नर्मदा

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit नर्मदा (narmadā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəɾ.mə.d̪ɑː/

Noun

नर्मदा • (narmadā) f

  1. Narmada (a river in India)

Sanskrit

Proper noun

नर्मदा • (narmadā) ?

  1. (literary) ‘pleasure-giver’.
  2. Name of a river (the modern Nerbudda) MBh. (she is personified as the wife of पुरु-कुत्sa and mother of त्रस-दस्यु, or as a sister of the उर-गs i.e. serpents, or as a daughter of the सोम-पs)
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