कुमारी

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Hindi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʊ.mɑː.ɾiː/, [kʊ.mäː.ɾiː]

Noun[edit]

कुमारी (kumārīf (masculine कुमार, Urdu spelling کماری)

  1. maiden, a young unmarried girl
  2. miss (title for unmarried women)

Declension[edit]

Nepali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

कुमारी (kumārī)

  1. a young unmarried girl
  2. kumari (prepubescent girl revered and worshipped in Nepal)