# भगिनी
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* bhaginī (Latin script)
* 𑀪𑀕𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ভগিনী (Bengali script)
* භගිනී (Sinhalese script)
* ဘဂိနီ or ဘဂိနဳ or ꧤၷိၼီ (Burmese script)
* ภคินี or ภะคินี (Thai script)
* ᨽᨣᩥᨶᩦ (Tai Tham script)
* ຠຄິນີ or ຠະຄິນີ (Lao script)
* ភគិនី (Khmer script)
* 𑄞𑄉𑄨𑄚𑄩 (Chakma script)

### Noun

भगिनी f
* Devanagari script form of bhaginī

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* ভগিনী (Assamese script)
* ᬪᬕᬶᬦᬷ (Balinese script)
* ভগিনী (Bengali script)
* 𑰥𑰐𑰰𑰡𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀪𑀕𑀺𑀦𑀻 (Brahmi script)
* ဘဂိနီ (Burmese script)
* ભગિની (Gujarati script)
* ਭਗਿਨੀ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌭𑌗𑌿𑌨𑍀 (Grantha script)
* ꦨꦒꦶꦤꦷ (Javanese script)
* 𑂦𑂏𑂱𑂢𑂲 (Kaithi script)
* ಭಗಿನೀ (Kannada script)
* ភគិនី (Khmer script)
* ຠຄິນີ (Lao script)
* ഭഗിനീ (Malayalam script)
* ᢨᠠᡤᡳᠨᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘥𑘐𑘱𑘡𑘲 (Modi script)
* ᠪᠾᠠᠺᠢᠨᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧅𑦰𑧒𑧁𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐨𑐐𑐶𑐣𑐷 (Newa script)
* ଭଗିନୀ (Odia script)
* ꢩꢔꢶꢥꢷ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆨𑆓𑆴𑆤𑆵 (Sharada script)
* 𑖥𑖐𑖰𑖡𑖱 (Siddham script)
* භගිනී (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩳𑩞𑩑𑩯𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚡𑚌𑚮𑚝𑚯 (Takri script)
* ப⁴கி³நீ (Tamil script)
* భగినీ (Telugu script)
* ภคินี (Thai script)
* བྷ་གི་ནཱི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒦𑒑𑒱𑒢𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨡𑨍𑨁𑨝𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Has been connected to भग (bhaga) in both the "good fortune" and "vulva" senses (the latter sense is considered to be specialized from the former sense). However, Ghurye rejects connections to भग (bhaga) and the related भाग (bhāga, “luck, fortune”), as well as to भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ, “brother”), as fanciful. Descendant terms in attested Middle Indo-Aryan and most Neo Indo-Aryan languages start with the syllable bah-, which presupposes Old Indo-Aryan *bagh-, making a derivation from an unattested form *बघिनी (baghinī) plausible; due to the unlikelihood of a metathesis of initial aspiration in Indo-Aryan, the attested form may postdate the unattested one. By surface analysis, भग (bhaga) +‎ -इनी (-inī).

### Noun

भगिनी • (bhaginī) stem, f
* sister
* any woman
* wife

#### Descendants

* Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀪𑀇𑀡𑀺 (bhaïṇi)
* Dardic:
** Kashmiri: بیٚنہِ (beni)
* Gandhari: 𐨧𐨒𐨁𐨣𐨁 (bhagini)
* Magadhi Prakrit: *𑀪𑁃𑀡𑀻 (*bhaiṇī), *𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀻 (*bahiṇī)
** Early Assamese: বহিনী (bohinī), *ভৈনী (bhoinī)
*** Assamese: বৈনী (boini), বনী (boni), ভনী (bhoni)
** Middle Bengali: বহিন (bohin), ভইনী (bhoini), ভইন (bhoin)
*** Bengali: বহিন (bohin), বইন (boin), বোন (bōn)
** → Bengali: ভগিনী (bhogini)
** Kamta: বৈনী (boini)
** Sylheti: ꠜꠂꠘ (boin)
* Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀪𑁃𑀡𑀻 (bhaiṇī), 𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀻 (bahiṇī)
** Konkani: भैण (bhaiṇ)
** Old Marathi: बहिणी (bahiṇī)
*** Marathi: बहीण (bahīṇ)
* → Old Javanese: [script needed] (bhaginī)
* Pali: bhaginī
** → Khmer: ភគិនី (phĕəʼkinii)
** → Lao: ພະຄິນີ (pha khi nī)
** → Thai: ภคินี
* Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀪𑁃𑀡𑀻 (*bhaiṇī), *𑀩𑀳𑀺𑀡𑀻 (*bahiṇī)
** Old Gujarati: बहिन (bahina)
*** Dhundari: भैण
*** Gujarati: બહેન (bahen)
*** Malvi: भेन (bhen)
*** Mewari: बेन (ben), बहिन (bahin)
** Kachchi: ભેણ (bheṇ)
** Hindi: बहन (bahan)
** → Hindi: भगिनी (bhaginī)
** Punjabi: ਭੈਣ (bhaiṇ)
** Romani: phen, pheny, phej, phey
*** Angloromani: pen, pan, pey
** Marwari: भैण (bhaiṇ)
* Khasa Prakrit:
** Nepali: बहिनी (bahinī)
* → Tamil: பகினி (pakiṉi)
* → Telugu: భగిని (bhagini)
* → Malayalam: ഭഗിനി (bhagini)

### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “भगिनी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 744/1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 361
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 460
* ↑ Ghurye, G. S. (1955). Family and Kin in Indo-European Culture. United Kingdom: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, p. 26
* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bhaginī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 531