As a Hindi name
सोखना
to absorb, soak; to suck, drink, draw in
Śabdasāgara also records: शुष्क करनेवाला या सुखानेवाला । जैसे —स्याही सोख
a Hindi word, an ardha-tatsama: a semi-learned borrowing from the Sanskrit शोषयति — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit शोषयति (śoṣáyati). First attested as Old Hindi सोषना (soṣanā /sokhanā/).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
with a caldron
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
sokha mfn. with a caldron, ŚBr.
Alternative readings
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