As a deity name
Name 467 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
केतकी · noun · feminine
एक प्रकार का छोटा झाड़ या पौधा । केवड़ा — Śabdasāgara
केतकी · ketakī · s.f.
The plant and flower Pandanus odoratissimus (syn. keʼoṛā) — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 888
केतकी · feminine
screwpine
Cited formation "केतकी" is केतक + -ई: केतक means "(dialec.) = ketā, or kitnā, qq.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
Cited formation "केतकी" is केतक + -ई: केतक means "(dialec.) = ketā, or kitnā, qq.v", 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: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi केतकी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit केतकी (ketakī). Doublet of केवड़ा (kevṛā).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ketakī f. (g. gaurādi, Gaṇar. 46) id., Gīt.; Vet.; Sāh.; ŚivaP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
metrically for ˚kī
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ketakī" is the nominative dual of "ketaki" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
ketakī f. (g. gaurādi, Gaṇar. 46) id., Gīt.; Vet.; Sāh.; ŚivaP.
ketaki f. metrically for ˚kī f., Suśr.; Bhartṛ.; Gīt.
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