As a Hindi name
धानी · noun · feminine
वह जो वारण करे । वह जिसमें कोई वस्तु रखी जाय · स्थान । जगह । जैसे, राजधानी · पीलू का पेड़ — Śabdasāgara
धानी · noun · feminine
एक प्रकार का हलका हरा रंग जो धान को पत्तो के रंग का सा होता है । तोतई — Śabdasāgara
धानी · dhānī · s.f.
A kind of rice in the husk — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 539
Cited formation "धानी" is ध + -आनी: ध means "the nineteenth consonant in Hindi", and the suffix -आनी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §6 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "धानी" is धा + -आनी: धा means "ब्रह्मा", and the suffix -आनी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §6 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "धानी" is धा + -नी: धा means "ब्रह्मा", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the site of a habitation
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dhānī" is the nominative of "dhānin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dhānī (ī), f. = n. (cf. aṅgāra-, gopāla-, rāja- &c.)
the site of a habitation, L.
coriander, L.
N. of a river, L.
dhānī f. See dhāna (above).
dhānin m. Careya Arborea or Salvadora Persica, L.
Alternative readings
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