रोहिणी

See also: रोहण

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रोहिणी (rohiṇī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾoː.ɦɪ.ɳiː/

Proper noun

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) f

1. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Name of various figures
   1. Rohini, a wife of Chandra
   2. Rohini, a wife of Krishna
   3. Rohini, a wife of Vasudeva, and the mother of Balarama and Subhadra
   4. Rohini, a disciple of Buddha
2. (astronomy) Aldebaran (a star)
3. a female given name, Rohini, from Sanskrit

Declension

Declension of रोहिणी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रोहिणी rohiṇī	रोहिणियाँ rohiṇiyā̃
oblique	रोहिणी rohiṇī	रोहिणियों rohiṇiyõ
vocative	रोहिणी rohiṇī	रोहिणियो rohiṇiyo

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ৰোহিণী (Assamese script)
• ᬭᭀᬳᬶᬡᬷ (Balinese script)
• রোহিণী (Bengali script)
• 𑰨𑰺𑰮𑰰𑰜𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀭𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ရောဟိဏီ (Burmese script)
• રોહિણી (Gujarati script)
• ਰੋਹਿਣੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌰𑍋𑌹𑌿𑌣𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦫꦺꦴꦲꦶꦟꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂩𑂷𑂯𑂱𑂝𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ರೋಹಿಣೀ (Kannada script)
• រោហិណី (Khmer script)
• ໂຣຫິຓີ (Lao script)
• രോഹിണീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡵᠣᡥᡳᢏᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘨𑘻𑘮𑘱𑘜𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠷᠣᠸᠠᠾᠢᢏᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧈𑧜𑧎𑧒𑦼𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐬𑑀𑐴𑐶𑐞𑐷 (Newa script)
• ରୋହିଣୀ (Odia script)
• ꢬꣂꢲꢶꢠꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆫𑆾𑆲𑆴𑆟𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖨𑖺𑖮𑖰𑖜𑖱 (Siddham script)
• රොහිණී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩼𑩕𑪂𑩑𑩪𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚤𑚴𑚩𑚮𑚘𑚯 (Takri script)
• ரோஹிணீ (Tamil script)
• రోహిణీ (Telugu script)
• โรหิณี (Thai script)
• རོ་ཧི་ཎཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒩𑒼𑒯𑒱𑒝𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨫𑨆𑨱𑨁𑨘𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From the root रुह् (ruh).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɾoː.ɦi.ɳiː/

Noun

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) stem, f

1. a red cow or (later) any cow
2. lightning (L.)
3. a young girl (in whom menstruation has just commenced ; others ‘a girl nine years of age’) (Gṛihyās.) (Pañcat.)
4. name of various plants (Suṡr.) (Bhpr.) (= Helleborus niger; Acacia arabica; Gmelina arborea &c. L.)
5. inflammation of the throat (of various kinds) (Suṡr.)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of रोहिणी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रोहिणी (rohiṇī)	रोहिण्यौ (rohiṇyau)	रोहिण्यः (rohiṇyaḥ)
vocative	रोहिणि (rohiṇi)	रोहिण्यौ (rohiṇyau)	रोहिण्यः (rohiṇyaḥ)
accusative	रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm)	रोहिण्यौ (rohiṇyau)	रोहिणीः (rohiṇīḥ)
instrumental	रोहिण्या (rohiṇyā)	रोहिणीभ्याम् (rohiṇībhyām)	रोहिणीभिः (rohiṇībhiḥ)
dative	रोहिण्यै (rohiṇyai)	रोहिणीभ्याम् (rohiṇībhyām)	रोहिणीभ्यः (rohiṇībhyaḥ)
ablative	रोहिण्याः (rohiṇyāḥ)	रोहिणीभ्याम् (rohiṇībhyām)	रोहिणीभ्यः (rohiṇībhyaḥ)
genitive	रोहिण्याः (rohiṇyāḥ)	रोहिण्योः (rohiṇyoḥ)	रोहिणीनाम् (rohiṇīnām)
locative	रोहिण्याम् (rohiṇyām)	रोहिण्योः (rohiṇyoḥ)	रोहिणीषु (rohiṇīṣu)

Proper noun

रोहिणी • (rohiṇī) stem, f

1. (Vedic astrology) Rohini, (a nakshatra or lunar mansion, i.e. a sector of the sky along the ecliptic, the star Aldebaran)
2. (Hinduism, Buddhism) Name of various figures
   1. Rohini, a wife of Chandra
   2. Rohini, a wife of Krishna
   3. Rohini, a wife of Vasudeva, and the mother of Balarama and Subhadra
   4. Rohini, a disciple of Buddha
3. an epithet of Parvati (Pur.)
4. name of a daughter of हिरण्यकशिपु (hiraṇyakaśipu) (MBh.)
5. name of one of the 16 विद्यादेवीs (L.)
6. name of a river (VP.)

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of रोहिणी

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	रोहिणी (rohiṇī)	रोहिण्यौ (rohiṇyau)	रोहिण्यः (rohiṇyaḥ)
vocative	रोहिणि (rohiṇi)	रोहिण्यौ (rohiṇyau)	रोहिण्यः (rohiṇyaḥ)
accusative	रोहिणीम् (rohiṇīm)	रोहिण्यौ (rohiṇyau)	रोहिणीः (rohiṇīḥ)
instrumental	रोहिण्या (rohiṇyā)	रोहिणीभ्याम् (rohiṇībhyām)	रोहिणीभिः (rohiṇībhiḥ)
dative	रोहिण्यै (rohiṇyai)	रोहिणीभ्याम् (rohiṇībhyām)	रोहिणीभ्यः (rohiṇībhyaḥ)
ablative	रोहिण्याः (rohiṇyāḥ)	रोहिणीभ्याम् (rohiṇībhyām)	रोहिणीभ्यः (rohiṇībhyaḥ)
genitive	रोहिण्याः (rohiṇyāḥ)	रोहिण्योः (rohiṇyoḥ)	रोहिणीनाम् (rohiṇīnām)
locative	रोहिण्याम् (rohiṇyām)	रोहिण्योः (rohiṇyoḥ)	रोहिणीषु (rohiṇīṣu)

Descendants

• → Hindi: रोहिणी (rohiṇī) (learned)
• → Punjabi: ਰੋਹੀਣੀ (rohīṇī) (learned)
• → Tamil: ரோகிணி (rōkiṇi) (learned)
• → Telugu: రోహిణి (rōhiṇi) (learned)

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “रोहिणी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 890, column 2.