As a Hindi name
Nearest attested word 'छद्' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is छद, meaning A cover, covering. — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago nearest word: छद — a suggestion, not a meaning
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
ifc. ‘covering’, see dhāma- and (?) bhūte-cchad, mallikā-
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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
1. chad cl. 1. ˚dati, to cover, Dhātup. xxxii, 41 (v.l.) : Caus. (or cl. 10) chādayati (once chad˚, AitBr. i, 30; chand˚ [fr. √ 1. chand] Dhātup. xxxii, 41; ep. also Ā. pf. chādayāṃ cakre, R. iv, 58, 7; p. ˚yāna, MBh. vi, 2430), to cover, cover over, clothe, veil, RV. vi, 75, 18; AV. ix, 3, 14; TS. ii, v; ŚBr. &c.; to spread as a cover, AitBr. i, 30; to cover one's self, ChUp. i, 4, 2; to hide, conceal, keep secret, MBh.; R. v, 90, 16; to protect, ŚāṅkhGṛ. iii, 11; PārGṛ. iii, 9, 6 (KāṭhGṛ. 47) : Caus. Desid. cicchādayiṣati, Pāṇ. vii, 4, 83, Vārtt. 2, Pat.;
chad [cf. Goth. scadus.]
2. chad mfn. ifc. (Pāṇ. vi, 4, 97) ‘covering’, see dhāma- and (?) bhūte-cchad, mallikā-
cf. ā-.
3. chad or 2. chand cl. 10. chadayati (also ˚te = √ arc, Naigh. iii, 14 [v.l., ˚ti]; Subj. ˚yat, RV.; 2. pl. ˚yātha, i, 165, 12), chandayati (twice cl. 1. chandati [= arcati, Naigh. iii, 14] MBh. xii; Ā. [Subj. ˚yāte] RV.; aor. acacchadat, Nir. ix, 8; acchān, RV.; 2. pl. ˚nta, i, 165, 12; 3. pl. ˚ntsur, x, 119, 3; Subj. chantsat [Naigh. ii, 6] RV.; 2. sg. ˚tsi, i, 163, 4; perf. cacchanda, vii, 73, 3; Pot. cacchadyāt, x, 73, 9) to seem, appear, be considered as, RV.; TāṇḍyaBr. xiv, 5; to seem good, please (with dat.), RV.; ŚBr. viii; (with acc.), MBh. xii, 7379 (cf. 7376); Ā. to be pleased with, delight in (acc. or loc.), RV. viii, 50, 5; x, 27, 8; chandayati, to gratify any one (acc.; exceptionally gen. MBh. xii, 7275; R. iii, 3, 15) with anything (instr., esp. vareṇa, ‘with a boon’, MBh.; Hariv.; R.; BhP.); to try to seduce any one (acc.), BhP. x, 45, 36.
Alternative readings
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