As a deity name
Name 642 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 736 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 28 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 448 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
भैरवी · noun · feminine
तांत्रिकों के अनुसार एक प्रकार की /?/ · एक रागिनी जो भैरव राग की पत्नी और किसी किसी के मत से मालव राग की पत्ती मानी जाती है · पुराणानुसार एक नदी का नाम — Śabdasāgara
भैरवी · bhairavī · s.f.
The wife of Bhairav; a particular form of Durgā; name of a rāginī or musical mode sung in the morning — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 200
Cited formation "भैरवी" is भैरव + -ई: भैरव means "fearsome, terrible", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "भैरवी" is भैरव + -ई: भैरव means "fearsome, terrible", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "भैरवी" is भैरव + -ई: भैरव means "fearsome, terrible", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a girl of 12 years (representing Durgā at the D˚ festival)
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "bhairavī" is the feminine form of "bhairava" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
bhairavī f. See below
bhairavī f. of ˚va
N. of a partic. form of Durgā, RTL. 188
a girl of 12 years (representing Durgā at the D˚ festival), L.
(in music) N. of a Rāgiṇī.
bhairava mf(ā and ī)n. (fr. bhīru) frightful, terrible, horrible, formidable (am ind.), MBh.; R. &c.
relating to Bhairava, Cat.
Alternative readings
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