Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“thief”) 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 (“thief”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
हारना
to be defeated; to be unsuccessful; to become fatigued, tired out; to become dispirited; to become old or feeble
Śabdasāgara also records: चोर । लुटेरा । डाकू · धूर्त । शठ । चाँईं
Platts (p. 1216) also records: A thief, cheat, rogue
Cited formation "हारीत" is हारी + -त: हारी means "(f. -iṇī), Taking, carrying away, removing, carrying off, seizing, plundering", and the suffix -त forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(16) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set हारना (hārnā) हराना (harānā) हरवाना (harvānā) Inherited from Prakrit हारेइ (hārei, “loses”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
roguery, cheating, fraud
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Dictionary citations
1. hārīta m. (for 2. See p. 1292, col. 1) a thief, cheat, rogue, MW.
roguery, cheating, fraud, ib.
2. hārīta m. (for 1. See p. 1289, col. 3) = harīta, the Haritāla pigeon, MBh.; Suśr. &c.
N. of various authors &c. (esp. of a lawyer often quoted), Āpast.; TPrāt.; MBh. &c.
pl. the descendants of Hārīta, VP.
Alternative readings
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