As a Hindi name
पेशी · peśī · s.f.
A piece, ball, or lump of flesh or meat; a sheath, scabbard; the egg of a bird; spikenard, Valeriana jatamansi — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 300
पेशी · noun · feminine
हाकिम के सामने किसी मुकदमे के के पेश होने की क्रिया । मुकदमे की सुनवाई · सामने होने की क्रिया या भाव — Śabdasāgara
पेशी · noun · feminine
वज्र · तलवार की म्यान · अंडा — Śabdasāgara
पेशी · feminine
muscle; sinew; muscular coordination
पेशी · feminine
hearing (of a case); appearance (in court); lead, precedence; superior rank
Cited formation "पेशी" is पेश + -ई: पेश means "presented", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "पेशी" is पेश + -ई: पेश means "presented", 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 पेशी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit पेशी (peśī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
peśī (ī), f., see below.
1. peśī f. (g. gaurādi) a piece of flesh or meat (also māṃsa-p˚ or peśī māṃsa-mayī), ṢaḍvBr.; Gobh.; MBh. (cf. piśita)
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian پیشی (pēšī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a piece of flesh or meat (also māṃsa-p˚ or peśī māṃsa-mayī), (cf. piśita)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "peśī" is the nominative dual of "peśi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "peśī" is the feminine form of "peśa" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).
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Dictionary citations
peśī (ī), f., see below.
1. peśī f. (g. gaurādi) a piece of flesh or meat (also māṃsa-p˚ or peśī māṃsa-mayī), ṢaḍvBr.; Gobh.; MBh. (cf. piśita)
the fetus shortly after conception (-tva n.), Nir.; MBh.; Suśr.
a muscle (of which there are said to be 500 in the human body), Yājñ.; Suśr.
the peel or rind (of fruit), Suśr. (cf. peśikā)
peśi m. w.r. for peṣi
peśi f. an egg or = next, L.
peśa m. (√ piś) an architect, carpenter (?), RV. i, 92, 5; vii, 34, 11
ornament, decoration, AitBr.; BhP. (cf. puru- and su-; g. gaurādi and sidhmādi)
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