As a Hindi name
मोघ · adj
निष्फ्ल । व्यर्थ । चूकनेवाला — Śabdasāgara
मोघ · noun · masculine
घेरा । बाड़ा । बाड़ा — Śabdasāgara
मोघ · mogha · adj.
Vain, useless, aimless, fruitless, unavailing, bootless, unprofitable — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1093
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(or mogha, ) (√ 1. muh) vain, fruitless, useless, unsuccessful, unprofitable (ibc. and am in vain, uselessly, without cause), &c. &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mogha" is the vocative of "moghā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
mogha mf(ā)n. (or mogha, MaitrS.) (√ 1. muh) vain, fruitless, useless, unsuccessful, unprofitable (ibc. and am ind. in vain, uselessly, without cause), RV. &c. &c.
left, abandoned, MBh.
idle, ib.
mogha m. a fence, hedge, L.
mogha a. [mah-gha ac vā kutvaṃ] 1 Vain, useless, fruitless, unprofitable, unsuccessful; yācñā moyā varamadhigu ṇe nādheme labdhakāmā Me. 6; moghavṛtti kalabhasya ceṣṭitaṃ R. 11. 39; 14. 65; Bg. 9. 12. 2 A imless, purposeless, indefinite. 3 Left, abandoned 4 Idle. — ghaḥ A fence, an enclosure, a hedge. — ghā The trumpet flower — ghaṃ ind. In vain, to no purpose, uselessly. Comp. — karman a. engaging in useless rites. — puṣpā a barren woman.
moghā (ā), f. Bignonia Suaveolens, L.
Embelia Ribes, L.
Alternative readings
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