As a deity name
Name 257 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
धीरा · noun · feminine
साहित्य में वह नायिका जो अपने नायक के शरीर पर पर-स्त्री-रमण के चिह्न देखकर व्यंग्य से कोप प्रकाशित करे । ताने सरे अपना क्रोध प्रकट करनेवाली नायिका · गुरिच । गिलोय · काकोली — Śabdasāgara
धीरा · adj
मद । धीमा — Śabdasāgara
धीरा · masculine
synonym of धैर्य (dhairya, “patience”)
धीरा
slow, sluggish
Platts (p. 554) also records: (f. -ī) = dhīr, q.v
Cited formation "धीरा" is धीर + -आ: धीर means "steadfast, resolute; bold", 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
Cited formation "धीरा" is धीर + -आ: धीर means "steadfast, resolute; bold", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit धीर — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀥𑀻𑀭 (dhīra), from Sanskrit धीर (dhī́ra, “steady”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. dhīra mf(ī or ā)n. intelligent, wise, skilful, clever, familiar with, versed in (loc.), RV. &c. &c. (compar. dhīra-tara, AV.; R.)
dhīra m. N. of a Buddha, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a woman who keeps down all expression of resentment or jealousy
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhīrā" is the feminine form of "dhīra" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
dhīrā f. N. of sev. medic. plants (kākolī, kṣīra-kāk˚, mahā-jyotiṣmatī, medā, śveta-vacā, Rosa Glandulifera), Bhpr.; L.
an intoxicating beverage, L.
a woman who keeps down all expression of resentment or jealousy, Sāh.
N. of a woman, Cat.
dhīrā The heroine of a poetic composition who, though jealous of her husband or lover, suppresses all outward manifestation or expression of her resentment in his presence, or as the Rasamañjarī puts it, vyaṃgyakopaprakāśikā dhīrā; see S. D. 102-105 also. (pb) Comp. — adhīrā the heroine of a poetic composition who, being jealous of her husband or lover, alternately expresses and conceals her jealousy; (vyaṃgyāvyaṃgyakopaprakāśikā dhīrādhīrā Rasamañjarī).
1. dhīra mf(ī or ā)n. intelligent, wise, skilful, clever, familiar with, versed in (loc.), RV. &c. &c. (compar. dhīra-tara, AV.; R.)
dhīra m. N. of a Buddha, L.
Alternative readings
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