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yakshi

yakshi noun: a female yaksha.

Noun

yakshi (plural yakshis)

  1. A female yaksha.
    • The artisans were lower-caste men who drew upon earlier rural traditions to carve fertility nymphs (yakshis) and male nature spirits (yakshas) around the stupas.2009, Sita Anantha Raman, Women in India: A Social and Cultural History

Forms of yakshi

pluralyakshis

Origin of yakshi

Borrowed from Sanskrit यक्षी (yakṣī, feminine of यक्ष (yakṣa)).

Questions about yakshi

What does yakshi mean?
Yakshi means a female yaksha.
What part of speech is yakshi?
Yakshi is a noun.
What is the plural of yakshi?
The plural of yakshi is yakshis.

Words near yakshi in the dictionary

  1. yakows
  2. yaks
  3. yaks on
  4. yaksha
  5. yakshas
  6. yakshi
  7. yakshini
  8. yakshinis
  9. yakshis
  10. yakskin
  11. yakskins

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