As a deity name
Name 192 of the Lakshmi Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana / Sanat Kumara Samhita, as taught by Sages Sanatkumara and Devotees
As a Hindi name
वेणी · noun · feminine
स्त्रियों के बालों की गूँथी हुई चोटी · जल का प्रवाह । पानी का बहाव · भीड़ भाड़ — Śabdasāgara
वेणी · noun · masculine
नागाविशेष — Śabdasāgara
वेणी · feminine
braid, plait; stream, river
Cited formation "वेणी" is वेण + -ई: वेण means "= वेणु veṇu, q.v", 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 "वेणी" is वेण + -ई: वेण means "= वेणु veṇu, q.v", 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 वेणि — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit वेणि (veṇi, “braid, plait of hair”).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
veṇi f. (fr. √ 1. ve) weaving, braiding, L.
braided hair or a braid of hair, hair twisted into a single unornamented braid and allowed to fall on the back (so worn by widows and women who mourn for absent husbands, cf. eka-veṇi; the water of a river is often compared to such a braid, but in these meanings the form veṇī is more common See below), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a stream, current
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "veṇī" is the nominative of "veṇin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "veṇī" is the nominative dual of "veṇi" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
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Dictionary citations
veṇī f. = veṇi, a braid of hair &c., MBh.; Kāv. &c.
a stream, current, L.
an abridgement of the title veṇī-saṃhāra (see below), Sāh.
Lipeocercis Serrata, Car.
a dam, bridge, L.
veṇin m. ‘having a hood like braided hair’, N. of a serpent-demon, MBh.
veṇi f. (fr. √ 1. ve) weaving, braiding, L.
braided hair or a braid of hair, hair twisted into a single unornamented braid and allowed to fall on the back (so worn by widows and women who mourn for absent husbands, cf. eka-veṇi; the water of a river is often compared to such a braid, but in these meanings the form veṇī is more common See below), MBh.; Kāv. &c.
Alternative readings
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