As a deity name
Name 461 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
गर्ज · noun · masculine
हाथी की चिग्घाड़ · मेघ या बादलों का गरजना · गर्जन — Śabdasāgara
गर्ज · noun · feminine
बहुंत गंभीर और तुमुल शब्द । जैसे, बादल की गरज सिंह की गरज, वीरों की गरज आदी — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ गरज
गर्ज · garj · s.m.
& f. Roaring, roar; bellowing; thundering; thunder — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 902
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a (roaring) elephant
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (11)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "garja" is the vocative of "garjā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
garja m. (Pāṇ. vii, 3, 59, Kāś.) a (roaring) elephant, L.
the roaring (of elephants), rumbling (of clouds), &c., ŚārṅgP. (v.l.)
garja r. 10th cl. (garjayati) To sound. r. 1st cl. (garjati) To emit a deep or full sound, to sound as distant thunder, to roar as a lion, &c.
garja n. (-rjaṃ) 1 The roaring of elephants. 2 The grumbling of clouds, &c. E. garja to roar or growl, affix ac.
garjā f. of ˚ja, q.v.
garjā, garjiḥ The thundering of clouds.
Alternative readings
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