As a deity name
Name 635 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
नवमी · noun · feminine
चांद्र मास के किसी पक्ष की नवीं तिथि — Śabdasāgara
नवमी · navamī · s.f.
The ninth day of a lunar half-month — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 1160
Cited formation "नवमी" is नवम + -ई: नवम means "(f. -ī), Ninth", 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 "नवमी" is नवम + -ई: नवम means "(f. -ī), Ninth", 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
Cited formation "नवमी" is नवम + -ई: नवम means "(f. -ī), Ninth", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
(sc. tithi) the 9th day of a lunar half-month.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "navamī" is the feminine form of "navama" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
navamī (ī), f. (sc. tithi) the 9th day of a lunar half-month.
1. nava—ma mfn. = navatama, RV. v, 57, 3 (Sāy.)
2. navama mf(ī)n. the ninth, AV. &c. &c. (cf. 1. navama under 1. nava)
Alternative readings
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