As a Hindi name
दाह · noun · masculine
जलाने की क्रिया या भाव । भस्मीकरण · शव जलाने की क्रिया । मुर्दा फूँकने का काम · जलन । ताप — Śabdasāgara
दाह · dāh · s.f.
Burning; combustion, conflagration; cauterizing; cautery — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 504
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
burning, combustion, conflagration, heat, &c.
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Dictionary citations
dāha m. (fr. √ dah) burning, combustion, conflagration, heat, KātyŚr.; Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh.; R. &c.
place of cremation, Vas. xix, 26
glowing, redness (of the sky, cf. dig-), Mn.; MBh.; VarBṛS. &c.
cauterizing, cautery (of a wound), Suśr.; Mālav. iv, 4
internal heat, fever, Suśr.
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