As a deity name
Name 433 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
ब्राह्मणी · noun · feminine
ब्राह्मण जाति की स्त्री · ब्राह्मण की पत्नी या स्त्री · बुद्धि । (महाभारत) — Śabdasāgara
ब्राह्मणी · brāhmaṇī · s.f.
A Brahmaness — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 144
ब्राह्मणी · feminine
Brahmin woman; wife of a Brahmin.
Cited formation "ब्राह्मणी" is ब्राह्मण + -ई: ब्राह्मण means "a Brahmin (member of the highest caste of Hinduism traditionally regarded as priests)", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "ब्राह्मणी" is ब्राह्मण + -ई: ब्राह्मण means "a Brahmin (member of the highest caste of Hinduism traditionally regarded as priests)", 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 "ब्राह्मणी" is ब्राह्मण + -ई: ब्राह्मण means "a Brahmin (member of the highest caste of Hinduism traditionally regarded as priests)", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“From ब्राह्मण (brāhmaṇ) + ई (ī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a Brāhmaṇī woman or a Brāhman's wife, &c. (ifc. ˚ṇīka cf. sa-brāhmaṇika)
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Dictionary citations
brāhmaṇī (ī), f., see brāhmaṇī
brāhmaṇī f. (of ˚ṇa) a Brāhmaṇī woman or a Brāhman's wife, Kāṭh.; GṛŚrS.; MBh. &c. (ifc. ˚ṇīka cf. sa-brāhmaṇika)
a kind of lizard with a red tail, R., Sch. (cf. brāhmaṇikā)
a kind of large-headed ant, L.
a kind of wasp, L.
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