नाभये nābhaye
3 syllables SLP1 nABaye

As a deity name

Name 521 of the Shiva Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Sage Tandi to Sage Upamanyu

As a Hindi name

No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

the navel (also n˚-string, cf. -kṛntana), a navel-like cavity, &c. &c. (in later language also and ˚bhī)

Scripturally attested

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "nābhaye" is the dative of "nābhi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

Dictionary citations

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

nābhi f. (prob. fr. √ 1. nabh, ‘to burst asunder or into a hole’; ifc. f. i or ī, Vām. v, 49) the navel (also n˚-string, cf. -kṛntana), a navel-like cavity, RV. &c. &c. (in later language also m. and f(˚bhī). )

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

the nave of a wheel, ib. (also m., L., and ˚bhī f.)

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