As a Hindi name
दाढ़ा · noun · masculine
लंबा दाँत या चौभर । दे॰ 'दाढ़' · समूह । झुंड (को॰) · आकांक्षा । इच्छा (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
दाढ़ा · noun · masculine
बन की आग । दावानल · आग । अग्नि · दाह । जलन — Śabdasāgara
दाढ़ा · dāṛhā · s.m.
f. A large tooth, a tusk — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 501
दाढ़ · masculine
molar; tusk
Cited formation "दाढा" is दाढ़ + -आ: दाढ़ means "molar", 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 "दाढा" is दाढ़ना + -आ: दाढ़ना means "अ॰", 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 — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दाढा" is दाढ़ + -आ: दाढ़ means "molar", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit दंष्ट्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀠 (dāḍha), 𑀤𑀁𑀞 (daṃṭha), from Sanskrit दंष्ट्र (daṃṣṭra, “fang, tusk; beard”), from the root दंश् (daṃś). Compare Punjabi ਜਾੜ੍ਹ / جاڑھ (jāṛh).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
daṃṣṭra m. a large tooth, tusk, fang, RV. ii, 13, 4; x, 87, 3; AV. &c.
daṃṣṭra cf. ayo-, aṣṭa-, aṣṭā-, catur-, tīkṣṇa-, bhagna-, raudra-, su-.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
large tooth, tusk
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Dictionary citations
dāḍhā f. (= and prob. fr. daṃṣṭrā) large tooth, tusk, L.
wish, desire, L.
number, multitude, L.
dāḍhā 1 A large tooth or tusk. 2 A multitude. 3 Wish, desire.
dāḍhā f. (-ḍhā) 1 A large tooth, a tusk. 2 Wish, desire. 3 A number, a multitude. E. dā to cut, ḍha affix, fem. affix ṭāp.
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