डाकिन्यै ḍākinyai
3 syllables SLP1 qAkinyE

As a deity name

Name 368 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages

As a Hindi name

डॉक्टर · masculine

doctor; physician

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˚)

Scripturally attested

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "ḍākinyai" is the dative of "ḍākinī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · डाकिनी (linked stem)

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˚)

Monier-Williams (1899) · डाकिनी (linked stem)

N. of a locality, ŚivaP. i, 38, 18.

Caveats

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