As a Hindi name
पाणि · noun · masculine
हाथ । कर · क्षुर । खुर (को॰) · बजार । हाट (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
पाणि · pāṇi · s.m.
f. The hand — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 219
पाणि · masculine
hand
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi पाणि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पाणि (pāṇi).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
1. pāṇi m. a place of sale, shop, market, W.
2. pāṇi m. (said to be fr. √ paṇ) the hand, RV. &c. &c. (often ifc. = holding in the h˚, e.g. asi-p˚, holding a sword in the h˚, s˚ in h˚; pāṇiṃ-√ grah or ˚ṇau-√ kṛ, to take the h˚ of a bride, marry; ˚niṃ√ dā, to give the h˚ in marriage)
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a place of sale, shop, market
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pāṇi" is the vocative of "pāṇin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. pāṇi m. a place of sale, shop, market, W.
2. pāṇi m. (said to be fr. √ paṇ) the hand, RV. &c. &c. (often ifc. = holding in the h˚, e.g. asi-p˚, holding a sword in the h˚, s˚ in h˚; pāṇiṃ-√ grah or ˚ṇau-√ kṛ, to take the h˚ of a bride, marry; ˚niṃ√ dā, to give the h˚ in marriage)
a hoof, RV. ii, 31, 2
N. of Sch. on the Daśa-rūpaka, Cat.
pāṇi [Orig. palni; cf. Gk. παλάμη; Lat. palma; Angl.Sax. folm; Germ. fühlen; Eng. to feel.]
pāṇin mfn. ifc. = 2. pāṇi, the hand, MBh.; R. &c.
pāṇin m. pl. N. of a family reckoned among the Kauśikas, Hariv.; VP.
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