As a Hindi name
छेद · noun · masculine
छेदन । काटने का काम · नाश । ध्वंस । जैसे, उच्छेद, वंशच्छेद · छेदन करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
छेद · noun · masculine
किसी वस्तु में वह खाली स्थान जो फटने या सुई, काँटे हथियार आदि के आरपार चुभने से होता है । किसी वस्तु में वह शून्य या खुला स्थान जिसमें होकर कोई वस्तु इस पार उस पार जा सके । सूराख । छिद्र । रंध्र । जैसे, छलनी के छेद, कपडे में छेद, सुई का छेद । जैसे,—दीवार के छेद में से बाहर की चीजें दिखाई पडती हैं · वह खाली स्थान जो (खूदने, कटने, फटने या और किसी कारण से ) किसी वस्तु में कुछ दूर तक पडा हो । बिल । दरज । खोखला । विवर । कुहर · दोष । दूषण । ऐब — Śabdasāgara
छेद · ćhed · s.m.
A hole, opening, orifice, aperture (cf. next) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 468
छेद · ćheda · s.m.
Cutting, cutting off, dividing; (in Math.) divisor, the denominator of a fraction — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 468
छेद · masculine
hole; opening; perforation
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit छिद्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey- Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-der. Sanskrit छि॒द्र (chidrá) Prakrit 𑀙𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤 (chidda) Sanskrit छेद (cheda)influ. Hindi छेद Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit छिद्द (chidda), from Sanskrit छिद्…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
chidra mf(ā)n. torn asunder, RV. i, 162, 20
containing holes, pierced, KātyŚr. xv ff.; R. i, 73, 20; Suśr. v, 1, 43
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
divisor, denominator
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Dictionary citations
cheda mfn. ifc. ‘cutting off’, see sthāṇu-
cheda m. divisor, denominator, VarBṛ. viii, 4; Laghuj. vii, 6
a cut, section, piece, portion, R. ii, 61, 14; Ragh.; VarBṛS. &c.
an incision, cleft, slit, liii, 122
cutting off, tearing off dividing (often ifc.), Mn. viii; Yājñ. &c.
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