As a deity name
Name 521 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu
As a Hindi name
नाभि · noun · feminine
चक्रमध्य । पहिए का मध्य भाग । नाह · जरायुज जंतुओं के पेट की बीचोबीच वह चिह्न या गड्ढा जहाँ गर्भावस्था में जरायुनाल जुड़ा रहता है । ढोंढी । धुन्नी । तुन्नी । तुंदी । तुंदिका । तुंदकुपी · कस्तुरी — Śabdasāgara
नाभि · noun · masculine
प्रधान । राजा · प्रधान व्यक्ति या वस्तु · गोत्र — Śabdasāgara
नाभि · nābhi · s.f.
The navel (cf. nāf) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1111
नाभि · feminine
navel
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नाभि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नाभि (nā́bhi). Doublet of नाफ़ (nāf).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
nābhi f. (prob. fr. √ 1. nabh, ‘to burst asunder or into a hole’; ifc. f. i or ī, Vām. v, 49) the navel (also n˚-string, cf. -kṛntana), a navel-like cavity, RV. &c. &c. (in later language also m. and f(˚bhī). )
the nave of a wheel, ib. (also m., L., and ˚bhī f.)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the navel (also n˚-string, cf. -kṛntana), a navel-like cavity, &c. &c. (in later language also and ˚bhī)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "nābhi" is the locative of "nābh" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
nābhi f. (prob. fr. √ 1. nabh, ‘to burst asunder or into a hole’; ifc. f. i or ī, Vām. v, 49) the navel (also n˚-string, cf. -kṛntana), a navel-like cavity, RV. &c. &c. (in later language also m. and f(˚bhī). )
the nave of a wheel, ib. (also m., L., and ˚bhī f.)
centre, central point, p˚ of junction or of departure, home, origin, esp. common o˚, affinity, relationship
a near relation or friend, ib. (m., L.)
musk: (= mṛga-n˚), L.
nābh f. (√ 1. nabh) an opening, fissure, spring, RV. ix, 74, 6.
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