As a deity name
Name 515 of the Durga Sahasranāma — Kula Arnava Tantra / Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Shiva to Goddess Parvati
As a Hindi name
शाकिनी · noun · feminine
वह भूमि जिसमें शाक बोया हुआ हो । साग की क्यारी · एक पिशाची या देवी जो दुर्गा के गणों में समझी जाती है । डाइन । चुड़ैल — Śabdasāgara
शाकिनी · śākinī · s.f.
A kind of inferior divinity (or female demon or fairy) attendant chiefly on Śiva and Durgā — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 718
शाकिनी · feminine
a kind of female demon attendant on Durga; demoness, witch
Cited formation "शाकिनी" is शाकिन + -ई: शाकिन means "खेत । बाडी । जैसे, शाकशाकिन = साग का खेत", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Śabdasāgara
Cited formation "शाकिनी" is शाकिन + -ई: शाकिन means "खेत । बाडी । जैसे, शाकशाकिन = साग का खेत", 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: Śabdasāgara
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi शाकिनी — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit शाकिनी (śākinī).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śākinī (inī), f. a kind of female demon attendant on Durgā, Pañcat.; Kathās.
śākinī f. (cf. under śākin) a field or land planted with vegetables or potherbs, L.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a kind of female demon attendant on Durgā
Scripturally attested Verified derivationWhy this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śākinī" is the feminine form of "śākin" — the same word with the feminine ending (vocative dual).
Dictionary citations
śākinī (inī), f. a kind of female demon attendant on Durgā, Pañcat.; Kathās.
śākinī f. (cf. under śākin) a field or land planted with vegetables or potherbs, L.
śākinī [śākamastyasyā ini] 1 A field of vegetables. 2 A kind of female being attendant on Durgā (supposed to be a demon or fairy).
śākinī f. (-nī) A female divinity of an inferior character, attendant especially on ŚIVA and DURGĀ.
śākin mfn. (once śākim) helpful or powerful, RV.
śākin m. N. of a man g. kurv-ādi
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