ডাইনী

Assamese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit डाकिनी (ḍākinī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daɪ.ni/

Noun

ডাইনী • (daini)

1. a female spirit
2. a witch

References

• “ডাইনী”, in Candrakānta abhidhāna: Asamīyā śabdara butpatti āru udāharaṇere Asamīyā-Ingrājī dui bhashara artha thakā abhidhāna [Comprehensive dictionary of the Assamese language with etymology and illustrations of words with their meanings in Assamese and English], 2^nd edition, Guwahati: Gauhati University, 1962, →OCLC.