Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“pain, grief, poison”) 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 (“pain, grief, poison”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
दा · noun · masculine
सितार का एक बोल । जैसे,—दा दिर दा ड़ा इत्यादि — Śabdasāgara
दा · noun · feminine
रक्षा । बचाव · शोधन · दान — Śabdasāgara
दा · dā
f. = S د द da, m. (rt. dā), Giving; giver (used as last member of comp., e.g. sukha-da, 'ease-giving' — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 498
दा · dā · s.f.
A sickle, bill-hook; iron cleaver — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 498
Cited formation "दा" is द + -आ: द means "the eighteenth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "दा" is द + -आ: द means "the eighteenth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
protection, defence
Verified derivationMultiple readings (15)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dā" is the nominative of "dāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dā" is the nominative of "doman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dā" is the feminine form of "da" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "dā" is the nominative of "dan" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dā f. heat, pain, L.
1. dā cl. 3. dadāti (pl. ˚dati, RV. &c.; Ā. datte, Pañcat. i, 4, 19/20 12, 7; Subh.; 1. sg. dadmi, MBh. xii; Hariv.; R. i f.; Impv. dadātu, pl. ˚datu; 2. sg. daddhi, RV. i f.; iv, vi, viii, x; dehi [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119] RV. iii f., viii, x; AV. v, xviii f. &c. ; 2. pl. dadāta, RV. vii, 57, 6, ˚tana, x, 36, 10, datta, 51, 8; VS.; AV. &c.; 2. du. ˚ttam, RV. i, 34, 6; AV. &c.; Pot. dadyāt, AV. &c.; impf. adadāt; pl. adadur, RV. vi, x; AV. v, 18, 1; 2. du. adattam, RV. &c.; 2. pl. ˚ttana, i, 139, 7, adadāta, x, 64, 12; Subj. dadat, ii, v, vii f., x, ˚das, vii f. ˚dan, AV. vi, 24, 1 p. m. nom. sg. dadat, pl. ˚tas, RV. &c.; p. Ā. dadāna, v, 33, 9; ˚na, i, 148, 2; v, 2, 3; sg. dadati, ii, 35, 10; MBh. iii, 13422; pl. ˚danti, xii f.; Impv. ˚da, ix; MārkP.; ˚data, Siṃhās.; Pot. ˚det, Parāś. vi, 19; impf. adadat, AV. xii, 4, 23; MBh.; R.; Ā. sg. dadate, RV. i, 24, 7; AV. x, 8, 36; pl. ˚dante, 35; VS. viii, 31; Impv. sg. ˚datām, RV. iii, 53, 17; ˚dasva, MBh.; Hariv. &c.; impf. pl. adadanta, RV. vii, 33, 11; AV. xiv; p. dadamāna, RV. i, 41, 9; iv, 26, 6; aor. adāt [Pāṇ. ii, 4, 77], dāt, adur, dur &c.; Subj. 2. du. dāsathas, RV. viii, 40, 1 [cf. Naigh. ii, 30]; Pot. 1. pl. deṣma, VS. ii, 32; pf. dadau, ˚dur, ˚dathur, ˚datur, ˚da, RV. &c.; Pass. ˚de, iv, 34 & 37; AV. x, 2, 16; dadade, ˚dāte, ˚dire, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 126, Kāś.; p. gen. daduṣas, RV. i, viii, ˚ṣām, vi; nom. ˚dvān, x, 132, 3; ˚dāvān, AV. v, 11, 1; acc. ˚divāṃsam, ix, 5, 10 [cf. Vop. xxvi, 133]; fut. p. dāsyat, AV. vi, 71, 3; Ā. ˚syate, ˚syante, 1. sg. ˚sye, MBh.; Hariv.; R.; MārkP.; Prec. deyāt, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 67; inf. dāvane, RV.; dātos, vii, 4, 6; ˚tave, vii-ix; AV. iii, 20, 5; dātavai [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 200; Siddh.] RV. iv, 21, 9; ˚tum, v; AV. &c.: ind.p. dattvāya [Pāṇ. vii, 1, 47, Kāś.] RV. x, 85, 33; ˚ttvā, AV. &c.; -dāya [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 69] RV. &c.: Pass. dīyate [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 62]; p. ˚yamāna, AV. ix; aor. adāyi, Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33, Kāś.; Prec. dāsīṣṭa, dāyiṣ˚, vi, 4, 62) cl. 1. dāti (RV. iv-vii; Impv. ˚tu, 15, 11; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8, Vārtt. 