As a Hindi name
फाणि · noun · feminine
गुड़ । भेली · दही में साना हुआ सत्तू — Śabdasāgara
फाणि · phāṇi · s.f.
Flour or meal mixed with curds — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 283
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
unrefined sugar, molasses
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Dictionary citations
phāṇi f. (√ phaṇ?) unrefined sugar, molasses, L.
flour or meal mixed with curds (= karambha), L.
phāṇi f. 1 Molasses. 2 Flour mixed with curds (karaṃbha).
phāṇi f. (-ṇiḥ) 1 Unrefined sugar, molasses. 2 Flour or meal mixed with curds. E. sphāyī to swell, Uṇādi aff. ni, deriv. irr.
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