As a Hindi name
चीरना
to split, rend; to form a path, cut a way
a Hindi word of Prakrit origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Hindi verb set चिरना (cirnā) चीरना (cīrnā) चिराना (cirānā) चिरवाना (cirvānā) Etymology tree Sanskrit चीर (cīra) Prakrit चीर (cīra)der. Hindi चीरना Verbal derivative from Prakrit चीर (cīra, “a strip”), whence चीर (cīr, “a strip, rag”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: a river, (v.l. vīr˚; cf. kuśa-cīrā).
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "cīriṇī" is the vocative dual of "cīri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "cīriṇī" is the feminine form of "cīrin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
Related forms
Dictionary citations
cīriṇī f. N. of a river, MBh. iii, 12751 (v.l. vīr˚; cf. kuśa-cīrā).
cīri f. a veil for the eyes, L.
cīri f. (-riḥ) An eye cloth, a veil covering the eyes. E. cira to hurt, and ki affix; the radical vowel lengthened.
cīrin mfn. = ˚ra-bhṛt, MBh. iii, xiii; Hariv. 10594; BhP. iii, 33, 14
cīrin a. [cīra-ini] Clothed in bark, garments or rags.
Alternative readings
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