit चान्द्र (cāndra)” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
cāndra mf(ī)n. (fr. candra) lunar, Jyot.; VarBṛS.; Sūryas.; Kathās. &c.
composed by Candra, Prauḍh.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a lunar month (cf. gauṇa, mukhya)
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
cāndra mf(ī)n. (fr. candra) lunar, Jyot.; VarBṛS.; Sūryas.; Kathās. &c.
composed by Candra, Prauḍh.
cāndra m. a lunar month (cf. gauṇa, mukhya), L.
the light half of a month, W.
the moon-stone, L.
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