As a Hindi name
होड़ · noun · feminine
दूसरे के साथ ऐसी प्रतिज्ञा कि कोई बात यदि हमारे कथन के अनुसार न हो, तो हम हार मानें और कुछ दें । शर्त । बाजी · एक दूसरे से बढ़ जाने का प्रयत्न । किसी बात में दूसरे से अधिक होने का प्रयास । स्पर्धा · यह प्रयत्न कि जो दूसरा करता है, हम भी करेंगे । समान होने का प्रयास । बराबरी — Śabdasāgara
होड़ · noun · masculine
तरेँदा । नाव । बेड़ा — Śabdasāgara
होड़ · hoṛ · s.f.
An agreement, a contract, a bargain — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1241
होड़ · feminine
a wager, bet; rivalry, spirit of competition; a contest
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit होड्ड m (hŏḍḍa), हुड्ड m (huḍḍa), हुड्डा f (huḍḍā), from Dravidian. Cognate with Tamil ஒட்டு (oṭṭu, “to wager”), Malayalam ഒട്ടം (oṭṭaṁ), Kannada ಒಡ್ಡು (oḍḍu, “to wager”), ಒಡ್ಡ (oḍḍa, “wager”), Telugu ఒడ్డు (oḍḍu, “to wager”), Sindhi هوڎ f (hoḍ̠a), Nepali ह…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a raft, float, boat
Verified derivationMultiple readings (10)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "hoḍa" is the vocative of "hoḍā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
hoḍa m. a raft, float, boat, L.
a title of a partic. class of Kāyasthas and of Śrotriya Brāhmans in Bengal, L.
hoḍa (ṛ) hoḍṛ r. 1st cl. (hoḍati) To go, to move. (hoḍate) To disregard, to disrespect.
hoḍa m. (-ḍaḥ) A raft, a float, a boat. E. hāḍa to go, aff. ac.
hoḍā (ā), f. g. ajādi (Kāś. hoḍhā).
Alternative readings
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