Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“fear”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“fear”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
ड
व्यंजनों में तेरहवाँ व्यंजन और टवर्ग का तीसरा वर्ण । इसका उच्चारण आभ्यंतर प्रयत्न द्वारा तथा जिह्वामध्य को मूर्धा में स्पर्श करने से होता है — Śabdasāgara
ड · noun · masculine
ध्वनि । शब्द · नागाड़ा · बड़वाग्नि — Śabdasāgara
ड · ḍa
The twelfth letter of the Urdū or Hindūstānī alphabet, and the thirteenth consonant of the Nāgarī or Hindi — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 561
ड
the thirteenth consonant in Hindi
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a sound
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ḍa" is the vocative of "ḍā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. ḍa the 3rd cerebral consonant (pronounced like d in drum by slightly turning the tip of the tongue upwards ; and often in Bengal like a hard r).
2. ḍa m. a sound, L.
a kind of drum, W.
fear, L.
submarine fire, L.
ḍā f. a Ḍākinī, L.
a basket &c. carried by a sling, L.
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