As a Hindi name
लोचना
to desire, long for
Śabdasāgara also records: लचलचाहट । लचक · कोमलता
Platts (p. 968) also records: Viscosity, glutinousness, stickiness
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit लोच्यते — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit लोच्यते (locyate), a variant of रोच्यते (rocyate), the passive causative of रुच् (ruc)), from Proto-Indo-European *lewk-.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
sight (?)
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Dictionary citations
loca m. sight (?), MW.
loca n. tears, L. (cf. lota).
loca (ṛ) locṛ r. 1st cl. (locate) To see, to perceive, to view or inspect. r. 10th cl. (locayati) 1 To speak. 2 To shine. With āṅ, To consider.
Alternative readings
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