रोहिणी

See also: रोहण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रोहिणी (rohiṇī).

Proper noun

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) f

1. (Hinduism) Rohini
2. (astronomy) Aldebaran (a star)
3. a female given name, Rohini, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of रोहिणी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रोहिणी rohiṇī	रोहिणियाँ rohiṇiyā̃
oblique	रोहिणी rohiṇī	रोहिणियों rohiṇiyõ
vocative	रोहिणी rohiṇī	रोहिणियो rohiṇiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰোহিণী (Assamese script)
• ᬭᭀᬳᬶᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
• রোহিণী (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰺𑰮𑰰𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ရောဟိဏီ (Burmese script)
• રોહિણી (Gujarati script)
• ਰੋਹਿਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦴꦲꦶꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂷𑂯𑂱𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ರೋಹಿಣೀ (Kannada script)
• រោហិណី (Khmer script)
• ໂຣຫິຓີ (Lao script)
• രോഹിണീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠣᡥᡳᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘻𑘮𑘱𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠣᠸᠠᠾᠢᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧜𑧎𑧒𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑑀𑐴𑐶𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
• ରୋହିଣୀ (Odia script)
• ꢬꣂꢲꢶꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆾𑆲𑆴𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖺𑖮𑖰𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
• රොහිණී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩕𑪂𑩑𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚴𑚩𑚮𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
• ரோஹிணீ (Tamil script)
• రోహిణీ (Telugu script)
• โรหิณี (Thai script)
• རོ་ཧི་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒼𑒯𑒱𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨆𑨱𑨁𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

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Noun

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) stem, f

1. a red cow or (later) any cow
2. (astronomy) name of the ninth नक्षत्र or lunar asterism and of the lunar day belonging to it
3. lightning L.
4. a young girl (in whom menstruation has just commenced ; others ‘a girl nine years of age’) Gṛihyās. Pañcat.
5. name of various plants Suṡr. Bhpr. (= Helleborus niger; Acacia arabica; Gmelina arborea &c. L.)
6. inflammation of the throat (of various kinds) Suṡr.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of रोहिणी (rohiṇī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	रोहिणी rohiṇī	रोहिण्यौ / रोहिणी¹ rohiṇyau / rohiṇī¹	रोहिण्यः / रोहिणीः¹ rohiṇyaḥ / rohiṇīḥ¹
Vocative	रोहिणि rohiṇi	रोहिण्यौ / रोहिणी¹ rohiṇyau / rohiṇī¹	रोहिण्यः / रोहिणीः¹ rohiṇyaḥ / rohiṇīḥ¹
Accusative	रोहिणीम् rohiṇīm	रोहिण्यौ / रोहिणी¹ rohiṇyau / rohiṇī¹	रोहिणीः rohiṇīḥ
Instrumental	रोहिण्या rohiṇyā	रोहिणीभ्याम् rohiṇībhyām	रोहिणीभिः rohiṇībhiḥ
Dative	रोहिण्यै rohiṇyai	रोहिणीभ्याम् rohiṇībhyām	रोहिणीभ्यः rohiṇībhyaḥ
Ablative	रोहिण्याः / रोहिण्यै² rohiṇyāḥ / rohiṇyai²	रोहिणीभ्याम् rohiṇībhyām	रोहिणीभ्यः rohiṇībhyaḥ
Genitive	रोहिण्याः / रोहिण्यै² rohiṇyāḥ / rohiṇyai²	रोहिण्योः rohiṇyoḥ	रोहिणीनाम् rohiṇīnām
Locative	रोहिण्याम् rohiṇyām	रोहिण्योः rohiṇyoḥ	रोहिणीषु rohiṇīṣu
Notes	¹Vedic ²Brāhmaṇas

Proper noun

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) f

1. the star Aldebaran
2. name of two wives of वसुदेव and the mother of बलराम MBh. Pur.
3. name of a wife of कृष्ण Hariv.
4. name of the wife of महादेव Pur.
5. name of a daughter of हिरण्यकशिपु MBh.
6. name of one of the 16 विद्यादेवीs L.
7. name of a river VP.

Descendants

• →Tatsama:

  • Hindi: रोहिणी (rohiṇī)
  • Punjabi: ਰੋਹੀਣੀ (rohīṇī)
  • Tamil: ரோகிணி (rōkiṇi)
  • Telugu: రోహిణి (rōhiṇi)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रोहिणी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 890, column 2.