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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From केसर (kesar) + -ई (-ī). Cognate with Marathi केशरी (keśrī).
Adjective
[edit]केसरी • (kesrī) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کیسری)
Noun
[edit]केसरी • (kesrī) f (Urdu spelling کیسری)
Declension
[edit]Declension of केसरी (fem ī-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]- केसरिया (kesriyā)
Etymology 2
[edit]From Sanskrit केसरिन् (kesarin) / केशरिन् (keśarin, literally “maned, having a mane”).
Alternative forms
[edit]- केशरी (keśrī)
Noun
[edit]केसरी • (kesrī) m (Urdu spelling کیسری)
- lion
- horse
- citron
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:बिजौरा
Declension
[edit]Declension of केसरी (masc ī-stem)
Proper noun
[edit]केसरी • (kesrī) m
- (Hinduism) Kesari (the father of Hanuman)
- Kesari dynasty (an Indian dynasty controlling parts of modern-day Odisha, from c. 9th to c. 12th centuries CE)
- Synonym: सोमवंशी (somvañśī)
Declension
[edit]Declension of केसरी (sg-only masc ī-stem)
singular | |
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direct | केसरी kesrī |
oblique | केसरी kesrī |
vocative | केसरी kesrī |
References
[edit]- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “केसरी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1044
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “केसरी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 213
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