धा dhā
girl / boy 1 syllable SLP1 DA

As a Hindi name

धा · noun · masculine

ब्रह्मा · बृहस्पति — Śabdasāgara

धा · adj

धारक । धारण करनेवाला — Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "धा" is ध + -आ: ध means "the nineteenth consonant in Hindi", 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 "धा" is धना + -आ: धना means "A wife, mistress, lady, ( = dhannī, q.v.)", 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 "धा" is ध + -आ: ध means "the nineteenth consonant in Hindi", 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

placer, bestower, holder, supporter &c.

Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "dhā" is the nominative of "dhāman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M1 · same meaning "dhā" is the feminine form of "dha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).

M1 · same meaning "dhā" is the nominative of "dhan" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.

M1 · same meaning "dhā" is the nominative of "dhṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.

Related forms

Gender counterpart

The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · धा

dhā f. in 2. tiro-dhā

Monier-Williams (1899) · धा

dur-dhā (qq.vv.)

Monier-Williams (1899) · धा

1. dhā cl. 3. P. Ā. dadhāti, dhatte, RV. &c. &c. (P. du. dadhvas, dhatthas, dhattas [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38]; pl. dadhmasi or ˚mas, dhattha, dādhati; impf. adadhāt pl. ˚dhur, 2. pl. adhatta or adadhāta, RV. vii, 33, 4; Subj. dadhat or ˚dhāt [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 70, Kāś.], ˚dhas, ˚dhatas, ˚dhan; Pot. dadhyāt; Impv. dadhātu, pl. ˚dhatu; 2. sg. dhehi [fr. dhaddhi; cf. Pāṇ. vi, 4, 119] or dhattāt, RV. iii, 8, 1; 2. pl. dhatta, i, 64, 15, dhattana, i, 20, 7, dadhāta, vii, 32, 13, or ˚tana, x, 36, 13 [cf. Pāṇ. vii, 1, 45, Sch.]; p. dadhat, ˚ti m. pl. ˚tas; Ā. 1. sg. dadhe [at once 3. sg. = dhatte, RV. i, 149, 5 &c. and = pf. Ā.], 2. sg. dhatse, viii, 85, 5 or dhatse, AV. v, 7, 2; 2. 3. du. dadhāthe, ˚dhāte; 2. pl. ˚dhidhve [cf. pf.]; 3. pl. dadhate, RV. v, 41, 2; impf. adhatta, ˚tthās; Subj. dadhase, viii, 32, 6 [Pāṇ. iii, 4, 96, Kāś.]; Pot. dadhīta, RV. i, 40, 2 or dadhīta, v, 66, 1; Impv. 2. sg. dhatsva, x, 87, 2 or dadhiṣva, iii, 40, 5 &c.; 2. pl. dhaddhvam [Pāṇ. viii, 2, 38, Kāś.] or dadhidhvam, RV. vii, 34, 10, &c.; 3. pl. dadhatām, AV. viii, 8, 3; p. dadhāna); rarely cl. 1. P. Ā. dadhati, ˚te, RV.; MBh.; only thrice cl. 2. P. dhāti, RV.; and once cl. 4. Ā. Pot. dhāyeta, MaitrUp. (pf. P. dadhau, ˚dhātha, ˚dhatur, ˚dhimā or ˚dhima, ˚dhur, RV. &c.; Ā. dadhe [cf. pr.], dadhiṣe or dhiṣe, RV. i, 56, 6; 2. 3. du. dadhāthe, ˚dhāte, 2. pl. dadhidhve [cf. pr.]; 3. pl. dadhire, dadhre, x, 82, 5; 6, or dhire, i, 166, 10 &c.; p. dadhāna [cf. pr.]; aor. P. adhāt, dhāt, dhās; adhur, dhur, RV. &c.; Pot. dheyām, ˚yur; dhetana, RV.; TBr.; 2. sg. dhāyīs, RV. i, 147, 5; Impv. dhātu [cf. Pāṇ. vi, 1, 8 Vārtt. 3; Pat.]; 2. pl. dhāta or ˚tana, 3. pl. dhāntu, RV.; Ā. adhita, ˚thās, adhītām, adhīmahi, dhīmahi, dhīmahe, dhāmahe, RV.; 3. sg. ahita, hita, AV.; TĀr.; Subj. dhethe, RV. i, 158, 2, dhaithe, vi, 67, 7; Impv. dhiṣvā or dhiṣva, ii, 11, 18, &c.; P. adhat, SV.; dhat, RV.; P. dhāsur Subj. ˚sathas and ˚satha, RV.; Ā. adhiṣi, ˚ṣata, Br.; Pot. dhiṣīya, ib. [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 45]; dheṣīya, MaitrS.; fut. dhāsyati, ˚te or dhātā, Br. &c.; inf. dhātum, Br. &c.; Ved. also ˚tave, ˚tavai, ˚tos; dhiyadhyai, RV.; Class. also -dhitum; ind.p. dhitvā, Br.; hitvā [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 42], -dhāya and -dhām, AV. : Pass. dhīyate, RV. &c. [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66], p. dhīyamāna, RV. i, 155, 2 ; aor. adhāyi, dhāyi, RV. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 33, Kāś.]; Prec. dhāsīṣṭa or dhāyiṣīṣṭa [vi, 4, 62]) to put, place, set, lay in or on (loc.), RV. &c. &c. (with daṇḍam, to inflict punishment on [with loc. MBh. v, 1075, with gen. R. v, 28, 7]; with tat-padavyām padam, to put one's foot in another's footstep i.e. imitate, equal, Kāvyād. ii, 64); to take or bring or help to (loc. or dat.; with āre, to remove), RV.; AV.; ŚBr.; (Ā.) to direct or fix the mind or attention (cintām, manas, matim, samādhim &c.) upon, think of (loc. or dat.), fix or resolve upon (loc. dat. acc. with prati or a sentence closed with iti), RV.; Mn.; MBh.; Kāv.; BhP.; to destine for, bestow on, present or impart to (loc. dat. or gen.), RV.; Br.; MBh. &c. (Pass. to be given or granted, fall to one's [dat.] lot or share, RV. i, 81, 3); to appoint, establish, constitute, RV.; ŚBr.; to render (with double acc.), RV. vii, 31, 12; Bhartṛ. iii, 82; to make, produce, generate, create, cause, effect, perform, execute, RV.; TBr.; ŚvetUp. &c. (aor. with pūrayām, mantrayām, varayām &c. = pūrayām &c. cakāra); to seize, take hold of, hold, bear, support, wear, put on (clothes), RV.; AV.; Kāv.; BhP. &c.; (Ā.) to accept, obtain, conceive (esp. in the womb), get, take (with okas or canas, to take pleasure or delight in [loc. or dat.]), RV.; AV.; Br.; to assume, have, possess, show, exhibit, incur, undergo, RV.; Hariv.; Kāv.; Hit. etc. : Caus. -dhāpayati, Pāṇ. vii, 3, 36 (see antar-dhā, śrad-dhā &c.) : Desid. dhitsati, ˚te (Pāṇ. vii, 4, 54), to wish to put in or lay on (loc.), RV.; AitBr. (Class. Pass. dhitsyate; dhitsya, see s.v.); didhiṣati, ˚te, to wish to give or present, RV.; (Ā.) to wish to gain, strive after (p. didhiṣāṇa, x, 114, 1), ib. : with avadyam, to bid defiance, ib. iv, 18, 7 (cf. didhiṣāyya, didhiṣu) : Intens. dedhīyate, Pāṇ. vi, 4, 66.

