As a deity name
Name 842 of the Gayatri Sahasranāma — Devi Bhagavata Purana, as taught by Sages
Name 918 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
रमणी · noun · feminine
नारी । स्त्री · सूंदर स्त्री · बाला या सुंगधवाला नामक गंधद्रव्य — Śabdasāgara
रमणी · ramaṇī · s.f.
A beautiful young woman, a charming woman; a mistress; a wife — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 599
रमणी · ramaṇī · adj.
= ramaṇīya, q.v — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 599
रमणी · feminine
beautiful woman, charming woman
Cited formation "रमणी" is रमण + -ई: रमण means "Causing pleasure, affording delight, delighting", 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 "रमणी" is रमण + -ई: रमण means "Causing pleasure, affording delight, delighting", 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 रमणी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit रमणी (ramaṇī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ramaṇī f. See s.v.
ramaṇī f. a beautiful young woman, mistress, wife, Kāv.; Kathās.; BhP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a beautiful young woman, mistress, wife
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (3)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "ramaṇī" is the feminine form of "ramaṇa" — the same word with the feminine ending, recorded by the dictionary's own gender marker on that entry.
Dictionary citations
ramaṇī f. See s.v.
ramaṇī f. a beautiful young woman, mistress, wife, Kāv.; Kathās.; BhP.
Aloe Indica, L.
a kind of metre, Col.
N. of a serpent-maid, Rājat.
ramaṇa mf(ī)n. pleasing, charming, delightful, BhP.
ramaṇa m. a lover, husband (cf. kṣapā-r˚), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
Alternative readings
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