As a Hindi name
पेचक · noun · feminine
बटे हुए तागे की गोली या गुच्छी · बटा तथा लपेटा हुआ महीन तागा जिससे कपड़े सीते हैं — Śabdasāgara
पेचक · noun · masculine
उल्लू पक्षी · जूँ · बादल — Śabdasāgara
पेचक · pećak · s.m.
An owl ( = pećā) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 297
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the tip or the root of an elephant's tail
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Dictionary citations
pecaka m. (√ 1. pac?) an owl (cf. kṛṣṇa-p˚)
the tip or the root of an elephant's tail, Var.
a couch, bed (= paryaṅka), L.
a louse, L.
a cloud, L.
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