As a Hindi name
मोटन · noun · masculine
वायु । हवा · मलना, रगड़ना । या पीसना — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मोटन" is मोट + -न: मोट means "(occas. m.), A bundle, parcel, package, bale, load", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
wind, air
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Dictionary citations
moṭana mfn. crushing, grinding, destroying (see gaja-m˚)
moṭana m. wind, air, L.
moṭana n. the act of crushing, breaking, snapping, wringing, strangling, Mṛcch.; Śukas. (cf. aṅguli-m˚).
moṭana m. (-naḥ) Air, wind. n. (-naṃ) Rubbing, grinding, pressing. E. muṭa to rub, &c., aff. lyuṭ.
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