As a Hindi name
गोणी · noun · feminine
टाट का दोहरा बोरा जिसमें अनाज आदि भरा जाता है । गोन · एक पुरानी माप या तौल जो सुश्रुत के अनुसार दो सूप के बराबर होती थी · भीना कपड़ा । छनना — Śabdasāgara
गोणी · goṇī · s.f.
A sack; a double sack (see gon) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 927
Cited formation "गोणी" is गोण + -ई: गोण means "A sack, a bag (of coarse cloth)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "गोणी" is गोण + -ई: गोण means "A sack, a bag (of coarse cloth)", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "गोणी" is गोण + -ई: गोण means "A sack, a bag (of coarse cloth)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a measure of 4 Droṇas
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Dictionary citations
goṇī f. (in Prākṛt) a cow, Pat. Introd. 35; 97; and on Vārtt. 6
a sack, Pāṇ. iv, 1, 42; Suśr.; Daś.; Śiś. xii, 10; ŚārṅgP.
a measure of 4 Droṇas, ŚārṅgS. i, 29
goṇī f. (ifc. after numerals ˚ṇi), Pāṇ. i, 2, 50, Kāś.
torn or ragged clothes, L. (cf. gauṇika.)
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