As a Hindi name
देशिनी · noun · feminine
सूची · तर्जनी अँगुली — Śabdasāgara
देशिनी · deśinī · s.f.
The index or fore-finger — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 557
देशिनी · feminine
forefinger, index finger; list
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi देशिनी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit देशिनी (deśinī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
deśinī f. the index or forefinger, Yājñ. i, 19; BhP.
deśinī The fore-finger.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the index or forefinger
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "deśinī" is the feminine form of "deśin" — the same word with the feminine ending, derived from the stem's own paradigm.
Dictionary citations
deśinī f. the index or forefinger, Yājñ. i, 19; BhP.
deśinī The fore-finger.
deśin mfn. showing, instructing, guiding, MBh. &c.
of or belonging to a country, L.
Alternative readings
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