As a Hindi name
हास्तिन · adj
हाथी जितना गहरा । जैसे,—पानी · हाथी का अथवा हाथी से संबंधित — Śabdasāgara
हास्तिन · noun · masculine
हस्तिनापुर का एक नाम — Śabdasāgara
हास्तिन · hāstina · adj.
(f. -ī), Relating or belonging to elephants; elephantine, as big as an elephant, huge — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1216
Cited formation "हास्तिन" is हास्त + -इन: हास्त means "हाथ का बना हुआ । हस्तनिर्मित", and the suffix -इन forms feminine of occupation nouns and some others (replaces the final vowel). CHD Basic Grammar App. II §4 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
belonging to an elephant
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Gender counterpart
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Dictionary citations
hāstina mfn. belonging to an elephant, AV.
having the depth of an elephant (as water), Daś.
hāstina n. = next, L.
hāstina mfn. (-naḥ-nī-naṃ) Elephantine, large, as big as an elephant, &c. n. (-naṃ) Hastināpura, ancient Dehli. E. hastin a sovereign, founder of the city, or an elephant, and aṇ aff. of derivation, or abundance.
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