گودنا

गोदना godnā, or गूदना gūdnā[god˚= Prk. गोƧ(इ), or गोƧे(इ), fr. S. गोदर्;—or prob. another form of goḍnāor goṛnā= koṛnā], v.t. To prick, puncture, goad; to dot, mark (the skin) with dots; to tattoo;—to scratch; to dig, turn up (the soil); to hoe;—to wound or lacerate the feelings of (a person);—to sharpen the edge of (an instrument, etc.,—as the roller of a cottongin):—godnā, s.m. Mark of tattooing;—a kind of hoe (used for digging up sugar-cane and the like).