3, Pat.; ii, 4, 76, Kāś.) to give, bestow, grant, yield, impart, present, offer to (dat., in later language also gen. or loc.), RV. &c.; to give (a daughter, kanyām) in marriage, Mn. v, ix; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.; to hand over, Mn. viii, 186 & 234; (with haste), Kathās.; to give back, 222 f.; MBh. iii; Pañcat.; VP.; Kathās. lxxiv; to pay (daṇḍam, ‘a fine’, Mn. viii f.; ṛṇam, ‘a debt’, viii; Yājñ. ii, 45); to give up, cede (āsanam, ‘one's seat’), Mn. iv, 54; (panthānam or mārgam, ‘to give up the road, allow to pass’), viii, 275 & R. v, 94, 8; to sell (with instr. of the price), i; Nal. xiv, 21; VarBṛS. xlii, 11; to sacrifice (ātmānam, ‘one's self’, Kathās. xxii, 227; āt˚ khedāya, ‘to give one's self up to grief’, v, 57); to offer (an oblation &c.), Mn.; Yājñ.; R. &c.; to communicate, teach, utter (blessings, āśiṣas, Śak.; MārkP.), give (answer, prati-vacas, ˚canam, praty-uttaram, Nal.; Śak. &c.), speak (satyaṃ vacas, the truth, Yājñ. ii, 200; vacam, to address a speech to [dat.] Śak. vi, 5); to permit, allow (with inf.), MBh. i; Śak. vi, 22; to permit sexual intercourse, ŚBr. xiv, 9, 4, 7; to place, put, apply (in med.), Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. &c.; to add, Pañcat. ii, 6, 5; Sūryas.; VarBṛS.; Laghuj.; with varam, ‘to grant a boon’, ŚBr. xi; KātyŚr.; MBh. &c.; śoham, ‘to cause grief’, xiii; R. ii; avakāśam, ‘to give room or space, allow to enter’, Yājñ. ii, 276; Mṛcch.; Ragh. &c.; prāṇān or jīvitam, ‘to spare any one's life’, MBh.; Kathās. xviii, 275; talam or ˚lān, to slap with the palms of the hands, MBh. iii, ix; Hariv. 15741; ˚la-prahāram, to strike with the palm, Pañcat. iv, 2, 0/1 tālam, to beat time with the hands, MBh. i; Bhaṭṭ.; saṃjñām, to make a sign, Mṛcch.; saṃketakam, to make an appointment, Pañcat. ii, 4, 3/4 samayam, to propose an agreement, Kathās. xviii, 139; upamām, to compare with [gen.] Cāṇ.; paṭaham, to proclaim with the drum, Kathās. lxxiii, 357; śabdam, to make a noise, call out, Vet. iv, 2/3; śāpam, to utter a curse, MBh.; R. &c.; gālīḥ. id., Bhartṛ.; anuyātram, to accompany, Kathās. xviii, 197; āliṅganane, parirambhaṇam, to embrace, 209; Gīt. iii, 8; jhampam, to jump, Hit.; śrāddham, to perform a Śrāddha, MBh. xiv; R. ii; vratakam, to accomplish a vow, Hariv.; yuddham, niy˚, saṃgrāmam, to give battle, fight with, MBh.; Hariv.; R.; ājñām, ādeśam, to give an order, command, i; BrahmaP.; Vet.; saṃdeśam, to give information, Kathās. xvii, 161; prayogam, to give a dramatic representation, Mālav. i, 11/12 vṛtim, to fence in Mn. viii, 240; Kull.; darśanam, to show one's self, Prab. iii, 0/1; dṛṣṭim, dṛśam, akṣi, cakṣus, to fix the eyes on (loc.), Śak. i, 6; Kathās.; Dhūrtas.; Śṛṅgārat.; Sāh.; karṇam, to