As a Hindi name
हेमा · noun · feminine
माधवी लता · पृथ्वी · सुंदरी स्त्री — Śabdasāgara
हेमा · noun · masculine
बुध नामक ग्रह — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "हेमा" is हेम + -आ: हेम means "Gold", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "हेमा" is हेम + -आ: हेम means "Gold", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Hoya Viridiflora
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hemā" is the nominative of "heman" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "hemā" is the feminine form of "hema" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
hemā (ā), f. Hoya Viridiflora, L.
the earth, L.
a handsome woman, L.
N. of an Apsaras, Hariv.; R.
of a river, MBh.
heman &c. See 2. heman p. 1304, col. 1.
1. heman n. impulse, RV. ix, 97, 1 (Sāy. ‘gold’)
1. hema in comp. for 3. heman.
2. hema m. a partic. weight of gold (= māṣaka), L.
Alternative readings
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