As a Hindi name
झष · noun · masculine
मत्स्य । मीन । मछली · मकर । मगर · ताप । गरमी — Śabdasāgara
झष · jhash · s.m.
A fish; the sign Pisces — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 404
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a large fish
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "jhaṣa" is the vocative of "jhaṣā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
jhaṣa m. a large fish, ŚBr. i, 8, 14
a fish, MBh.; R.; VarBṛS.; BhP.
the sign Pisces, VarBṛS.; VarBṛ.
a forest, forest overgrown with grass, L.
sun-heat, L.
jhaṣā (ā), f. Uraria lagopodioides, L.
Alternative readings
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