As a Hindi name
मोदा · noun · feminine
अजमोदा । बन अजवाइन · सेमल का वृक्ष — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मोदा" is मोद + -आ: मोद means "joy, delight, pleasure, gladness", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "मोदा" is मोदना + -आ: मोदना means "अ॰", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मोदा" is मोद + -आ: मोद means "joy, delight, pleasure, gladness", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a species of plant (= aja-modā)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "modā" is the feminine form of "moda" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
modā (ā), f. a species of plant (= aja-modā), L.
a kind of Andropogon, L.
moda m. (√ 2. mud) joy, delight, gladness, pleasure, RV. &c. &c.
fragrance, perfume, BhP. (cf. āmoda)
Alternative readings
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