As a Hindi name
नोटा · masculine
None of the Above (a ballot option that lets the voter indicate disapproval of every candidate in an electoral system)
Cited formation "नोटा" is नोट + -आ: नोट means "the act of notetaking", 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 "नोटा" is नोट + -आ: नोट means "the act of notetaking", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word of English origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from English NOTA (“none of the above”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
None of the Above (a ballot option that lets the voter indicate disapproval of every candidate in an electoral system) (a Hindi word of English origin; it is not Sanskrit; per Wiktionary’s etymology record)
Hindi, not SanskritWhy this matches what you typed
No corroborated Sanskrit reading of this spelling is established. It resolves as a Hindi word — see “As a Hindi name” above. We say this plainly rather than force a Sanskrit story onto it.
Alternative readings
A Sanskrit compound reading also passes verification — from sandhi-sweep hypotheses only, with no dictionary or scripture corroboration for the whole word. It is shown here, not as the headline over the attested Hindi meaning above.
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