give ear, listen, Śak.; Kathās.; manas, to direct the mind to (loc.), MBh. xii, 2526; kare kapolam, to rest the cheek on the hand, Kāraṇḍ. xviii, 73; nigaḍāni to put on or apply fetters, Mṛcch. vii, 6/7 pāvakam, to set on fire; agnīn to consume by fire, Mn. v, 168; śāram, to move a chess-man, Daś. vii, 137; argalam, to draw a bolt, bar, Kathās.; Rājat. vi, 96; jānu, to kneel upon (gen.), MBh. iii f.; padam, to tread upon [loc.] Bhartṛ.; Hit. ii, 12, 25; SŚaṃkar. i, 38; to direct the steps, Amar. 74; viṣam, to poison, Pañcar. i, 14, 80 (with acc.!); garam id., VP. iv, 3, 16 (with gen.); — Ā. to carry, hold, keep, preserve, RV.; AV.; VS.; to show, SV. i, 2, 1, 4, 7 (aor. adadiṣṭa; aded˚ fr. √ diś, RV.) : Caus. dāpayati (Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36; aor. adīdapat, 4, 1 and 58, Kāś.) to cause to give or be given, cause to bestow or present or give up, oblige to pay, make restore, VS. ix, 24; AV. iii, 20, 8; Mn. &c.; to demand from (abl.), Mn. viii, 47; to cause to utter or speak, Hariv. 15782; Yājñ. ii, 6/7 ghoṣaṇām, to cause to be made known, Kathās. lxiv, 86; to cause to place or advance, xii, 160; to cause to perform, v, 112 to cause to be put on (loc.), MBh. i, 5724 : Desid. ditsati (Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54 and 58; p. didāsat, RV. x, 151, 2; ditsat, ii, vii-ix; AV. v, 7, 6; MBh.; Pot. ˚tseyam, RV. viii; MBh.; pf. 2. sg. didāsitha, AitBr. viii, 21; ŚāṅkhŚr. xvi, 16; cf. ŚBr. xiii, 7, 1, 15) to wish to give, be ready to bestow, RV. &c.; to wish to give in marriage, MBh. &c.: Intens. dedīyate, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66, Kāś.;
dā [cf. δίδωμι; Lat. do; &c.]
2. dā m. a giver, RV. v, 41, 1 (dat. de), vi, 16, 26 (nom. dās)
dā mfn. ifc. ‘giving, granting’, see an-aśva-, a-bhikṣa-, aśva-, ātma-, &c. -dā; an-āśīr-.
1. dāman m. a giver, donor, RV.
a liberal man, MBh. xii, 3479
doman n. (√ 2. du) pain, inconvenience (see a-doma-da and -dha).
1. da the 3rd and soft letter of the 4th or dental class.
2. da mf(ā)n. (√ 1. dā) ifc. (Pāṇ. iii, 2, 3) giving, granting, offering, effecting, producing (e.g. abhīṣṭa-, ‘giving any desired object’, Pañcat. ii, 50; gaja-vāji-vṛddhi-, ‘promoting the welfare of elephants and horses’, VarBṛS. xviii, 5), Mn.; MBh. &c. (cf. agni-; a-doma-da; anna-, artha-, garbha-, janma- &c.)
dan, danas. See dat, 2. & 1. dam.
(accord. to some fr. √ daṃs, ‘to make straight’, either ‘to raise, erect’, or ‘to put right, rule, guide, manage’; in some places probably = ‘a guide, manager, institutor’).
dṛ cl. 6. Ā. driyate (ep. also ˚ti), to respect, honour (Dhātup. xxviii, 118); occurring only with prep. ā cf. ā-√ dṛ; Desid. didariṣate, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 75.
dṛ I. 6 A. (driyate, dṛta; desid. didariṣate) (rarely used by itself, usually found in combination with ā) 1 To respect, honor, worship, reverence; dvitīyādriyate sadā H. Pr. 7; Mv. 7. 3; Bk. 6. 55. 2 To care for, mind; usually with na. 3 To apply or devote oneself closely to, have regard for; bhūri śrutaṃ śāśvatamādriyaṃte Māl. 1. 5. 4 To desire. II. 5 P. (dṛṇoti) To hurt, kill.
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