dīrghá mf(ā)n. (compar. drā́ghīyas, superl. drā́ghiṣṭha qq. vv.
• rarely dirghatara [Pañc. iv, 13/14] and ○tama [BhP. vii, 5, 44]) long (in space and time), lofty, high, tall
• deep RV. AV. Br. &c
• long (in prosody) Prāt. Mn. &c
• (ám) ind. long, for a long time (superl. ○atamam BhP. iii, 1, 37)
• m. along vowel Gobh. ii, 8, 15 KātyŚr. &c
• a camel L.
• Saccharum Sara
• Ṣorea Robusta, = utkaṭa, rāma-śara &c. L.
• a mystical N. of the letter a Up.
• the 5th or 6th or 7th or 8th sign of the zodiac Jyot.
• N. of a prince of Magadha MBh. i, 4451
• of Śiva MBh. xiii, 1158
• (ā), f. an oblong tank (cf. ○ghikā) R. v, 16, 27
• a kind of plant= -pattrā L.
• a mystical N. of the letter n Up.
• n. a species of grass L.
• N. of a Sāman ĀrshBr. [Fr.√drāgh
• cf. also Gk. ? ; Sl. [dl˘ug˘u].]
 

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William