yogini
UK/jəʊɡɪˈniː/US/joʊɡɪˈniː/
yogini noun: a female yogi.
Noun
yogini (plural yoginis)
- A female yogi.
- In the intense religious practices of yoginis or nuns, the menstrual period can stop altogether.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 19
- Rather, these are people who, like gym owners and advanced yoginis, can make a claim to special knowledge about what is right for other people's bodies: trainers, yoga teachers, CrossFit instructors, masseuses, mixed martial artists, chiropractors, lactation consultants, doulas, nutritionists...2023, Naomi Klein, “The Far Right meets the Far-Out”, in Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN
yogini meaning in Hindi, Bengali and Sanskrit
yogini in Hindi
- yogini, female yogi
- योगिनी yoginī
yogini in Bengali
- yogini, female ascetic
- যোগিনী jōgini
yogini in Sanskrit
- Yogini, one who practises Yoga
- योगिनी yoginī
Forms of yogini
| plural | yoginis |
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Origin of yogini
Borrowed from Sanskrit योगिनी (yoginī), feminine of योगिन्.
Words that rhyme with yogini
Questions about yogini
- What does yogini mean?
- Yogini means a female yogi.
- What is yogini in Hindi?
- Yogini in Hindi is योगिनी (yoginī). See Yogini meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is yogini?
- Yogini is a noun.
- How do you pronounce yogini?
- Yogini is pronounced /jəʊɡɪˈniː/ (UK).
- What is the plural of yogini?
- The plural of yogini is yoginis.
Words near yogini in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yogini (page history and authors); योगिनी (Hindi) (page history and authors); যোগিনী (Bengali) (page history and authors); योगिनी (Sanskrit) (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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