As a deity name
Name 780 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 303 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
मानवी · noun · feminine
स्त्री । नारी । औरत · पुराणा- नुसार स्वायंभुव मनु की कन्या का नाम — Śabdasāgara
मानवी · adj
मानव संबंधी । मनुष्य का — Śabdasāgara
मानवी · mānavī · s.f.
(of mānava), A daughter of man or Manu, a woman — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 986
Cited formation "मानवी" is मानव + -ई: मानव means "human being", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "मानवी" is मानव + -ई: मानव means "human being", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
Cited formation "मानवी" is मानव + -ई: मानव means "human being", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a daughter of man, a woman, &c. &c.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "mānavī" is the feminine form of "mānava" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
mānavī (ī), f. a daughter of man, a woman, RV. &c. &c.
Jasminum Auriculatum, L.
N. of a Vidyā-devī, L.
of a goddess (executing the commands of the 11th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī), L.
of a river, MBh. (v.l. tāmasī)
mānava mf(ī)n. (fr. manu) descended from or belonging to man or Manu, human, RV. &c. &c.
favouring men, RV. ix, 98, 9
Alternative readings
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