As a Hindi name
पाना · masculine
spanner, wrench
पाना
to get, receive; to obtain; to win, attain, achieve; to find, come upon, meet
Śabdasāgara also records: पशु संबंधी । पशुओं का · पशुओं का जैसा । जैसे, पाशव व्यवहार
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit प्रापयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Indo-Iranian *pra- Sanskrit प्र- (pra-) Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep- Sanskrit आप् (āp) Proto-Indo-E…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. paśu) derived from or belonging to cattle or animals (with māṃsa an˚ food)
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
pāśava mf(ī)n. (fr. paśu) derived from or belonging to cattle or animals (with māṃsa n. an˚ food), Kauś.; Vet.; Suśr.
pāśava n. a flock, herd, W.
pāśava a. (vī f.) [paśoridaṃ aṇ] Relating to or derived from animals. — vaṃ A flock, herd. Comp. — pālanaṃ pasturage or meadow grass.
pāśava n. (-vaṃ) A flock, a herd. E. paśu an animal, aṇ aff.
Alternative readings
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