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kumaris

kumaris is the plural of kumari.

Meaning of kumari

Noun

kumari (plural kumaris)

  1. (Hinduism, Nepal) A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.
    • Shakya […] reached puberty and 'retired' as a royal kumari, as the young Nepalese goddesses are known.2011 February 14, Mark Magnier, “Living goddess' fall back to earth”, in Los Angeles Times, page 1

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Proper noun capitalized: Kumaris

Kumaris

  1. (plural) plural of Kumari

Questions about kumaris

What is kumaris the plural of?
Kumaris is the plural of kumari.
What part of speech is kumaris?
Kumaris is a proper noun.

Words near kumaris in the dictionary

  1. Kumarajiva
  2. kumaras
  3. Kumarbhag Paharia
  4. kumari
  5. Kumari Kandam
  6. kumaris
  7. Kumarkhali
  8. Kumars
  9. kumaru
  10. Kumasawa
  11. Kumasawas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kumaris (page history and authors); Kumaris (page history and authors); kumari (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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