As a Hindi name
नीरद · noun · masculine
जल देनेवाला · बादल · मोथा । मुस्तक (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
नीरद · adj
बे दाँत का । अदंत — Śabdasāgara
नीरद · nīrad · s.m.
See s.v. nīr, 'water.' — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1166
नीरद · masculine
cloud
नीरद
water-giving
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नीरद — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नीरद (nīrada).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. nī—rada mfn. toothless, Kāv.
2. nīra—da m. (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) ‘w˚-giver’, a cloud, Kāv.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
toothless
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
1. nī—rada mfn. toothless, Kāv.
2. nīra—da m. (for 1. See p. 543, col. 3) ‘w˚-giver’, a cloud, Kāv.
Cyperus Rotundus, L.
nīrada mfn. (-daḥ-dā-daṃ) Toothless. m. (-daḥ) A cloud. E. nīra water, da what gives, or ni neg. rada a tooth.
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