As a Hindi name
सेनानी · noun · masculine
सेनापति । फौज का अफसर · कार्तिकेय का एक नाम · एक रुद्र का नाम — Śabdasāgara
सेनानी · senā-nī · s.m.
See s.v. senā, 'army.' — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 713
Cited formation "सेनानी" is सेन + -आनी: सेन means "falcon", and the suffix -आनी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §6 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "सेनानी" is सेना + -आनी: सेना means "army, military, body of troops", and the suffix -आनी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §6 — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "सेनानी" is सेना + -नी: सेना means "army, military, body of troops", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
the leader of an army, commander, general, chief, &c. &c.
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Dictionary citations
senā—nī m. (nom. ˚nīs; dat. abl. pl. ˚nibhyas; Gr. also acc. sg. ˚nyam; loc. ˚nyām &c.) the leader of an army, commander, general, chief, RV. &c. &c.
N. of Kārttikeya (god of war), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
of one of the Rudras, Hariv.
of a son of Śambara, ib.
of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra, MBh.
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