As a Hindi name
दूष्या · noun · feminine
हाथी को बाँधने का चमडे़ का तस्मा या बंधन — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दूष्या" is दूष्य + -आ: दूष्य means "(f. -ā), Reprehensible, culpable, contemptible, vile, bad", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "दूष्या" is दूष्य + -आ: दूष्य means "(f. -ā), Reprehensible, culpable, contemptible, vile, bad", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an elephant's leathern girth (cf. cūṣā, ˚ṣyā, kakṣyā).
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M1 · same meaning "dūṣyā" is the instrumental of "dūṣī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dūṣyā" is the feminine form of "dūṣya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M1 · same meaning "dūṣyā" is the instrumental of "dūṣi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
dūṣyā f. an elephant's leathern girth (cf. cūṣā, ˚ṣyā, kakṣyā).
dūṣī f. (or ˚ṣīkā) the rheum of the eyes (cf. ˚ṣikā under ˚ṣaka), AV.; ŚBr.; Suśr.
dūṣiḥ -ṣī f. The rheum of the eyes.
1. dūṣya mfn. corruptible, liable to be soiled or defiled or disgraced or ruined, MBh.; Kām.
reprehensible, culpable, vile, bad
dūṣi mfn. corrupting, ruining, destroying (ifc.; cf. arāti-d˚, ātma-d˚, kṛtyā-d˚, tanū-d˚)
dūṣi f. a poisonous substance, AV.
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