गौतमी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गौतमी (gautamī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡɔːt̪.miː/

Proper noun

गौतमी • (gautmī) f

1. (Hinduism) Ahalya, wife of rishi Gautama

   Synonyms: अहल्या (ahalyā), अहिल्या (ahilyā)

2. (Hinduism) Kripi, sister of Kripa and wife of Drona

   Synonym: कृपी (kŕpī)

3. (Hinduism) an epithet of goddess Durga

   Synonym: दुर्गा (durgā)

4. the river Godavari

   Synonym: गोदावरी (godāvrī)

5. a female given name, Gautami, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of गौतमी (sg-only fem ī-stem)

	singular
direct	गौतमी gautmī
oblique	गौतमी gautmī
vocative	गौतमी gautmī

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “गौतमी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1362
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गौतमी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 280