As a Hindi name
रोक · noun · feminine
ऐसी स्थिति जिससे चल या बढ़ न सके । गति में बाधा । अटकाव । छेक । अवरोध । जैसे,— इसी बगीचे से होकर गाएँ जाती है, उनको रोक उनको रोक के लिये दीवार उठानी चाहिए · मनाही । निषेध । मुमानियत · किसी कार्य में प्रतिबंध । काम में बाधा — Śabdasāgara
रोक · noun · masculine
नकद रुपया । रोकड़ · नगद व्यवहार या सौदा · दीप्ति — Śabdasāgara
रोक · rok · s.f.
Stop, restraint, check, restriction, prevention, prohibition, let, hindrance, obstacle, bar, barrier, interruption, stoppage; stay, support; screen, shelter (syn. āṛ) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 606
रोक · rok · s.m.
= H روکڙ रोकड़ rokaṛ, s.f. = H روکڙا रोकड़ा rokṛā, s.m. [S. रोकः 'buying with ready money'; and roka+Prk. डी and डओ = S. र and र+कः], Cash, ready money, hard coin; gold, silver, treasure, plate, trinkets, jewels, valuables, stock, &c. (as convertible into hard cash); prompt payment in cash — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 606
रोक · feminine
stop; stopping, halt; barrier, obstacle; ban, prohibition
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Deverbal from रोकना (roknā, “to stop”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a hole, vacuity
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1. roka m. (√ 1. ruc) light, lustre, brightness, RV. iii, 6, 7
= kraya-bhid, L. (buying with ready money, W.)
roka n. (only L.) a hole, vacuity
a boat, ship
= cara or cala
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