As a deity name
Name 43 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
Name 123 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 355 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
Name 570 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
कामिनी · noun · feminine
कामवती स्त्री · स्त्री । सुंदरी · भौरु स्त्री (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
कामिनी · kāminī · s.f.
A loving or affectionate woman; a delicate and beautiful woman or maiden — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 805
कामिनी · feminine
a female given name, Kamini, from Sanskrit
कामिनी · feminine
beautiful or desirable woman
Cited formation "कामिनी" is कामि + -नी: कामि means "कामुक", and the suffix -नी forms feminine of some nouns. CHD Basic Grammar App. II §5 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कामिनी" is कामिन + -ई: कामिन means "= kāminī, q.v", 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
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कामिनी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कामिनी (kāminī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kāminī (inī), f. a loving or affectionate woman, Mn. viii, 112; R.; Megh.; Hariv.; Ragh. &c.
a timid woman, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a loving or affectionate woman, &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (4)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kāminī" is the vocative dual of "kāmi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "kāminī" is the feminine form of "kāmin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
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Dictionary citations
kāminī (inī), f. a loving or affectionate woman, Mn. viii, 112; R.; Megh.; Hariv.; Ragh. &c.
a timid woman, L.
a woman in general, L.
a form of Devī, Hcat.
the plant Vanda Roxburghii, L.
1. kāmi m. a lustful or libidinous man, L.
kāmi f. N. of a Rati (wife of Kāma), L.
kāmin mfn. desirous, longing after (acc. or in comp.)
loving, fond, impassioned, wanton
Alternative readings
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