English Explanatory Dictionary

kumari

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A living goddess; a prepubescent girl worshipped as a manifestation of divine female energy.
noun
  1. a polite form of address equivalent to the English Miss
name
  1. A surname from Sanskrit.
  2. A female given name from Sanskrit.

Word forms

kumari kumaris

Etymology

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

Related words

Kumar
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