As a deity name
Name 524 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 220 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 93 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
गुर्वी · adj
स्त्री॰ [सं॰] गर्भवती । गर्भिणी — Śabdasāgara
गुर्वी · noun · feminine
बड़ी या श्रेष्ठ स्त्री · गर्भिणी । अंतःसत्वा · गुरुपत्नी (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
गुर्वी · gurvī · adj.
Heavy (with child), pregnant — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 906
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘venerable woman’, a mother
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Dictionary citations
gurvī (vī), f. ‘venerable woman’, a mother, Āp. i, 21, 9
‘great (with child)’, pregnant, a pregnant woman, L.
the wife of a teacher, W.
gurvī f. of ˚ru.
gurviṇī, gurvī A pregnant woman; e. g. gurviṇīṃ nānugacchati na spṛśaṃti rajasvalāṃ. — rvī The wife of a preceptor.
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