As a deity name
Name 672 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 580 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 878 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
हंसी · noun · feminine
हंस की मादा । स्त्री हंस · दूध देनेवाली गाय की एक अच्छी जाति । (पंजाब) · बाईस अक्षरों का एक वर्णवृत्त जिसके प्रत्येक चरण में दो मगण, एक तगण, तीन नगण, एक सगण और एक गुरु होता है । (? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?) — Śabdasāgara
हंसी · haṅsī · s.f.
A goose; a female swan — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1238
हंसी · haṅsī · s.f.
Laughter; laugh; fun; diversion, sport, mirth, merriment, amusement — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1238
हँसी · feminine
laugh, laughter; joke, jest
हंसी · masculine
Cited formation "हंसी" is हंस + -ई: हंस means "swan", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "हंसी" is हंसना + -ई: हंसना means "To laugh, to smile", 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 "हंसी" is हंस + -ई: हंस means "swan", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
a Hindi word, derived from the Sanskrit हास्य — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“From Sanskrit हास्य (hāsya).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
hāsya mfn. to be laughed at, laughable, ridiculous, funny, comical, MBh.; Kāv. &c.
laughing, laughter, mirth (in rhet. one of the 10 Rasas or of the 8 Sthāyi-bhāvas, qq.vv.), Yājñ.; MBh. &c.
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a female goose
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "haṃsī" is the nominative of "haṃsin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
haṃsī (ī), f. a female goose, Mṛcch.; Kathās.
N. of various metres, Śrutab.; Chandom.; Col.
of a daughter of Bhagīratha and wife of Kautsa, MBh.
of a courtezan, Rājat.
haṃsī f. a female goose &c. (see 1. haṃsa).
haṃsin mfn. (prob.) containing the Universal Soul (said of Kṛṣṇa), Pañcar.
Alternative readings
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