As a Hindi name
रेणु · noun · feminine
धूल · बालू · पृथ्वी । (डिं॰) — Śabdasāgara
रेणु · reṇu · s.m.
f. Dust; sand; powder; a grain of dust or sand, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 613
रेणु · feminine
a female given name, Renu, from Sanskrit
रेणु · feminine
dust, grain, sand, particle
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi रेणु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit रेणु (reṇu).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
reṇu m. (or f., Siddh.; or n. g. ardharcādi; fr. √ ri, rī) dust, a grain or atom of dust, sand &c., RV. &c. &c.
the pollen of flowers, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
dust, a grain or atom of dust, sand &c., &c. &c.
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reṇu m. (or f., Siddh.; or n. g. ardharcādi; fr. √ ri, rī) dust, a grain or atom of dust, sand &c., RV. &c. &c.
the pollen of flowers, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
powder of anything, Śiś.
a partic. measure, Lalit. (= 8 trasa-reṇus, L.)
reṇu m. N. of a partic. drug, Piper Aurantiacum, VarBṛS.; Suśr. (cf. reṇukā)
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