तेजनी tejanī
girl 3 syllables SLP1 tejanI

As a Hindi name

तेजनी · noun · masculine

मूर्वा · मालकँगनी · चव्य । चाव — Śabdasāgara

तेजनी · tejanī · s.f.

The plant Aletris hyacinthoides — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 351

Cited formation "तेजनी" is तेज + -नी: तेज means "spirit, vigour, life", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table

Cited formation "तेजनी" is तेजा + -नी: तेजा means "चूने आदि से बना हुआ एक प्रकार का काला रंग जिससे रंगरेज लोग मोरपंखी रंग बनाते हैं । †", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "तेजनी" is तेजन + -ई: तेजन means "बाँस", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

(g. gaurādi) a whetstone, touchstone

Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "tejanī" is the nominative of "tejanin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M1 · same meaning "tejanī" is the feminine form of "tejana" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).

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Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · तेजनी

tejanī (ī), f. (g. gaurādi) a whetstone, touchstone, L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · तेजनी

a number of reeds or straw &c. twisted or matted together, tuft, mat, Kāṭh. xxii f.; AitBr.; ŚBr.; PārGṛ.; Kauś.

Monier-Williams (1899) · तेजनी

Sanseviera Roxburghiana (also ˚jinī, Npr.), L.

Monier-Williams (1899) · तेजनी

= ˚ja-valkala, Bhpr. v, 1, 170

Monier-Williams (1899) · तेजनी

See also ˚jo-'hvā

Monier-Williams (1899) · तेजनिन् (linked stem)

teja˚nin mfn. = vikaṭa, Lāṭy. ix, 2, 27, Sch.

Monier-Williams (1899) · तेजन (linked stem)

tejana n. sharpening, whetting, Dhātup.

Monier-Williams (1899) · तेजन (linked stem)

inflammation, Suśr. iv, 24

Alternative readings

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