बहुक

{ bahuka }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : मदार, केकड़ा, चातक

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

बहुक  mfn.  mf( आ)n. bought at a high price, dear-bought, [L.]
बहुक  m.  m. Calotropis Gigantea, [L.]
a crab, [L.]
a kind of gallinule, [L.]
the digger of a tank, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

बहुक [bahuka] a.  a. Dear bought.
कः The sun.
The sunplant (अर्क).
A crab.
A kind of gallinule.
The digger of a tank.

Shabda-Sagara

बहुक  m.  ( -कः)
1. A crab.
2. A gallinule.
3. A plant, (Asclepias gigantea.)
4. The digger of a tank, ( जलखातके.)
E. बहु much, कन् aff.

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बहु कन्