As a Hindi name
Nearest attested word 'मेथिनी' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is मेथि, meaning हल में लगनेवाला वह लकड़ी का ढाँचा जो बौलों के कंधों पर रहता है. — Śabdasāgara nearest word: मेथि — a suggestion, not a meaning
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
methikā or methinī, Trigonella Foenum Graecum
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "methinī" is the vocative dual of "methi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
methikā or methinī, f. Trigonella Foenum Graecum, L.
methikā, methinī A kind of grass.
methi m. (perhaps fr. √ 1. mi) a pillar, post (esp. a pillar in the middle of a threshing-floor to which oxen are bound, but also any central point or centre), AV. &c. &c. (also methī, f.; v.l. medhi f. medhī f. meḍhī f., meṭhi f., meṭhī f.; medhī-bhūta mfn. forming a solid pillar or centre, MBh.)
cattle-shed, AV. (f(methī). , TāṇḍBr.)
Alternative readings
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