As a Hindi name
पाठीन · noun · masculine
पहिना या पढिना नाम की मछली · गूगल का पेड़ · कथा- वाचक । पुराण आदि धार्मिक ग्रंथों का वक्ता (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
पाठीन · pāṭhīn · s.m.
= pāṭhak, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 215
Cited formation "पाठीन" is पाठ + -ईन: पाठ means "learning, reading; memorization", and the suffix -ईन forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §10(5) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पाठीन" is पाठी + -न: पाठी means "Knowing, conversant with", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Silurus Pelorius or Boalis (a kind of sheat-fish), &c.
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Dictionary citations
pāṭhīna m. = pāṭhaka, L.
Silurus Pelorius or Boalis (a kind of sheat-fish), Mn.; Yājñ.; Kathās. &c.
a species of Moringa with red blossoms, L.
pāṭhīna m. (-naḥ) A sort of fish, (Silurus boalis, HAM.) 2 A public reader or lecturer on the Purāṇas, &c. 3 A tree: see guggula. E. pāṭhī a Brahman, and īn added
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