Save Gender Masculine Usage Sanskrit, Indian, Tamil, Hinduism, Telugu, Nepali, Sinhalese, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Kannada, Gujarati, Fijian Scripts खद्योत(Hindi, Sanskrit) काजवा(Marathi) Pronounced Pron. kəd-yot(Hindi) kadz-va(Marathi) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "Sun" or "firefly".