As a Hindi name
हीरा · noun · feminine
लक्ष्मी का एक नाम · तौलांबुका । तिलचट्टा · काश्मरी । गंभारी — Śabdasāgara
हीरा · noun · masculine
एक रत्न या बहुमूल्य पत्थर जो अपनी चमक और कड़ाई के लिये प्रसिद्ध है । वज्रमणि । हीरक । हीर · बहुत ही अच्छा आदमी । नररत्न । (लाक्षणिक) । जैसे— वह हीरा आदमी था · बहुत उत्तम वस्तु । बहुत बढ़िया या चोखी चीज । (लाक्षणिक) — Śabdasāgara
हीरा · hīrā · s.m.
Diamond; adamant — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1244
हीरा · hīrā · s.f.
A sort of cockroach — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1244
हीरा · feminine
a name of Lakshmi
हीरा · masculine
diamond (a type of rare gemstone)
Cited formation "हीरा" is हीर + -आ: हीर means "diamond", 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
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi हीरा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Learned borrowing from Sanskrit हीरा (hīrā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
hīrā (ā), f. a kind of ant or moth, L.
Gmelina Arborea, L.
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit हीरक — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit हीरग (hīraga), from Sanskrit हीरक (hīraka). Doublet of हीर (hīr) and हीरक (hīrak). Cognate with Punjabi ਹੀਰਾ (hīrā) / ہِیرا (hīrā), Sindhi هيِرو (hyiro) / हीरो, Gujarati હીરો (hīro), Marathi हिरा (hirā), Bengali হীরা (hira), Assamese হীৰা (hira).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
hīraka m. or n. a diamond (the gem is supposed to be presided over by Śukra or Venus), Pañcar.
a kind of metre (= hīra), Col.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of ant or moth
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hīrā" is the feminine form of "hīra" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
hīrā (ā), f. a kind of ant or moth, L.
Gmelina Arborea, L.
N. of Lakṣmī, L.
of a woman, Cat.
hīrā 1 An epithet of Lakṣmī. 2 An ant.
hīra m. a diamond, L.
a thunderbolt, L.
Alternative readings
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