As a Hindi name
वह
that; he, she, it; that one (distal third person singular personal pronoun)
Śabdasāgara also records: वाध विशेष
Cited formation "वेध्या" is वेध्य + -आ: वेध्य means "जिसे वेध किया जाय", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "वेध्या" is वेध्य + -आ: वेध्य means "जिसे वेध किया जाय", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit अदस् — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Uncertain, but most likely from Old Hindi उहु (uhu), उहुं (uhuṃ), from Apabhramsa ओहु (ohu), from Prakrit अहो (aho), from Sanskrit अ॒सौ m (asáu, “that”). The inflected forms are formed by analogy with its proximal counterpart यह (yah) or with सो (so) ~ तिस (tis), the archaic thir…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
adas nom. m. f. asau (voc. asau, MaitrS.) (n. adas), (opposed to idam, q.v.), that, a certain
adas (adas) ind. thus, so, there.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of musical instrument
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "vedhyā" is the feminine form of "vedhya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
M3 · meaning shifts "vedhya" is derived from "vedh" with the yat suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
vedh (= vyath) cl. 1. Ā. vedhate, to tremble, quake, Lalit.
vedhya mfn. to be pierced or perforated, VarBṛS.; Kathās. &c.
to be cut open or punctured (as a vein; -tā f.), Car.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
vedhyā f. a kind of musical instrument, L.
vedhya mfn. to be pierced or perforated, VarBṛS.; Kathās. &c.
to be cut open or punctured (as a vein; -tā f.), Car.
vedh (= vyath) cl. 1. Ā. vedhate, to tremble, quake, Lalit.
Alternative readings
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