bhaginī

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀪𑀕𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• भगिनी (Devanagari 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)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भगिनी (bhaginī).

Noun

bhaginī f

1. sister

   Te jātisambhedabhayā sakāhi bhaginīhi saddhiṃ saṃvāsaṃ kappesuṃ.

   And through fear of injuring the purity of their line they intermarried with their sisters.

Declension

Declension table of "bhaginī" (feminine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	bhaginī	bhaginiyo or bhaginī
Accusative (second)	bhaginiṃ or bhaginiyaṃ	bhaginiyo or bhaginī
Instrumental (third)	bhaginiyā	bhaginīhi or bhaginībhi
Dative (fourth)	bhaginiyā	bhaginīnaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	bhaginiyā	bhaginīhi or bhaginībhi
Genitive (sixth)	bhaginiyā	bhaginīnaṃ
Locative (seventh)	bhaginiyā or bhaginiyaṃ	bhaginīsu
Vocative (calling)	bhagini	bhaginiyo or bhaginī