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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कुहुkuhuकुहूः [kuhūḥ], कुहूः f.
1. कुहूः kuhūḥ, कुहूः Feminine
2. New moon day id est, that is the last day of a lunar month when the moon is invisible; Mb.8.34.32; करगतैव गता यदियं कुहूः Name4.57.
3. The deity that presides over this day; Ms.3.86.
4. The cry of the (Indian) cuckoo; पिकेन रोषारुणचक्षुषा मुहुःकुहूरुताहूयत चन्द्र- वैरिणी Name1.1; उन्मीलन्ति कुहूः कुहूरिति कलोत्तालाः पिकानां गिरः Gīt.1; पिकविधुस्तव हन्ति समन्तमस्त्वमपि चन्द्रविरोधि-कुहूरवः Udb.
5. The first day of the first quarter on which the moon rises.
Derived forms and compounds
- -कण्ठः, -मुखः, -रवः, -शब्दः the (Indian) cuckoo.
- -कालः The last day of the lunar month when the moon is invisible; न च कुहूकालेऽपि संक्षीयते ...... त्वत्कीर्तिचन्द्रः सदा Sūktisundar 5.83.
- -पालः the king of turtles.
- -मुखः
  
  The Indian cuckoo.
  
  a calamity.
- -मुखम् new moon.
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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कुहुkuhum. N. of a particular weight Hcat.
1. masculine gender Name of a particular weight Hcat.
2. feminine (Equivalent to 1. कुहु) the new moon Pa1n2. Siddh.
3. indeclinable onomatopoetic (formed from imitation of sounds) from the cry of the Kolika, etc., only in compound
4. indeclinable confer, compare 2. कुहू .
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कुहुंकारkuhuṃkāram. N. of a particular noise Viddh.
1. masculine gender Name of a particular noise Viddh.
2. see 1. कु .
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कुहुकुहायkuhukuhāya(fr. कुहु-कुह for कुह-कुह, where? where?) Nom. A1. ˚यते, to show one's admiration MBh. iii, 14129.

(from कुहु-कुह for कुह-कुह, where? where?) Nominal verb Atmane-pada that the rest of a word is to be suppliedयते, to show one's admiration MBh. iii, 14129.

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कुहुरवkuhuravam. the cry of the Kokila MBh. xv, 724.

masculine gender the cry of the Kokila MBh. xv, 724.

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