As a Hindi name
फना · noun · feminine
विनाश । नाश । बरबादी · मृत्यु । मौत · लुप्त । गायब । अंतर्घान — Śabdasāgara
फना · phanā · s.f.
A snake's hood ( = phan) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 290
फना · masculine
a snakes's hood; ship's forecastle
फना · masculine
nuqtaless form of फ़ना (fanā)
Cited formation "फना" is फ + -ना: फ means "the twenty-second consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "फना" is फना + -ना: फना means "a snakes's hood", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "फना" is फन + -आ: फन means "the expanded hood of a snake (esp. of a cobra)", 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
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A snake's hood ( = phan) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
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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