As a Hindi name
दूषि · noun · feminine
आँख की मैल · कूँची । कलम । तूलिका (को॰) · एक प्रकार का चावल (को॰) — Śabdasāgara cross-reference followed: दे॰ दूषिका
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
corrupting, ruining, destroying (ifc.; cf. arāti-d˚, ātma-d˚, kṛtyā-d˚, tanū-d˚)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dūṣi" is the vocative of "dūṣī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
dūṣi mfn. corrupting, ruining, destroying (ifc.; cf. arāti-d˚, ātma-d˚, kṛtyā-d˚, tanū-d˚)
dūṣi f. a poisonous substance, AV.
= next, L.
dūṣi f. (-ṣiḥ-ṣī) The rheum of the eyes. E. dūṣa to make bad, affix ki or ka with ḍīṣ added; also dūṣikā and dūṣīkā.
dūṣī f. (or ˚ṣīkā) the rheum of the eyes (cf. ˚ṣikā under ˚ṣaka), AV.; ŚBr.; Suśr.
dūṣiḥ -ṣī f. The rheum of the eyes.
Alternative readings
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