As a Hindi name
मोद · noun · masculine
आनंद । हर्ष । प्रसन्नता । खुशी · पाँच भगण, एक मगण, एक सगण, और गुरु वर्ण का एक वर्णवृत्त । जैसे, भे सर में सिगरे गुण अर्जुन जाहिर भुपालौहु लजाने । ज्यौहिं स्वयंबर में मछरी दइ बेध सभा सो द्रौपदी आने · सुगंध । महक । खुशबु — Śabdasāgara
मोद · mod · s.m.
Pleasure, delight, joy, joyousness, gladness, happiness — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1088
मोद · masculine
joy, delight, pleasure, gladness
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi मोद — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit मोद (moda).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
moda m. (√ 2. mud) joy, delight, gladness, pleasure, RV. &c. &c.
fragrance, perfume, BhP. (cf. āmoda)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
joy, delight, gladness, pleasure, &c. &c.
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M1 · same meaning "moda" is the vocative of "modā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
moda m. (√ 2. mud) joy, delight, gladness, pleasure, RV. &c. &c.
fragrance, perfume, BhP. (cf. āmoda)
N. of a partic. formula, ĀpŚr.
of a Muni, Cat.
moda m. (-daḥ) 1 Joy, delight, happiness. 2 Fragrance. E. muda to rejoice, aff. ghañ.
modā (ā), f. a species of plant (= aja-modā), L.
a kind of Andropogon, L.
Alternative readings
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