Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
As a Hindi name
Note: the Hindi and Sanskrit paths disagree here — the Sanskrit dictionary reading is negative (“disease”) while the Hindi reading is not. Both are shown below; read them together before choosing.
दारी · noun · feminine
एक क्षुद्र रोग, जिसमें पैर के तलवे का चमड़ा कड़ा हो जाता है और चिड़ चिड़ाकर जगह जगह फट जाता है । बेवाई । खरुवा — Śabdasāgara
दारी · noun · masculine
वह पति जिसे कई पत्नियाँ हों । पति (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
दारी · dārī · s.f.
A female slave taken in war; harlot, strumpet, &c. (used by women) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 501
Cited formation "दारी" is दार + -ई: दार means "wife", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "दारी" is दारना + -ई: दारना means "स॰", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "दारी" is दार + -ई: दार means "wife", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
A cleft. 2 A kind of disease. 3 A chap.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dārī" is the nominative of "dārin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dārī" is the nominative dual of "dāri" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "dārī" is the feminine form of "dāra" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
dārī 1 A cleft. 2 A kind of disease. 3 A chap.
1. dārin mfn. id., with gen. (or ifc.), MBh.
2. dārin m. ‘having a wife or wives’, a husband, W.
dāri mfn. splitting, tearing asunder (cf. veṇu-).
dāri f. (-riḥ) Cutting, tearing, dividing. E. dṝ to tear, affix in.
1. dāra mf(ī)n. (√ dṝ) tearing up, rending (cf. bhū-)
dāra m. rent, cleft, hole, TāṇḍyaBr. xv, 3, 7 (cf. udara-, karbu-, a-dāra-sṛt)
Alternative readings
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