As a Hindi name
मीनाक्षी · noun · feminine
भगवती दुर्गा का एक नाम । एक एक देवी जिनकी मूर्ति मदुराइ (तामलनाडु) मे है · कुबेर की कन्या का नाम · गाड़र दूब — Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "मीनाक्षी" is मीनाक्ष + -ई: मीनाक्ष means "मछली के समान सुंदर आँखोंवाला", 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 "मीनाक्षी" is मीनाक्ष + -ई: मीनाक्ष means "मछली के समान सुंदर आँखोंवाला", 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 "मीनाक्षी" is मीनाक्ष + -ई: मीनाक्ष means "मछली के समान सुंदर आँखोंवाला", 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
‘fish-eyed’, N. of a goddess worshipped at Madurā (commonly called Mīnāci)
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Dictionary citations
mīnākṣī f. ‘fish-eyed’, N. of a goddess worshipped at Madurā (commonly called Mīnāci), Inscr.; RTL. 228; 442
mīnākṣī f. a species of Soma-plant or of Dūrvā grass, L.
N. of a daughter of Kubera, Pur.
of a deity (the deified daughter of a Pāṇḍya king, esp. worshipped in Madurā and also called Mīnāci), RTL. 228; 442 n. 1
mīnākṣī f. (-kṣī) The daughter of KUVERA. E. mīna a fish, and akṣi the eye, ṭac and ṅīṣ aff.
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