As a Hindi name
बाणा · noun · feminine
[संज्ञा पुं॰ बाण] नीलझिंटी नाम का एक क्षुप — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "बाणा" is बाण + -आ: बाण means "an arrow (type of ammunition)", 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
Cited formation "बाणा" is बाण + -आ: बाण means "an arrow (type of ammunition)", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the hind part or feathered end of an arrow
Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bāṇā" is the feminine form of "bāṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
bāṇā (ā), f. the hind part or feathered end of an arrow, L.
bāṇa m. or vāṇa (RV.), bāṇa (AV.; later more usually vāṇa, q.v.) a reed-shaft, shaft made of a reed, an arrow, RV. &c. &c.
N. of the number five (from the 5 arrows of Kāma-deva; cf. pañca-b˚), Sūryas.; Sāh.
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