As a Hindi name
योनी · noun · feminine
योनि — Śabdasāgara
योनि · feminine
vagina; yoni
Cited formation "योनी" is यो + -नी: यो means "= yah, or ye, q.v", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "योनी" is योना + -ई: योना means "Jonah (a minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish)", and the suffix -ई forms feminine of nouns/adjectives in inherent -अ or -आ (replaces the final vowel). CHD Basic Grammar App. II §2 — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi योनि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit योनि (yoni).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
yoni m. f. (in RV. only m.; sometimes also f(yonī). ; fr. √ 2. yu) the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation, RV. &c. &c. (together with the liṅga, a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy, RTL. 224)
place of birth, source, origin, spring, fountain (ifc. = sprung or produced from), ib.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Recorded as a personal name: a river in Śālmala-dvīpa
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "yonī" is the nominative of "yonin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "yonī" is the nominative dual of "yoni" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
yonī (ī), f. N. of a river in Śālmala-dvīpa, VP.
yonī See yoni.
yonin mfn. (ifc.) = yoni, MBh.; Hariv. (cf. nīca-y˚)
yonin n. (gṛtsamadasya yoninī dve) N. of Sāmans.
yoni m. f. (in RV. only m.; sometimes also f(yonī). ; fr. √ 2. yu) the womb, uterus, vulva, vagina, female organs of generation, RV. &c. &c. (together with the liṅga, a typical symbol of the divine procreative energy, RTL. 224)
place of birth, source, origin, spring, fountain (ifc. = sprung or produced from), ib.
Alternative readings
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