As a deity name
Name 136 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
कावेरी · noun · feminine
दक्षिण की एक नदी जो पश्चिमी घाट से निकलकर बंगाल की खाड़ी में गिरती है · संपूर्ण जाति की एक रागिनी · वेश्या — Śabdasāgara
कावेरी · kāverī · s.f.
Turmeric — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 808
कावेरी · feminine
Kaveri (a river flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, India).
Cited formation "कावेरी" is कावेर + -ई: कावेर means "केसर", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "कावेरी" is कावेर + -ई: कावेर means "केसर", 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: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi कावेरी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit कावेरी (kāverī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
kāverī f. turmeric, L.
a courtezan, harlot, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
turmeric
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Dictionary citations
kāverī f. turmeric, L.
a courtezan, harlot, L.
N. of a river in the Dekhan (accord. to a legend [Hariv. 1421 f., 1761 f.] daughter of Yuvanāśva and wife of Jahnu, changed by her father's curse from one half of the Gaṅgā into the river Kāverī, therefore also called Ardha-gaṅgā or -jāhnavī), MBh.; Hariv.; R. &c.
kāverī 1 N. of a river in the south of India; kāverīṃ saritāṃ patyuḥ śaṃkanīyamivākarot R. 4. 45. 2 A harlot, courtezan. 3 Turmeric.
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