As a Hindi name
वेधनी · noun · feminine
वह औजार जिससे मणियों आदि में छेद करते हों । वेधनिका · हाथी का अंकुस · गहराई (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
वेधनी · vedhanī · s.f.
A sharp-pointed perforating instrument (for piercing jewels, shells, an elephant's ear, &c.); an auger, awl, a gimlet, &c — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1208
Cited formation "वेधनी" is वेध + -नी: वेध means "penetration, piercing", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "वेधनी" is वेधा + -नी: वेधा means "ब्रह्मा । स्त्रष्टा", 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 "वेधनी" is वेधन + -ई: वेधन means "The act of piercing", 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
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an auger, gimlet, any piercing instrument (esp. for piercing an elephant's ears)
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vedhanī f. an auger, gimlet, any piercing instrument (esp. for piercing an elephant's ears), L.
Trigonella Foenum Graecum, L.
vedhanī 1 An instrument for piercing an elephant's ear. 2 A sharppointed instrument for perforating shells and jewels, a gimblet. 3 Depth (in measurement).
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