As a deity name
Name 514 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 368 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
As a Hindi name
डाकिनी · noun · feminine
एक पिशाची या देवी जो काली के गणों में समझी जाती हो · डाइन । चुडै़ल — Śabdasāgara
डाकिनी · ḍākinī · s.f.
A kind of female demon, a female imp, a witch whose evil eye causes children to pine and die (and who is believed to consume their livers) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 562
डॉक्टर · masculine
doctor; physician
Cited formation "डाकिनी" is डाकिन + -ई: डाकिन means "A female robber", 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 "डाकिनी" is डाकिन + -ई: डाकिन means "A female robber", 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 "डाकिनी" is डाकिन + -ई: डाकिन means "A female robber", 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 of English origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from English doctor.” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female imp attending Kālī (feeding on human flesh), (ḍāginī, ) (cf. śāk˚)
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Dictionary citations
ḍākinī f. (of ˚ka, Pāṇ. iv, 2, 51; Pat.) a female imp attending Kālī (feeding on human flesh), BhP. x; BrahmaP.; MārkP.; Kathās. (ḍāginī, cii, cviii f.) (cf. śāk˚)
N. of a locality, ŚivaP. i, 38, 18.
ḍākinī A kind of female imp, a female goblin.
ḍākinī f. (-nī) A kind of female imp or evil being.
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