As a Hindi name
सेधा · noun · feminine
साही नाम का जानवर जिसकी पीठ पर काँटे होते हैं । खारपुश्त — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "सेधा" is सेध + -आ: सेध means "निषेध । निवारण । मनाही", 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 "सेधा" is सेध + -आ: सेध means "निषेध । निवारण । मनाही", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘prohibiting contact (?)’, a hedgehog or porcupine
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "sedhā" is the feminine form of "sedha" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
sedhā (ā), f. ‘prohibiting contact (?)’, a hedgehog or porcupine, Yājñ.
sedhā f. (-dhā) A porcupine.
sedha mf(ā)n. keeping or driving away (see goṣedhā)
sedha m. = niṣedha, prohibition (see vidhiṣedha)
Alternative readings
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