शृङ्गी śṛṅgī
girl 2 syllables SLP1 SfNgI

As a deity name

Name 797 of the Vishnu Sahasranāma — Mahabharata (Anushasana Parva), as taught by Bhishma to Yudhishthira on his deathbed

As a Hindi name

Nearest attested word 'शृङ्गी' does not appear as a word in our Hindi sources. The nearest word is शृङ्ग, meaning A horn (vulg. sīng). — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago nearest word: शृङ्ग — a suggestion, not a meaning

As a Sanskrit word

Meaning

a sort of Silurus or sheat fish

Scripturally attested Verified derivation

Why this matches what you typed

M1 · same meaning "śṛṅgī" is the nominative of "śṛṅgin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M1 · same meaning "śṛṅgī" is the nominative dual of "śṛṅgi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.

M1 · same meaning "śṛṅgī" is the feminine form of "śṛṅga" — the same word with the feminine ending (nominative).

Related forms

Dictionary citations

Monier-Williams (1899) · शृङ्गी

śṛṅgī (ī), f., see s.v.

Monier-Williams (1899) · शृङ्गी

śṛṅgī f. (g. gaurādi) a sort of Silurus or sheat fish, Bhpr.

Monier-Williams (1899) · शृङ्गी

N. of various plants (Trapa Bispinosa, Ficus Infectoria or Indica &c.), ib.; Suśr.

Monier-Williams (1899) · शृङ्गी

a kind of vessel (?), Hcat.

Monier-Williams (1899) · शृङ्गी

= -kanaka, L.

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

śṛṅgin mfn. horned, crested, peaked (ifc. having horns of -), RV. &c. &c.

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

tusked, MBh.

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

1. śṛṅgi f. (= śṛṅgī) a species of fish, L.

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

gold used for ornaments (also -kanaka), W.

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

śṛṅga n. (perhaps connected with śiras, śīrṣan; ifc. f(ā or ī). ) the horn of an animal, a horn used for various purposes (as in drinking, for blowing, drawing blood from the skin &c.), RV. &c. &c.

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

the tusk of an elephant, R.; Kām.

Caveats

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