As a Hindi name
देना
to give, grant, award; to lay (eggs), give birth to; to orate, deliver; to pay
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set देना (denā) दिलाना (dilānā) दिलवाना (dilvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₃-redup. Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *dédeh₃ti Proto-Indo-Iranian *dádaHti Sanskrit ददा॑ति (dádāti) ▲ Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ. Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei) Old Hindi देना (…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
giving milk (a cow, wet-nurse &c.), &c.
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dogdhrī" is the nominative of "dogdhṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dogdhrī f. giving milk (a cow, wet-nurse &c.), VS.; Suśr. &c.
dogdhrī 1 A cow which yields milk. 2 A wet nurse (having much milk). 3 A female who gives anything (with acc.).
dogdhṛ m. a milker, AV.; MBh. &c. (cf. a-)
a cowherd, L.
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