As a deity name
Name 47 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 448 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 59 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
दुर्गा · noun · feminine
आदि शक्ति । देवी — Śabdasāgara
दुर्गा · noun · feminine
आश्विन नवरात्र में होनेवाला दुर्गा जी का पूजनोत्सव । बंगाल की और यह एक प्रधान पर्व के रूप में मनाया जाता है — Śabdasāgara
दुर्गा · durgā · s.f.
'The inaccessible goddess,' name of the daughter of Hima-vat and wife of Śiva (also called Umā, Bhavānī, Pārvatī, &c; the mother of Kārtikeya and Ganeśa: in her character of Durgā, she is a goddess of terrific form and irascible temper, particularly worshipped by the Bangālīs at the Durgā-pūjā festival) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 513
दुर्गा · feminine
Durga, the goddess of war, strength, and protection; a female given name, Durga, from Sanskrit
Cited formation "दुर्गा" is दुर्- + गा: गा means "अ॰ [सं॰ गत, प्रा॰ गअ] गया", and the prefix दुर्- forms evil, difficult. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §3(11) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दुर्गा" is दुर्ग + -आ: दुर्ग means "fortress", 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 दुर्गा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit दुर्गा (durgā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
dur—gā See durgā (p. 487).
durgā f. See durgā
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the Indigo plant or Clitoria Ternatea
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "durgā" is the feminine form of "durga" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
dur—gā See durgā (p. 487).
durgā f. See durgā
durgā f. (of ˚ga, q.v.) the Indigo plant or Clitoria Ternatea, L.
a singing bird (= śyāmā), L.
N. of two rivers, MBh. vi, 337
dur—ga See durga (p. 487).
durga mfn. (2. dur and √ gam) difficult of access or approach, impassable, unattainable, AV.; Mn.; MBh. &c.
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