Monier-Williams (1899) · धा

dhā [cf. Zd. dā, dadaiti; Gk. θε-, θη-, τίθημι; Lith. dedù, dë́ti; Slav. dedją, děti; Old Sax. duan, dôn, Angl.Sax. dôn, Engl. to do; Germ. tuan; tuon, thun.]

Monier-Williams (1899) · धा

2. dhā mfn. putting, placing, bestowing, holding, having, causing &c. (ifc.; cf. 2. dha)

Monier-Williams (1899) · धामन् (linked stem)

dhāman n. dwelling-place, house, abode, domain, RV. &c. &c. (esp. seat of the gods, cf. madhyamaṃ dhāma viṣṇoḥ, Śak. [Pi. iv, 5]; site of the sacred fire and the Soma, RV. &c.; with priyam, favourite residence, VS.; Br.)

Monier-Williams (1899) · धामन् (linked stem)

favourite thing or person, delight, pleasure, VS.; AV.; Br.

Monier-Williams (1899) · ध (linked stem)

1. dha aspirate of the preceding letter,

Monier-Williams (1899) · ध (linked stem)

2. dha mf(ā)n. (√ 1. dhā; cf. 2. dhā) ifc. placing, putting

Monier-Williams (1899) · धन् (linked stem)

1. dhan cl. 1. P. dhanati, to sound, L. (cf. √ dhaṇ and dhvan).

