As a Hindi name
वाशक · noun · masculine
चिल्लानेवाला । निनादकारी · रोनेवाला · अड़ूसा — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
croaking, screaming, warbling (said of birds)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (13)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "vāśaka" is derived from "vāśa" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
1. vāśa mfn. roaring, sounding, RV. viii, 19, 31
id. (only ā and ī f. pl. applied to water), VS.; TS.
1. vāśaka mfn. (for 2. See below) croaking, screaming, warbling (said of birds), Mṛcch.
2. vāśaka mf(ikā). Gendarussa Vulgaris, L. (cf. 1. vāsa, vāsaka).
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine and the masculine — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
1. vāśaka mfn. (for 2. See below) croaking, screaming, warbling (said of birds), Mṛcch.
2. vāśaka mf(ikā). Gendarussa Vulgaris, L. (cf. 1. vāsa, vāsaka).
vāśaka a. Roaring, sounding.
1. vāśa mfn. roaring, sounding, RV. viii, 19, 31
id. (only ā and ī f. pl. applied to water), VS.; TS.
Alternative readings
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