As a Hindi name
लूनी · lūnī · s.f.
The salt that effloresces from walls, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 971
लूनी · lunī · s.f.
Butter — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 971
नोनी · feminine
synonym of नवनीत (navnīt); fresh butter, especially from a churn
Cited formation "लूनी" is लू + -नी: लू means "A hot wind ( = lūh, 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 "लूनी" is लून + -ई: लून means "(f. -ā), Cut, severed, clipped", 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 "लूनी" is लूनना + -ई: लूनना means "सं॰ [हि॰] दे॰ 'लुनना'", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tadbhava: evolved from the Sanskrit through Prakrit नव॑नीत — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Inherited from Prakrit णवणीअ (ṇavaṇīa), from Sanskrit नव॑नीत (návanīta). Compare Pali नोनीत (nonīta). Doublet of नवनी (navnī) and नवनीत (navnīt). See also नोन (non, “salt”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Sch.
Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "lūnī" is the nominative dual of "lūni" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
lūnī mfn. (fr. next), Pāṇ. vi, 1, 112, Sch.
lūni f. the act of cutting or reaping &c., Pāṇ. viii, 2, 44, Vārtt. 1, Pat.
rice (= vrīhi), Uṇ. iv, 105, Sch.
Alternative readings
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