Monier-Williams (1899) · धन् (linked stem)

2. dhan cl. 3. P. dadhanti. (Pāṇ. vi, 1, 192) to cause to run or move quickly (p. dadhanat, dadhanvas; Pot. dadhanyur, RV.); to bear fruit, Dhātup. xxv, 23 : Caus. dhanayati, ˚te, to cause to move or run ; to move or run, RV. (cf. dhanv and dhaniṣṭha).

Monier-Williams (1899) · धृ (linked stem)

dhṛ cl. 1. P. Ā. dharati, ˚te (Dhātup. xxii, 3; Ā. Pot. dhareran, ĀpŚr.), but more commonly in the same sense the Caus. form dhārayati, ˚te (perf. P. dādhāra or dadhāra, ˚dhartha [Impv. dadhartu, AV.Paipp.]; Ā. dadhre, 3. pl. ˚dhrire, RV. &c. &c.; aor. adhāram, R.; adhṛta, dhṛthās, AV.; adīdharat, RV. &c. &c. [dīdhar, didhṛtam, ˚ta, RV.; 3. pl. ˚rata, ŚBr.]; adhārṣīt Gr.; fut. dhariṣyati, MBh.; ˚ṣye, AV.; dhartā, BhP.; inf. dhartum, Kāv., ˚tavai, Br. [dhartari See under ˚tṛ]; ind.p. dhṛtvā, -dhṛtya, Br.) to hold, bear (also bring forth), carry, maintain, preserve, keep, possess, have, use, employ, practise, undergo, RV. &c. &c.; (with or scil. ātmānam, jīvitam, prāṇān, deham, śarīram &c.) to preserve soul or body, continue living, survive, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (esp. fut. dhariṣyati; cf. Pass. below); to hold back, keep down, stop, restrain, suppress, resist, Br.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.; to place or fix in, bestow or confer on (loc.), RV.; AV.; Br. &c.; to destine for (dat.; Ā. also to be destined for or belong to), RV.; to present to (gen.), Kāraṇḍ.; to direct or turn (attention, mind, &c.) towards, fix or resolve upon (loc. or dat.), Up.; Yājñ.; MBh.; Ā. to be ready or prepared for, ŚBr.; P. Ā. to owe anything (acc.) to (dat. or gen.), MBh. (cf. Pāṇ. i, 4, 35); to prolong (in pronunciation), AitBr.; RPrāt.; to quote, cite, L.; (with garbham) to conceive, be pregnant (older ˚bham-√ bhṛ), MBh.; Kāv. &c.; (with daṇḍam) to inflict punishment on (loc.), MBh.; R.; BhP. (also damam); (with keśān, or śmaśru) to let the hair or beard grow, MBh.; (with raśmīn [ib.] or praharān [Śak.]) to draw the reins tight; (with dharamam) to fulfil a duty, R.; (with vratam) to observe or keep a vow, RV. &c. &c.; (with dhāraṇām) to practise self-control, Yājñ.; (wit. ipas) to perform penance, BhP.; (with mūrdhnā or ˚dhni, śirasā or ˚si) to bear on the head, honour highly, Kāv.; (with or scil. tulayā) to hold in a balance, weigh, measure, MBh.; Kāv. &c.; (with or scil. manasā) to bear in mind, recollect, remember, ib.; (with samaye) to hold to an agreement, cause to make a compact, Pañc. i, 125/126 (B. dṛṣṭvā for dhṛtvā) : Pass. dhriyate (ep. also ˚yati; pf. dadhre &c. = Ā.; aor. adhāri) to be borne &c.; to be firm, keep steady, RV. &c. &c.; continue living, exist, remain, Br.; MBh.; Kāv. &c. (also dhāryate, R.); to begin, resolve upon, undertake (dat.; acc. or inf.), AV.; ŚBr.; ChUp. : Caus. dhārayati, ˚te See above: Desid. didhīrṣati (see ˚ṣā), didhariṣate, Pāṇ. vii, 2, 75; didhārayiṣati, to wish to keep up or preserve (ātmānam), Gobh. iii, 5, 30 : Intens. dardharti (RV.) and dādharti (3. pl. ˚dhrati, TS.; cf. Pāṇ. vii, 4, 65) to hold fast, bear firmly, fasten.

Monier-Williams (1899) · धृ (linked stem)

dhṛ [cf. Zd. dar ; Gk. θρόνος, θρᾶ-νος, θρή-σασθαι; Lat. frē-tus, frē-num.]

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