As a Hindi name
नेती · noun · feminine
वह रस्सी जो मथानी में लपेटी जाती है और जिसके खींचने से मथानी फिरती है या दही मथा जाता है · एक क्रिया जो हठ योग में की जाती है — Śabdasāgara
नेती · netī · s.f.
A cord used to whirl round the churn-staff with (i.q. netr) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1165
नेती · feminine
cord used to turn a churning stick
Cited formation "नेती" is ने + -ती: ने means "marker of the ergative case with perfective-aspect transitive verbs", and the suffix -ती forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(17) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नेती" is नेत + -ई: नेत means "ठहराव । निर्धारण", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit नेत्र — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sanskrit नेत्र (netra).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
netra m. a leader, guide (with gen. R. [B.] iii, 66, 10; mostly ifc., e.g. tvaṃ-netra, ‘having you for guide’, MBh. ii, 2486 [f. ā, ib. ix, 222]; cf. Pāṇ. v, 4, 116, Vārtt. 2, 3, Pat.), AitUp.; MBh.; BhP.
N. of a son of Dharma and father of Kuntī, BhP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the drawing of a thread through the nose and mouth (as a kind of penance)
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Dictionary citations
netī f. the drawing of a thread through the nose and mouth (as a kind of penance), Cat.
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