As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
surrounded by water
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "toyavat" is derived from "toya" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
toya n. (ifc. f(ā). ) water, Naigh. i, 12; Mn. v, viii f.; MBh. &c. (˚yaṃ-√ kṛ with gen., ‘to make offerings of water to the dead’, xviii, 32; f(ā). N. of a river in Śālmala-dvīpa, VP. ii, 4, 28; of another in India).
toya n. (-yaṃ) Water. E. tu to surround, Uṇādi affix koya or tāya to nourish, ac affix, and ā changed irregularly to o.
toya—vat mfn. surrounded by water, MBh. xii
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
toya—vat mfn. surrounded by water, MBh. xii
toya n. (ifc. f(ā). ) water, Naigh. i, 12; Mn. v, viii f.; MBh. &c. (˚yaṃ-√ kṛ with gen., ‘to make offerings of water to the dead’, xviii, 32; f(ā). N. of a river in Śālmala-dvīpa, VP. ii, 4, 28; of another in India).
toya n. (-yaṃ) Water. E. tu to surround, Uṇādi affix koya or tāya to nourish, ac affix, and ā changed irregularly to o.
Alternative readings
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