As a Hindi name
माधुकरी · noun · masculine
भिक्षा का संकलन जो दरवाजे दरवाजे घूमकर किया जाय जैसे भ्रमर मकरंद संचय करता है · पाँच विभिन्न स्थानों से माँगी हुई भिक्षा — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "माधुकरी" is माधुकर + -ई: माधुकर means "[वि॰ स्त्री॰ माधुकरी] भौंरे के समान । मधुकर जैसा । भ्रमर के समान । जैसे, माधुकरी वृति", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "माधुकरी" is माधुकर + -ई: माधुकर means "[वि॰ स्त्री॰ माधुकरी] भौंरे के समान । मधुकर जैसा । भ्रमर के समान । जैसे, माधुकरी वृति", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "माधुकरी" is माधुकर + -ई: माधुकर means "[वि॰ स्त्री॰ माधुकरी] भौंरे के समान । मधुकर जैसा । भ्रमर के समान । जैसे, माधुकरी वृति", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
alms obtained from five different places by the third class of religious mendicants
Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mādhukarī" is the feminine form of "mādhukara" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
mādhu—karī f. collecting alms after the manner of a bee (i.e. by going from door to door), L.
alms obtained from five different places by the third class of religious mendicants, L.
mādhukarī f. (-rī) The alms obtained from five places by the third class of religious mendicants. E. madhukara a mendicant, aṇ aff.
mādhu—kara mf(ī)n. relating to or derived from a bee or honey, Prāyaśc.
resembling a bee, BhP.
Alternative readings
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