As a Hindi name
मेचक · noun · masculine
अंधकार । अँधेरा · नीलांजन । सुरमा · मोर की चंद्रिका — Śabdasāgara
मेचक · adj
श्यामल । काला । स्याह — Śabdasāgara
मेचक · mećak · adj.
Dark blue, dark-coloured, black — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1104
मेचक · masculine
black, dark blue; dark, darkness; smoke
मेचक
black, dark blue; dark, darkness
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मेचक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मेचक (mecaka).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mecaka mf(ā)n. dark-blue, black, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (in alg. applied to the 15th unknown quantity, Col.)
mecaka m. dark-blue colour, blackness, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
dark-blue colour, blackness
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "mecaka" is derived from "meca" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
meca v.l. for megha (N. of a poet).
mecaka mf(ā)n. dark-blue, black, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (in alg. applied to the 15th unknown quantity, Col.)
mecaka m. dark-blue colour, blackness, L.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
mecaka mf(ā)n. dark-blue, black, MBh.; Kāv. &c. (in alg. applied to the 15th unknown quantity, Col.)
mecaka m. dark-blue colour, blackness, L.
the eye of a peacock's tail, Mālatīm.
a kind of gem, L.
smoke, L.
meca v.l. for megha (N. of a poet).
Alternative readings
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