As a deity name
Name 759 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 443 of the Hanuman Sahasranāma — Rasvin Samhita / Brahmanda Purana, as taught by Lord Ram / Sages
Name 308 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
खग · noun · masculine
आकाश में चलनेवाली वस्तु या व्यक्ति · पक्षी । चिड़िया · गंधर्व — Śabdasāgara
खग · adj
आकाशचारी । नभगाभी — Śabdasāgara
खग · kha-ga · s.m.
See s.v. کهہ kha — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 877
खग · masculine
bird
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi खग — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit खग (khaga).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kha—ga mfn. moving in air, MBh. iii, 12257
kha—ga m. a bird, Mn. xii, 63; MBh. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a bird, &c.
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kha—ga mfn. moving in air, MBh. iii, 12257
kha—ga m. a bird, Mn. xii, 63; MBh. &c.
N. of Garuḍa (cf. -ga-pati), Gal.
any air-moving insect (as a bee), R. ii, 56, 11
a grasshopper, L.
Alternative readings
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