As a Hindi name
मीवा · noun · masculine
पेट में का कीड़ा · वायु । हवा · सार । तत्व — Śabdasāgara
मीवा · mīvā · s.f.
A worm generated in the intestines; the tape-worm; Ascarides — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1109
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a tape-worm, Sch. (others ‘air, wind’, ˚van )
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mīvā" is the nominative of "mīvan" — the same word in a different grammatical case, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
mīvā f. a tape-worm, Uṇ. i, 154, Sch. (others ‘air, wind’, W. ˚van m.)
mīvā 1 The tapeworm. 2 Wind.
mīvā f. (-vā) The worm of the intestines, Ascarides, &c. E. mī to hurt, Uṇādi aff. vā.
mīvan m. (-vā) Air, wind. E. mī to move, van Uṇādi aff.
Alternative readings
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