As a Hindi name
नेत्री · noun · feminine
अपने पीछे ले चलनेवाली । अग्रगामिनी । अगुआ । सरदार · राह बतानेवाली या सिखानेवाली । रास्ते पर चलानेवाली । शिक्षयित्री । ३ नाड़ी · लक्ष्मी — Śabdasāgara
नेत्री · feminine
female leader; epithet of Lakshmi
Cited formation "नेत्री" is नेत्र + -ई: नेत्र means "eye", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "नेत्री" is नेत्र + -ई: नेत्र means "eye", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi नेत्री — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit नेत्री (netrī). By surface analysis, नेता (netā) + -त्री (-trī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
netrī f. a female leader (with gen. or ifc.), RV.; TS.; MBh. &c.
a river, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female leader (with gen. or ifc.), &c.
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M1 · same meaning "netrī" is the nominative of "netṛ" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
netrī f. a female leader (with gen. or ifc.), RV.; TS.; MBh. &c.
a river, L.
a vein, L.
N. of Lakṣmi, L.
netrī 1 A river. 2 A female leader. 3 An epithet of Lakṣmī. 4 An artery, a vein.
netṛ &c. See p. 568, col. 3.
netṛ mfn. leading, guiding, one who leads or will lead, RV. x, 26, 5
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