As a deity name
Name 73 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 57 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
उमा · noun · feminine
हिमालय की पुत्री । शिव की स्त्री पार्वती · दुर्गा · हलदी — Śabdasāgara
उमा · umā · s.f.
Flax; linseed — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 79
उमा · feminine
Uma, an epithet of the goddess Parvati; a female given name, Uma, from Sanskrit
उमा · feminine
flax; linseed; light; splendor
Cited formation "उमा" is उम + -आ: उम means "नगरी । नगर । पुरी", 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 — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "उमा" is उम + -आ: उम means "नगरी । नगर । पुरी", and the suffix -आ forms 'having' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(1) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi उमा — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit उमा (umā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
umā f. (perhaps fr. √ ve, BRD.) flax (Linum Usitatissimum), ŚBr. vi; Kauś.; Pāṇ.
turmeric (Curcuma Longa), Car.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
flax (Linum Usitatissimum)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "umā" is the feminine form of "uma" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
Dictionary citations
umā f. (perhaps fr. √ ve, BRD.) flax (Linum Usitatissimum), ŚBr. vi; Kauś.; Pāṇ.
turmeric (Curcuma Longa), Car.
N. of the daughter of Himavat (wife of the god Śiva; also called Pārvatī and Durgā; the name is said to be derived from u mā, ‘O [child], do not [practise austerities]’ the exclamation addressed to Pārvatī by her mother), Hariv. 946; ŚivaP.; Kum. i, 26; R.; Ragh. &c.
N. of several women
splendour, light, L.
uma m. a city, town, L.
a wharf, landing-place, L.
Caveats
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