Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“corpse”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Hindi dictionary reading is negative (“corpse”) while the Sanskrit reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
पोट · noun · feminine
गठरी । पोटली । बकुचा । मोटरी · ढेर । अटाला । जैसे, दुःख की पोट, पानी की पोट — Śabdasāgara
पोट · noun · feminine
पुस्तक के पन्नों की वह जगह जहाँ से जुजबदी या सिलाई होती है — Śabdasāgara
पोट · poṭ · s.f.
A bundle, bale, package, a load ( = pushtwārā and moṭ); heap, pile, quantity; a cloth in which grain is tied up; a cloth in which a corpse is wrapped, a shroud — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 277
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the foundation of a house, (cf. pota)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "poṭa" is the vocative of "poṭā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
poṭa m. (√ puṭ?) the foundation of a house, L. (cf. pota)
putting together, uniting, mixing, L.
= śakala (?), Hcar., Sch.
poṭa m. (-ṭaḥ) 1 The foundation of a house, &c. 2 Uniting, mixing. f. (-ṭā) 1 A woman having a beard. 2 A female servant or slave. (-ṭī) A large alligator. E. puṭa to shine, aff. ac.
poṭā f. a hermaphrodite or a woman with a beard, Hcar.
a female servant or slave, L.
Alternative readings
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