As a Hindi name
रोचनी · noun · feminine
आमलकी । आँवला · गोरोचन · मनःशिला । मैनसिल — Śabdasāgara
रोचनी · roćanī · s.f.
A particular yellow pigment ( = roćanā, or go-roćan, q.v.) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 604
Cited formation "रोचनी" is रोच + -नी: रोच means "एक प्रजापति जो रौज्य मनु के पिता थे", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "रोचनी" is रोचन + -ई: रोचन means "(f. -ā), & s.m. Enlightening, illuminating, irradiating", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "रोचनी" is रोचन + -ई: रोचन means "(f. -ā), & s.m. Enlightening, illuminating, irradiating", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
red arsenic, realgar
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "rocanī" is the feminine form of "rocana" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
rocanī f. a partic. yellow pigment (= 1. rocanā), Pañcat. (v.l.)
red arsenic, realgar, L.
N. of various plants (Convolvulus Turpethum; the myrobalan tree; Croton Polyandrum; = kāmpilla), L.
(with Buddhists) N. of one of the four Devīs, Dharmas.
rocanī Red arsenic.
rocana mf(ī or ā)n. bright, shining, radiant, AV.; Br.; GṛS.; MBh.; Hariv.
giving pleasure or satisfaction, pleasant, charming, lovely, Bhaṭṭ.; BhP.
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