As a Hindi name
लेना
to take; to buy, get; to take on; an element of compound verbs
Śabdasāgara also records: जूँ । लीख · साँप
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit लभते — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Etymology tree Sanskrit रभ॑ते (rábhate) Sanskrit लभते (labhate) Prakrit 𑀮𑀳𑀇 (lahaï) ▲ Prakrit 𑀡𑁂𑀇 (ṇei)influ. ▲ Prakrit 𑀤𑁂𑀇 (dei)influ. Prakrit 𑀮𑁂𑀇 (lei) Hindi लेना Inherited from Prakrit लेइ (lei), adapted from लहइ (lahaï) by analogy with देइ (dei, “give”) (whence Hindi देना (de…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘constantly licking’, a kind of parasitical worm
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "leliha" is the vocative of "lelihā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
leliha mfn. (fr. Intens.) ‘constantly licking’, a kind of parasitical worm, Car.; ŚārṅgS.
a serpent, snake, MBh.; BhP.
leliha ˚hāna &c. See p. 903, col. 1
leliha m. (-haḥ) A worm breeding in the stomach. E. liha to lick, root red., ka aff.
lelihā f. a partic. Mudrā or position of the fingers, L.
Alternative readings
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