As a deity name
Name 532 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
Name 170 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
नाद · noun · masculine
शब्द । ध्वनि । आवाज · वर्णों का अव्यक्त मूल रूप · वर्णों के उच्चारण में एक प्रयत्न जिसमें कंठ न तो बहुत फैलाकर न संकुचित करके वायु निकालनी पड़ती है — Śabdasāgara
नाद · nāda · s.m.
Sounding; a sound (in general); singing; a song — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1112
नाद · masculine
sounding, resonance, a loud sound, noise, cry; a roar; singing, a song
Cited formation "नाद" is ना- + द: द means "the eighteenth consonant in Hindi", and the prefix ना- forms without. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §5(2) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नाद — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नाद (nāda).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nāda m. (√ nad) a loud sound, roaring, bellowing, crying, RV. &c. &c.
any sound or tone, Prāt.; R. &c. (= śabda, L.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the nasal sound represented by a semicircle and used as an abbreviation in mystical words
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nāda m. (√ nad) a loud sound, roaring, bellowing, crying, RV. &c. &c.
any sound or tone, Prāt.; R. &c. (= śabda, L.)
(in the Yoga) the nasal sound represented by a semicircle and used as an abbreviation in mystical words, BhP.
a praiser (= stotṛ), Naigh. iii, 16.
nāda m. (-daḥ) 1 Sound in general. 2 A semicircle, used especially as an abbreviation or hieroglyphickhieroglyphic in mystical works. E. nada to sound, affix ghañ.
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