As a Hindi name
मागधा · noun · feminine
मगध की राजकुमारी · पिप्पली — Śabdasāgara
मागधा · māgadhā · s.m.
pl. The inhabitants or people of the province of Māgadh — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 982
Cited formation "मागधा" is मागध + -आ: मागध means "Relating or belonging to the province of Magadh", 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 — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "मागधा" is मागध + -आ: मागध means "Relating or belonging to the province of Magadh", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
long pepper
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "māgadhā" is the feminine form of "māgadha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
māgadhā (ā), f. a princess of the Magadhas, PadmaP.
long pepper, L.
māgadhā, māgadhikā Long pepper.
māgadha mf(ī)n. relating to or born in or living in or customary among the Magadhas or the Magadha country, AV.Pariś.; Lalit. &c.
māgadha m. a king of the M˚, MBh.; Hariv.
Alternative readings
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