भगिनी

See also: भागना

Pali

Alternative forms
Alternative forms
  • bhaginī (Latin script)
  • 𑀪𑀕𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • ভগিনী (Bengali script)
  • භගිනී (Sinhalese script)
  • ဘဂိနီ or ဘဂိနဳ or ꧤၷိၼီ (Burmese script)
  • ภคินี or ภะคินี (Thai script)
  • ᨽᨣᩥᨶᩦ (Tai Tham script)
  • ຠຄິນີ or ຠະຄິນີ (Lao script)
  • ភគិនី (Khmer script)
  • 𑄞𑄉𑄨𑄚𑄩 (Chakma script)

Noun

भगिनी f

  1. Devanagari script form of bhaginī

Declension
Declension table of "भगिनी" (feminine)
Case \ NumberSingularPlural
Nominative (first)भगिनी (bhaginī)भगिनियो (bhaginiyo) or भगिनी (bhaginī)
Accusative (second)भगिनिं (bhaginiṃ) or भगिनियं (bhaginiyaṃ)भगिनियो (bhaginiyo) or भगिनी (bhaginī)
Instrumental (third)भगिनिया (bhaginiyā)भगिनीहि (bhaginīhi) or भगिनीभि (bhaginībhi)
Dative (fourth)भगिनिया (bhaginiyā)भगिनीनं (bhaginīnaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)भगिनिया (bhaginiyā)भगिनीहि (bhaginīhi) or भगिनीभि (bhaginībhi)
Genitive (sixth)भगिनिया (bhaginiyā)भगिनीनं (bhaginīnaṃ)
Locative (seventh)भगिनिया (bhaginiyā) or भगिनियं (bhaginiyaṃ)भगिनीसु (bhaginīsu)
Vocative (calling)भगिनि (bhagini)भगिनियो (bhaginiyo) or भगिनी (bhaginī)

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • ᬪᬕᬶᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
  • ভগিনী (Assamese script)
  • ভগিনী (Bengali script)
  • 𑰥𑰐𑰰𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀪𑀕𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
  • 𑌭𑌗𑌿𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
  • ભગિની (Gujarati script)
  • ਭਗਿਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
  • ꦨꦒꦶꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
  • ភគិនី (Khmer script)
  • ಭಗಿನೀ (Kannada script)
  • ຠຄິນີ (Lao script)
  • ഭഗിനീ (Malayalam script)
  • 𑘥𑘐𑘱𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
  • ᠪᠾᠠᠺᢈᠨᢈᢈ (Mongolian script)
  • ᢨᠠᡤᡳᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
  • ဘဂိနီ (Burmese script)
  • 𑧅𑦰𑧒𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐨𑐐𑐶𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
  • ଭଗିନୀ (Oriya script)
  • ꢩꢔꢶꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆨𑆓𑆴𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖥𑖐𑖰𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
  • භගිනී (Sinhalese script)
  • భగినీ (Telugu script)
  • ภคินี (Thai script)
  • བྷ་གི་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒦𑒑𑒱𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Ghurye rejects connections to भाग (bhāga, “luck, fortune”) and भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”) as fanciful.[1]

Noun

भगिनी • (bhaginī) f

  1. sister ("the happy/fortunate one", as having a brother)
  2. any woman
  3. wife

Declension
Feminine ī-stem declension of भगिनी (bhaginī)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative भगिनी
bhaginī		 भगिन्यौ / भगिनी¹
bhaginyau / bhaginī¹		 भगिन्यः / भगिनीः¹
bhaginyaḥ / bhaginīḥ¹
Vocative भगिनि
bhagini		 भगिन्यौ / भगिनी¹
bhaginyau / bhaginī¹		 भगिन्यः / भगिनीः¹
bhaginyaḥ / bhaginīḥ¹
Accusative भगिनीम्
bhaginīm		 भगिन्यौ / भगिनी¹
bhaginyau / bhaginī¹		 भगिनीः
bhaginīḥ
Instrumental भगिन्या
bhaginyā		 भगिनीभ्याम्
bhaginībhyām		 भगिनीभिः
bhaginībhiḥ
Dative भगिन्यै
bhaginyai		 भगिनीभ्याम्
bhaginībhyām		 भगिनीभ्यः
bhaginībhyaḥ
Ablative भगिन्याः
bhaginyāḥ		 भगिनीभ्याम्
bhaginībhyām		 भगिनीभ्यः
bhaginībhyaḥ
Genitive भगिन्याः
bhaginyāḥ		 भगिन्योः
bhaginyoḥ		 भगिनीनाम्
bhaginīnām
Locative भगिन्याम्
bhaginyām		 भगिन्योः
bhaginyoḥ		 भगिनीषु
bhaginīṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants
  • Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi)
  • Dardic:
  • Gandhari: 𐨧𐨒𐨁𐨣𐨁‎ (bhagini)
  • Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀪𑁃𑀡𑀻 (*bhaiṇī), *𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀻 (*bahiṇī)
  • Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀪𑁃𑀡𑀻 (bhaiṇī)
  • → Old Javanese: [script needed] (bhaginī)
  • Pali: bhaginī
    • → Khmer: ភគិនី (phɔɔkinii)
    • → Lao: ພະຄິນີ (pha khi nī)
    • → Thai: ภคินี
  • Sauraseni Prakrit:
  • Rajasthani: भैण
  • → Tamil: பகினி (pakiṉi)
  • → Telugu: భగిని (bhagini)
  • → Malayalam: ഭഗിനി (bhagini)

References
  1. Ghurye, G. S. (1955). Family and Kin in Indo-European Culture. United Kingdom: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, p. 26
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