As a Hindi name
लेना
to take; to buy, get; to take on; an element of compound verbs
Śabdasāgara also records: सर्प । साँप · शिव
Cited formation "लेलिहान" is लेलिह + -आन: लेलिह means "जूँ । लीख", and the suffix -आन forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(9) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "लेलिहान" is लेलिहा + -न: लेलिहा means "तंत्र में अँगुलियों की एक प्रकार की मुद्रा", and the suffix -न forms abstract nouns (masc. or fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(18) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
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
frequently licking or darting out the tongue
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lelihāna" is the vocative of "lelihānā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
lelihāna mfn. frequently licking or darting out the tongue, MBh.
lelihāna m. N. of Śiva, ib.
lelihāna mfn. (-naḥ-nā-naṃ) Who or what licks. m. (-naḥ) 1 A name of ŚIVA. 2 A snake. E. liha to lick, aff. śānac, root reduplicate, form irr.
lelihānā f. a partic. Mudra or position of the fingers, L.
Alternative readings
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