Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
लेना
to take; to buy, get; to take on; an element of compound verbs
Śabdasāgara also records: रक्त । लाल
Platts (p. 971) also records: Red
Cited formation "लोहित" is लोहि + -त: लोहि means "श्वते वर्ण का टंकणक्षार । एक किस्म का सुहागा", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — 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
red (the colour), redness
Verified derivationMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lohita" is the vocative of "lohitā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "lohitā" is derived from "lohi" with the tal suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
lohi n. a kind of borax, L.
lohitā (ā), f. N. of one of the 7 tongues of Agni, Gṛhyās.
Mimosa Pudica, L.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. lohita mf(ā or lohinī)n. (cf. rohita) red, red-coloured, reddish, AV. &c. &c.
made of copper, copper, metal, AV.; Kauś.
lohita m. red (the colour), redness, L.
a partic. disease of the eyelids, ŚārṅgS.
a kind of precious stone, Pañcat.
lohitā (ā), f. N. of one of the 7 tongues of Agni, Gṛhyās.
Mimosa Pudica, L.
lohi n. a kind of borax, L.
Alternative readings
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