As a Hindi name
दामा · noun · feminine
दावानल — Śabdasāgara
दामा · noun · feminine
रस्सी । रज्जु — Śabdasāgara
दामा · dāmā · s.m.
A rope, &c. ( = dām, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 502
Cited formation "दामा" is दाम + -आ: दाम means "price, value, cost", 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 "दामा" is दाम + -आ: दाम means "price, value, cost", 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
A string, cord.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dāmā" is the nominative of "dāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dāmā" is the feminine form of "dāma" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
dāmā f. id., RV. viii, 61, 6.
dāmā A string, cord.
dāmā f. (-mā) A rope, a string, a cord. E. see dāman.
1. dāman m. a giver, donor, RV.
a liberal man, MBh. xii, 3479
1. dāma in comp. for dāman, p. 475.
2. dāma n. (ifc., where also -ka) wreath, garland, MBh.; Hariv.
Alternative readings
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