As a Hindi name
मूली · noun · feminine
एक पौधा जो अपनी लंवी मूलायम जड़ के लिये वोया जाता है । यह जड़ खाने में मीठी, चपरी और तीक्ष्ण होती है · एक प्रकार का बाँस · जड़ी बूटी । मूलिका — Śabdasāgara
मूली · noun · feminine
ज्येष्ठी · मत्स्यपुराण के अनुसार एक नदी का नाम । छोटी छिपकिली (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
मूली · mūlī · s.f.
A radish, Raphanus sativus — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1094
मूली
radish, mooli (Indian radish, daikon)
Cited formation "मूली" is मूल + -ई: मूल means "original, basic, fundamental", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "मूली" is मूल + -ई: मूल means "original, basic, fundamental", 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 tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit मूलिका — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀫𑀽𑀮𑀺𑀕𑀸 (*mūligā), from Sanskrit मूलिका (mūlikā). Cognate with Marathi मुळा (muḷā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
mūlikā f. a root used in magic, Pañcat.; Siṃhās.
mūlikā f. a multitude or collection of roots, MW.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a species of small house-lizard
Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mūlī" is the nominative of "mūlin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
mūlī (ī), f. a species of small house-lizard, L.
mūlī in comp. for mūla,
mūlī A small house-lizard.
mūlin mfn. having a root, ŚBr.; Suśr. (cf. phalam˚)
= mūla-kṛt, q.v., AV.
Alternative readings
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