kumari

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Definition of kumari

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  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.”
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noun

  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.”
  2. (India)a polite form of address equivalent to the English Miss

name

  1. A surname from Sanskrit.
  2. A female given name from Sanskrit.

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Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit कुमारी (kumārī, “princess; young girl”).

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