Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“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 (“poison”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
दूष्य · adj
दोष लगाने योग्य । जिसमें दोष लगाया जा सके · निंदनीय । निंदा करने योग्य · तुच्छ — Śabdasāgara
दूष्य · noun · masculine
कपडा़ । वस्त्र । तंबू । खेमा · पीव । पूय (को॰) · विष — Śabdasāgara
दूष्य · dūshya · adj.
(f. -ā), Reprehensible, culpable, contemptible, vile, bad — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 534
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
reprehensible, culpable, vile, bad
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dūṣya" is the vocative of "dūṣyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. dūṣya mfn. corruptible, liable to be soiled or defiled or disgraced or ruined, MBh.; Kām.
reprehensible, culpable, vile, bad
dūṣya m. wicked man, a villain, R.; Kām.
dūṣya n. matter, pus
poison, L.
dūṣyā f. an elephant's leathern girth (cf. cūṣā, ˚ṣyā, kakṣyā).
Alternative readings
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