क्षत्रिया kṣatriyā
girl 3 syllables SLP1 kzatriyA

As a deity name

Name 434 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati

As a Hindi name

क्षत्रिया · kshatriyā · s.f.

A woman of the second or military order; the wife of a Kshatrī — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 836

Cited formation "क्षत्रिया" is क्षत्र + -इया: क्षत्र means "बल", and the suffix -इया forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(5) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "क्षत्रिया" is क्षत्र + -इया: क्षत्र means "बल", and the suffix -इया forms feminine diminutive (replaces final -आ; conjunct consonants simplify, long vowels shorten). CHD Basic Grammar App. II §3 — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara

Cited formation "क्षत्रिया" is क्षत्रिय + -आ: क्षत्रिय means "kshatriya (member of the kshatriya caste)", and the suffix -आ forms abstract, agent, action or instrumental nouns (masc.); also past participles. CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(3) — cited from the extracted rule table

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

a woman of the military or second caste, (e.g. kṣ˚ te, your wife that belongs to the second caste)

Scripturally attested Verified derivation

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "kṣatriyā" is the feminine form of "kṣatriya" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · क्षत्रिया

kṣatriyā f. (Pāṇ. iv, 1, 49, Vārtt. 7) a woman of the military or second caste, Mn.; Yājñ.; MBh. (e.g. kṣ˚ te, your wife that belongs to the second caste)

Monier-Williams (1899) · क्षत्रिया

N. of Durgā, Hariv. 3290

Apte (1890) · क्षत्रिया

kṣatriyakā, kṣatriyā, kṣatriyikā A woman of the Kṣatriya caste.

Monier-Williams (1899) · क्षत्रिय (linked stem)

kṣatriya mfn. (Pāṇ. iv, 1, 38; g. śreṇyādi) governing, endowed with sovereignty, RV.; AV. iv, 22, 1; VS.; TBr. ii

Monier-Williams (1899) · क्षत्रिय (linked stem)

kṣatriya m. a member of the military or reigning order (which in later times constituted the second caste), AV.; ŚBr.; AitBr.; KātyŚr.; Mn. &c.

Caveats

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