As a Hindi name
डाहुक · noun · masculine
एक पक्षी जो टिटिहरी के आकार का होता है और जलाशयों के निकट रहता है · चातक । पपीहा — Śabdasāgara
डाहुक · ḍāhuk · s.m.
A gallinule — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 563
डॉक्टर · masculine
doctor; physician
a Hindi word of English origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from English doctor.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A gallinule. E. daha to consume, (disease,) ukañ affix, the flesh being considered medicinal: the radical initial is changed.
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Dictionary citations
ḍāhuka m. = ḍātyūha, a gallinule, L.
ḍāhuka m. (-kaḥ) A gallinule. E. daha to consume, (disease,) ukañ affix, the flesh being considered medicinal: the radical initial is changed.
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