As a Hindi name
सीवनी · sīvanī · s.f.
The frenum of the prepuce — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 715
सीवनी · noun · feminine
सूई । सूचिका । सूची · वह रेखा जो लिंग के नीचे से गुदा तक जाती है · घोड़े का गुदा के नीचे का भाग (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
सा · masculine
the first note of the Indian solfege – षड्ज (ṣaḍj)
सीना · masculine
chest, breast
Cited formation "सीवनी" is सीवन + -ई: सीवन means "(f.?), Sewing, stitching, darning", 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 "सीवनी" is सीवन + -ई: सीवन means "(f.?), Sewing, stitching, darning", 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
Cited formation "सीवनी" is सीवन + -ई: सीवन means "(f.?), Sewing, stitching, darning", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
a Hindi word of Persian origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Classical Persian سینه (sīna), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *cráwniš. Doublet of श्रोणि (śroṇi).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a needle
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Dictionary citations
sīvanī (ī), f. a needle, ib.
the frenum of the prepuce, L.
the part of the body of a horse below the anus, L.
sīvanī 1 A needle. 2 The frenum of the prepuce.
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