As a Hindi name
लावण · adj
जिसका संस्कार लवण द्रारा हुआ हो · लवण का । नमकीन — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(fr. lavaṇa) saline, salt, salted, cooked or dressed with salt
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
lāvaṇa mf(ī)n. (fr. lavaṇa) saline, salt, salted, cooked or dressed with salt, Hariv.; Suśr.
lāvaṇa m. N. of the salt sea which surrounds Jambudvīpa, L.
lāvaṇa a. (ṇī f.) [lavaṇe saṃskṛtaṃ aṇ] 1 Salt. 2 Salted, dressed with salt.
lāvaṇa mfn. (-ṇaḥ-ṇī-ṇaṃ) 1 Salted, dressed or cooked with salt. 2 Salt, belonging or relating to it, &c. E. lavaṇa salt, aff. aṇ.
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