As a Hindi name
मेना · noun · feminine
पितरों की मानसी कन्या मेनका · हिमवान् की स्त्री । मेनका · स्त्री — Śabdasāgara
मेना
^२ क्रि स॰ [हिं॰ मोपन] पकवान आदि में मोयन देना । मोयन डालना — Śabdasāgara
मेना · menā · s.m.
(dialec.) A kind of palanquin (with curtains) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1108
मेना · menā · s.f.
Name of an Apsaras of Indra's heaven (wife of Hima-vat and mother of Pārvatī — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1108
Cited formation "मेना" is मेना + -ना: मेना means "(dialec.) A kind of palanquin (with curtains)", and the suffix -ना forms infinitives. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(19) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a woman (also the female of any animal)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "menā" is the feminine form of "mena" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
menā f. See below.
menā f. a woman (also the female of any animal), RV.
speech (= vāc), Naigh. i, 11
N. of the daughter of Vṛṣaṇ-aśva, RV. i, 51, 13 (Sāy.)
of an Apsaras (= menakā, wife of Hima-vat and mother of Parvatī), Hariv.; R.; Pur.
mena m. N. of Vṛṣaṇ-aśva (father of Menakā or Menā), ṢaḍvBr.
Alternative readings
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