As a Hindi name
पूजनीय · adj
जिसकी पूजा करना कर्तव्य या उचित हो । पूजने योग्य । आराध्य । अर्चनीय · आदरणीय । संमान योग्य — Śabdasāgara
पूजनीय · pūjanīya · adj.
= pūjya, pūj, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 277
पूजनीय
synonym of पूज्य (pūjya)
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
to be revered or worshipped, venerable, honourable, (compar. -tara; superl. -tama), &c.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "pūjanīya" is the vocative of "pūjanīyā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "pūjanīya" is derived from "pūjanī" with the cha suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
pūjanī f. = ˚janīyā f., MBh.; Hariv.
a hen-sparrow, L.
pūjanīya mfn. to be revered or worshipped, venerable, honourable, (compar. -tara; superl. -tama), MBh.; R. &c.
pūjanīya mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) To be worshipped or revered. E. pūja and anīyar aff.
Related forms
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
pūjanīya mfn. to be revered or worshipped, venerable, honourable, (compar. -tara; superl. -tama), MBh.; R. &c.
pūjanīya mfn. (-yaḥ-yā-yaṃ) To be worshipped or revered. E. pūja and anīyar aff.
pūjanīyā f. N. of a female bird (a friend of king Brahma-datta), Hariv.
pūjanī f. = ˚janīyā f., MBh.; Hariv.
a hen-sparrow, L.
Alternative readings
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